[For a minute she wants to say no. No, don't go. It's so hard to be alone, even now, after having been betrayed what feels like a hundred and one times. She doesn't want to have to sit in the quiet and think about the pain that Elena must be feeling to be back here, and that it's apparently in part her fault.]
[But it'll be worse if Elena's here. Abigail will say things she doesn't mean, or only partially means, and it'll just hurt that much more to have to look at her.]
[She shakes her head and backs into her room, crossing her arms and looking away.]
Sure. Go talk to whoever you need to. Get settled back in.
Just . . . be careful. [That sounds stupid.] I don't know.
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[But it'll be worse if Elena's here. Abigail will say things she doesn't mean, or only partially means, and it'll just hurt that much more to have to look at her.]
[She shakes her head and backs into her room, crossing her arms and looking away.]
Sure. Go talk to whoever you need to. Get settled back in.
Just . . . be careful. [That sounds stupid.] I don't know.
I don't know.