Merilyn couldn't forgive herself for what she had done. She stayed curled up in her house for three weeks. Hoping Samson would respond to her email, but he never did. He sent some money for her upkeep, keeping his promise, but he never reached out, and she began to fear she would truly never see him again. Merilyn wanted to ask Magdalena for help, but she didn't know how. Merilyn kept her pain and fears to herself until the beginning of the fourth week, when she began to feel nauseous and had to use the clinic facility. Since she was no longer a part of Boyce's family, she wondered who would pick up her bills. A part of her wanted to wait it out and see if the illness would claim her life eventually, but a big part of her wanted to live, and that part propelled her to go and visit Magdalen
