[ Such an obvious question, she'd swear she had the perfect answer a moment ago, something that would both send him on his way and stop her from giving a damn about that, but it's gone. Whatever he knows, or doesn't, about Karen and David, what Rick said to her, it doesn't seem as relevant as it should. Maybe it would be easier not knowing him as she does; running being a worse crime, perhaps, than maybe-justified murder of their own. ]
[ Carol should have managed to harden her heart as she promised herself, that say when she took a load of supplies and the opposite path from everything she had left to care about, but this won't be the first time she's failed at that. A long history of doing the wrong thing has yet to teach her much except the cruelty of self-preservation. ]
...I don't know, [ is the pitiful reply she finally admits to. The plain truth. Lying to him just isn't possible in the end, however tempting self-delusion sounds. If he's going to be pissed, well, that will make this easier. ]
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[ Carol should have managed to harden her heart as she promised herself, that say when she took a load of supplies and the opposite path from everything she had left to care about, but this won't be the first time she's failed at that. A long history of doing the wrong thing has yet to teach her much except the cruelty of self-preservation. ]
...I don't know, [ is the pitiful reply she finally admits to. The plain truth. Lying to him just isn't possible in the end, however tempting self-delusion sounds. If he's going to be pissed, well, that will make this easier. ]