Shepard ever since she was little she knew the word, abandon, so well she tends not to think of the word. She remembered how it felt like being abandoned from everyone she loved, how lonely it felt. When she had asked Ashley to come with her, she had declined and it felt like her non-related sister had left her. During their brief time on the SR2-Normandy it felt like she had a home once more, till she was stuck on Earth. Her world had started to crash around her when her close friend, someone she always loved had abandoned her.