The color of his fur was as black as the night sky. The thin black blades on his big yellow eyes resembled the opening of a portal to another world. He was fit, not too fat or lean and would walk around with his head held high. Every night he made sure to sleep right between the kids, with his arms and legs stretched out fully, in the living room on a mattress that almost filled the width of the entire room.

Monday morning, when the girl’s parents were running around frantically trying to solve the robbery that had occurred the previous night, the kids were enjoying the breakfast and looking around for their playmate. Their eyes suddenly fell on him, sitting on top of the wall, with a beautiful long gold chain wrapped around his neck, licking his tiny paws and slowly walking away holding his head high.