THE NEXT MORNING***

"What do you mean she left?" Raymond opened his eyes widely in surprise.

"She just washed her mouth, rinsed her face and ran off" Coral said again.

"What time did she leave?" Raymond asked.

"She left as early as 5:00am" She replied.

"And she didn't say anything at all,, even a one syllable word to you?"

"Not even an alphabet"

Raymond sighed heavily and looked around the room.

"She didn't take her bags?" He asked.

"Yeah. Did you yell at her? Did you ask her to leave?" Coral asked, with her eyes twitching.

Raymond looked blankly, at space.

"Darn it. I told her to leave...but I didn't...