"I shouldn't have come back," she consented out of compliance rather than agreement, more sorry about getting caught and having to face Michel than any supposed wrongdoing on her part. It may have been breaking in, but she hadn't stolen anything and had no intentions of doing so. But she knew he had just as much right to be upset at her anyway, even if all she had been wanting to do was sleep.
A tiny laugh at the analogy, because she couldn't exactly deny it, Mabelle ran a shaky hand through her tangled hair. She was aware she probably looked like a complete mess though she hadn't seen herself in a mirror for quite some time, but couldn't really bring herself to care either. "I thought you liked stray cats."