We headed out of my room together and down the hall to the stairs. I could hear Sarah’s voice more clearly as we started down them, her words suddenly decipherable. I tried to get into the kitchen as fast as possible to stop her saying anything bad about Suzanne, but we ended up walking through the door just as she said, ‘The problem is, I thought she’d be grateful. But she’s such hard work.’
Yowch. (This *is* what people in the role of 'rescuer', like Sarah, so often think, though, which is why this line is here. They think things will be easy, they expect gratitude. This is why problems so often persist, or are perpetuated, once the 'danger' has passed.) (This kind of thing is primarily why I wanted to write the 'after' story of Suzanne's experience rather than the 'during'. I wanted to shine a light on what comes next, and why it isn't as straightforward as people may assume.)
