Max hadn't returned home until after dinner. Isabel didn't say anything to him, simply took the keys to the Jeep off the hook and went for a drive. Thirty minutes later, she was out at the old quarry, sitting on the hood of the Jeep staring at the stars.
She wasn't sure what to think. If Max followed through on his treats, then life as she knew it was over. But if she obeyed him and stayed, it was over anyway. A decision had to be made, she just hoped she was strong enough to make it.
Things had been crazed since she'd returned to Roswell and she hadn't checked her messages. She dialed in to her voicemail and smiled at
Xander's message about Angel. Her face fell a bit at
Peter's message, but only because it reminded her of why she'd returned in the first place.
Still both messages made her realize that she had friends in Fandom that would stand by her if she needed it. And she had a feeling she would.
[ooc: waves hi! There's an armadillo running around outside our camper.]