She listened to his story about life after her departure, horrified that he experienced a mental breakdown.  A life of hiding and finally opening up to someone was difficult.  “Andrew, when I shared my story with you, I didn’t know what to expect but I wasn’t prepared for what seemed to be a rejection of my admission.  I felt you didn’t believe me.”  She paused, trying not to let past hurts interfere with the present situation.  “Worst case scenario was you’d tell the authorities and they’d come after me for scientific study.  Best case scenario was you’d hear and support me.  I felt my safety was in jeopardy and left.  If you’d called that evening maybe we wouldn’t be here today.  But life has many ‘if’ moments and we just happened to keep missing one another.”  Smiling bleakly, this seemed to be fate pushing them together for a final moment of closure.  Steeling herself, Hannah waited for his response.