Michael and Shadow

Chapter 1: The black cat
It was 1992 Shadow was now 6, It has been years since her owner, Maria met her bloody demise.

Michael was the only one who chose to stay in Florida after the 1989 murder, It was now 1992, 3 years after Maria’s murder at the hands of his sister and help from his own father.

Maria’s parents, Satsuki and Martin died before they ever saw Derek face jail, Ichiro and Matsuko moved out and he didn’t hear a thing since.

He walked towards the woodlands where Maria was buried and saw a black cat standing next to her grave.

Instead of being buried in the ancestral family plot, she had her own shrine and grave,

”You’re Shadow, Maria’s cat, aren’t you?” He said.

The cat responded with a meow and walked towards him, then gently nuzzled him, then went back to the shrine.

Joseph gave the cat her meals as she refused to leave the gravesite where her owner was left and provided her shelter whenever it was rainy and even provided hygienic supplies.

“You miss Maria, don’t you?” He said.