He seemed serious, and that worried her. There was really nothing he could have done, Ella was there before anyone even thought to move, even if he had been there. If anything, it might have started an argument between sister and ex in the heat of panic, and then that would have been a whole other ordeal.
"Nobody could help me," she blurted eventually, after letting the silence hang too long. "It just happens when it's going to happen, and then it.. runs it's course. It's not exactly helpable, you.. you didn't miss much," she added more slowly, glancing off for a moment, toward the nearby buildings. She didn't seem any more ready to meet his eye. "Don't worry about it, I guess."
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