The next morning the alarm clock buzzed just after dawn waking Risa. she sat up and turned to Gardua only to find him gone from her side. She got up worried and looked at the mess around her room. Scared, the woman picked up the clothes and found a statue so close to Gardua it was uncanny. She whimpered remembering his words from earlier. She thought he was dead and didnt know what to do other than to go on into work.<br/><br/>She went about her day in a mechanical fashion. She didnt smile and she didnt bitch about the board taking so long on making up its mind as she usually did. She was just there. her face was lined with worry as she went through her day. finally she sighed and said "Im going home. I dont feel well and Im getting nothing done."<br/><br/>Slowly she went home and stripped and threw herself into her bed and cried herself to sleep till the night time hours.