"Oh, you're awake!" Tara smiled, holding up a patch of orange and white fur. "Hope you don't mind. I've always wanted a fur-lined coat, and your cat had the most beautiful coloring."
I snapped. I ran forward with my fist connecting with Tara's face before she could react.
She fell back and slid on Jinx's blood, her white dress now stained red as she crashed hard onto the floor.
Tara held her nose, blood streaming between her fingers and dripping onto her white dress.
"You filthy, pathetic bitch!" she screamed and her eyes was wild with rage. "How dare you touch me!"
I stood over her and shook with rage. "You killed my cat!"
"A dirty little nobody like you dared to lay a hand on me?" Tara scrambled backward. "I've never been touched like this, not even by my own stepbrother!"
"Get out of my house," I growled, tears streaming down my face.
"Oh, you'll pay for this," Tara hissed as she struggled to her feet. "You'll regret ever crossing me."
She stormed out, leaving bloody handprints on the doorframe. I turned back to Jinx's lifeless body, gently wrapping her in a clean blanket as I carried her outside to the garden.