Re: in-person: neil & mere
[Honestly, she had been hoping that she could settle things over text. The conversation with Sam still burned in the back of her head, and Meredith was absolutely positive that this was the right thing to do. She loved him, there was no question about that, but she wasn't sure that she was right for him any longer.
She was in the bedroom when he got home, a bag left half-packed on the bed, paused only because she knew that he was coming home. She heard the door open, the sound of it closing, and she let out a long breath. Something in her eyes burned, tears that threatened though she refused to let that happen. No. She would be strong about this, no matter what happened. That was simply how it had to be.]
In the bedroom. [It was called out loud enough for him to hear, and Meredith sat down on the edge of the bed, hand in her lips, studying the skin around her nails, chewed back with the stress of recent days.]