||Three Years Later|| Ryan sighed heavily, probably for the umpteenth times, as he rubbed his temples continuously with both index fingers like he was trying to wade off his nonstop headache with the process. With just a glance at him, anyone could tell he is not just physically tired but emotionally and mentally tired as well. Three years and months had passed since Ciara left him. He had lived each day of those three years in nothing else but turmoil, searching frantically for her, but all his effort proved abortive, and it seemed like she really did disappear into the thin air —leaving no traces behind. Not only was he the one searching and being on the lookout for her, his mother was also included but still, the results were just the same. Even his mother's thousand miles ey

