It was a dark and stormy night when Emily first encountered the black cat. She was walking home from her late shift at the diner, hurrying through the rain, when she saw the cat huddled under a tree. Emily was a cat lover, and she felt a pang of pity for the creature as she saw it shivering in the downpour.
As Emily approached the cat, it looked up at her with bright, green eyes. Emily reached down to pet it…
