C78 The Man Who Vanished

The morning Arjun disappeared did not feel dramatic.

There was no explosion.

No shouting.

No warning.

Just… absence.

Aisha woke up slowly, the pale mountain sunlight filtering through the curtains of her room in the small Himachal house where she had built her life as the village dentist.

For a few quiet seconds everything felt normal.

Then she reached beside her.

Cold sheets.

Empty