The woman who had held onto her breath for so long, finally let the pressure off her lungs. She was safely out of his air. But not done with the pang of guilt that was causing her chest to tighten even more. She could not afford to be the person that broke his heart.
'Hazel did this. It was all her game plan to begin with,' thought she, 'I should let her put an end to it by herself… she has to. He just needs to heal from this experience before I ask her to do it.'