Broken Antler Fen keepkey

Something clearly had happened. Bridget didn’t know if Teya and Bronco were having problems, if it was the kids, or if it was something else entirely. Was Eljay alright? She hoped so, but it suddenly didn’t feel like her place to pry. She wasn’t a part of Brecheliant anymore, and no matter how deep their friendship might have been at one point, Teya had never really gone to her for these things. Maybe because she always seemed to be gone. If not at the start, now it was certainly true.

Then you should take a break. If it’s something you need, then they will understand. It’s okay to need things for yourself. With a family waiting, Bridget didn’t think Teya would go far for long, but either way; staying would only make her resent the reasons she stayed. It was clear at a glance that the other woman needed a break desperately.

Is there anything I can do? It was so polite, so… detached, compared to the things she wished she had the words to say. But this wasn’t about her and she wasn’t willing to try to find them. If Teya needed her here, looking after her kids and Bronco while she did what she needed, then thats where Bridget would be. If she needed her gone, well… that was nothing new to her either.

She was very familiar with needing space. She also knew, intimately, that it could only help so much.