If this was karma for what she had done, she had paid dearly; Aubrey felt her life was falling apart. There was nothing left of her but misery.
The only thing that could keep her mind straight and prevent her from slipping into craziness was her son. Bryer occupied all of her time. He was a baby with colic, and it drained Aubrey's energy to calm him down, but it was a good thing, since she needed this distraction.
She felt the world stop, and everything went by in a flurry of scenes. Bryer was the only life she knew.
Michael would come by now and then, but it was so rare for Aubrey to see Arlo. He would leave to do things she was unaware of, and she eventually stopped caring.
Jack kept her inside to care for the baby. He told her that she was lucky since she gave birth to a son for Arlo, which was why she was kept alive.
