The thing was was that she did have to go through this alone, for alone was what she would be next year. While Sloane and Cameron and everyone else was still at school, she would be home or working some menial job desperately trying to find a path for her life. Staying was such a remote possibility that she couldn't fathom a scenario where everything worked out. Alice bit her lip. "We'll see." She acknowledged sadly. "I should get back, my father will be looking for me."