she gets why he’s kicking her out. it’s the middle of the night, she shouldn’t have come here in the first place, and come morning, it’ll be so much worse if she’s found missing from home and they discover she was here instead. but it feels wrong for him to send her back to david when she’s certain he knows. there’s no way he hasn’t noticed something. unlike her uncle, rust isn’t an idiot.
“i’m not-- i can’t just go, sir, ‘cause... ‘cause i don’t know when i--” a breath, shaky and uncertain, before she’s looking up at him again, begging. “look, i don’t know when i’ll be brave enough to-- to come here again. so, uh... with all, y’know, due respect, detective-- i don’t give a fuck what you think. i’m staying. i have to.”