He hadn't left her. When she cried and curled up he'd stayed close holding her where she would let him, keeping a watchful eye on her. When she slept, he slept with her, until he woke up early, a habit he couldn't break. He was relieved he wasn't working the next day, which gave him time to keep a watchful eye on her. He wasn't with her when she woke, in the kitchen making something for her to eat when she she did eventually wake, which he assumed would be soon enough given how long she had slept.