The following morning.

As Mia was extremely tired the previous day, she slept all through the night and didn’t wake up until very late into the morning.

The faint ray of sunlight peering into the room made her squint her eyes in disapproval as she stirred awake.

Stretching, she yawned.

The first thing that crossed her mind as soon as she became wide awake was food. She was hungry. Extremely hungry. She hadn’t eaten much throughout the previous day. She even skipped dinner.

Heaving a ...