Daniel had promised me he wasn’t going to abandon me here, but I was still nervous when I woke up and found him gone.
It was still dark outside, and I found my watch on the table beside the bed to check the time.
3AM
I should just have gone back to sleep, but there was something bothering me about the fact Daniel wasn’t there and I needed to figure out what I would do if he had decided to leave after all.
I had persuaded him to stay for just one more night, but maybe he had changed his mind as soon as I was asleep.
I got myself dressed and searched for some evidence of what might have happened to him, not really knowing what I was even looking for until I caught sight of his keys on the window ledge and released a breath I hadn’t realized I was holding.
His keys were here, and that m
