Her Levi jean jack lay across the back of her white leather couch. Two used wine glasses sit empty on the end table to the right of her now cabernet stained seating for three. A shattered lamp bulb rests on the hard wood floor under the tall green shaded lamp in the corner of her living room. Black Hard Trail sweats are sprawled across the white area rug, while the coffee table above it holds a condom wrapper and a Victoria’s Secret purple padded bra. Men’s boxer briefs that read “naughty” on them, tucked in between the couch cushion; a black belt still at the base of the locked door. A cat stretches on the arm of a matching white leather recliner before jumping onto a pile of towels below it still wet from the morning. The fireplace just begins to die down as the flames struggled to break through openings in the wood. The crackle was the only noise anyone could hear if they had been there. Even the cat was as quiet as a spider crawling up your arm; that surprises you when you finally feel it. The leopard cat trots ever so softly into the kitchen, staining the bottoms of his paws a deep crimson that is still warm. He jumps to the counter, where he finds spilled milk, still flowing from the carton on its side. He begins to drink the milk before attempting to clean his paws. Broken glass is embedded into the deep red river on the floor, seeping into the cracks. The small kitchen floor would soon be painted a blood red.

Her favorite chopping knife seems to sink in the lake that’s endlessly flowing towards the ajar freezer door, the no stain steel being put to the test. A black litter box fighting the river from taking it over. The leopard cat ever so gently made its way over the stainless steel sink full of chopped strawberries and raspberries. He detoured around the empty bottles of cabernet, to find himself standing above his owner. Carefully, he leapt from his perch onto her chest trying not to hurt her. She lays in her own pool of blood, holding a black cat collar that belongs to the leopard cat, her blonde hair swaying with the thick red liquid.

The door opens. The leopard cat bolts to get free. This man has a cage. The cat is taken.