To Find Her Reaper

Everyone's born with one. A reaper. People say nobody's reaper looks the same, like everyone's personal terrifying snowflake of death. No one knows for certain, though, because you can only see your own reaper. When you're born, your reaper is far away. From that moment, it starts to move closer. Sometimes it's slow, not even an inch over years. Sometimes you look up, and it's standing face to face with you. The things you do can affect how quickly it moves. My grandfather confessed that his reaper started moving faster the day he first smoked a cigarette. Drunks report getting behind the wheel of their cars only to see their reaper sitting beside them. They say you never touch your reaper until the day you die.
But what if one day your reaper suddenly disappeared?