"She won't kick you out-"
"She won't have to. I'm not going to be a burden on her. Besides, I have time to consider … the future. But not right now, Scotty. I don't want to do this right now."
He reached out and grasped her hand. "Okay baby."
The house was crowded with people from Miss Gloria's family that had come by to visit and after chatting long enough not to be rude, she slipped away to their room to lie down and nap until it was time to eat.
Stress had made it so that she felt lightheaded all the time. Sometimes she thought if she heard one more piece of bad news she'd just black out on the spot. Before leaving the room Scotty kissed her forehead as if she was one of his sisters and she couldn't even get mad at him for doing it. After all, he had made it clear that she was expected to go away and not look back.
She accepted the kiss and walked up the stairs almost robotically.