The food in the pot gradually cooked until it was overdone and mushy. The meal she spent all night preparing was almost completely untouched on the table.
Aldana Candi sat back in the chair, looking at the boiling thick soup in front of her, and let out a gentle sigh, feeling no appetite at all.
*
When Philip Shaw left, he disappeared for three straight days.
During this time, she couldn't reach him by phone, nor could she contact him in any other way. She even went to his place to look for him, but the servant told her that Philip Shaw hadn't been back these past days.
On the third day, his phone, which had been unreachable, showed that it was now disconnected.
She had no idea where he went or what had happened, leaving Aldana Candi quite worried.
What made her feel somewhat desperate was that Philip Shaw's departure was as if he had evaporated into thin air, leaving her with no way to reach him.
