He had seriously injured the other person during the fight.
He was arrested, and Nora took advantage of the situation to escape.
She took the money he had hidden, left the apartment and took a bus.
She ended up near the shelter because another woman at the train station had told her about it.
“She was afraid he would be released and come looking for her,” Elaine said.
“Did he do it?”
” No. “
“Where is he now?”
“I don’t know. Nora hasn’t seen him in years. She hasn’t tried to find out what became of him.”
Michael said, “Then why didn’t she call us?”
Elaine looked at me.
This was the moment that was going to hurt.
“She was ashamed.”
I burst into tears before she had even finished her sentence.
Nora thought that people would resent her because she had left of her own free will.
She thought they
