Mia The chirping of the morning birds woke me as I tiredly chided my eyes from the morning sun that was flickering through the curtains. It was such a beautiful peaceful night, it's been a while since I had slept all through the night without waking up. I rolled to the side of the bed, hoping to be stopped by the pillow I had placed between Richard and me last night, but surprisingly I wasn’t. I opened my eyes one after the other, sitting up on the bed to see that there was no one there. Richard was gone. Or was he still around? I stepped out of bed, rubbing my blurry eyes and stretching before heading out of the room, looking around for him. Could he have left so early? I didn’t want to call out to him, so I just kept on looking. I was still searching for him when the door creake