"I'm sure he'll be okay." She smiled nervously, hugging herself once Derek had pulled away. "I mean... at least I don't have to leave him this way? I'd like to think that'd matter to him." She shrugged, pushing some hair away from her face.
"Sorry I'm just... still trying to take this all in." She scrunched her nose up, shaking her head. "I left with the intention of being free, and instead I'm just..." Her mouth hovered over the words for a second, unsure. "...Owned by someone else." Her stomach twisted, and she busied herself going over to her bed, and smoothing the bedsheets flat. "Not sure if it's sunk in yet."