Lucas

　　The birds chirping merrily and the slight breeze of a late morning woke him up from a deep contented sleep. Rie left the door from the veranda, they both preferred the fresh garden air in the morning to the air conditioning.

　　Lucas inwardly frowned and his entire body stilled realizing something was not right, hoping he was wrong. Without opening his eyes, he gingerly patted the cold space beside him, realizing it was empty, he bolted out of the bed in a ...