I woke with a splitting headache and thoughts of Mia. My heart raced as my eyes flew open wide. I looked at the bed beside me but she was no longer there.

I fought to remember everything about the night. Had it really only been just a dream after all? It seemed so real. I could still feel her, smell her.

But she was nowhere in the room. The door opened suddenly as if I’d made a sound and I held my breath braced for the sight of her. Instead an elderly woman entered the ...