Did she still love him?


She seemed distant at the end.
When he showed up announced at her dad's house, I thought she would have a new boyfriend.

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I think she still loved him, but she didn't want to come back to their old life.

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Definitely, but it seemed drastic that he felt he had to bail.

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I thought exactly the same. That she looked detached because she had to break up with him and dreaded that moment

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Probably she was still "waiting for him" all this time.
But when he actually came back, she had already moved on. She didn't want to go back to the touring, living in a van.
She was ready to move on with her life and become something better.

When Ruben came back, she was reminded of all the things she "had to" go back to, and didn't really feel like it.
She was ready to break up with him and continue her new life, but she didn't want to hurt him. Maybe she also felt responsible or she was in debt with him.

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Also felt like she didn't want to sing anymore, or was having issues with her voice.

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About that part, I think she was OK singing, but she just felt very awkward that Ruben was there listening. And she felt like she was being judged by Ruben for not singing heavy metal anymore, and singing a fancy french song.

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No, she didn’t love him still. When he starts talking about going back to their life on tour, as rockers, she has this really distant expression on her face. He saw that. That’s why he left

There were other details - her appearance was so much cleaner and conservative now, compared to the rocking chick she was at the start. She was talking French. She was singing a different genre of music. The party suggested that she had a new set of friends. All of these details suggests that she moved on

At one point, he looks at her arms, and he notices that she stopped scratching herself. That change signifies that she was now much happier than she used to be

The relationship with Ruben was done. He saw that

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I'm going to have to go back and watch, because I didn't remember seeing him bail. He bailed, huh?
Anyway, just wanted to thank you for your post here, really kind of cued me into a better view of the situation.

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Still had feelings but she had moved on. She was into a completely new life by the time he showed up there. What he wanted to do - she was like, over it. Ruben could tell. He could also tell she was comfortable in her new life. There really wasn't a place for him anymore with Lou. But like I said, I think she still cared for him. It's just life, enough time had passed for Lou to get into something different and it turned out she liked it.

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