"You don't need to ... uh. I mean, if he needs to drink, that's okay, just ... not if it means he's not doing anything else and just drinking more and ..."

She shook her head quickly. "I don't. I ... I don't think I could. I almost wish I could, I'd just go 'hey, so glad that's over' and traipse off and ... I d-don't." She chewed her lower lip. "I just can't ... be with him, right now. You know?"