Once Sam had come back and Abby had spoken to the police, Kerry reluctantly discharged her, only after she promised she'd stay with Neela.
"All right, Abby, my room hasn't been changed so you can stay in here." Neela told her as they left the hospital.
Sam had agreed to stay behind to help since they were understaffed, as usual, but only after making Abby pinky promise she was okay to leave.
"It's okay. I can stay at home. I don't want to put you or Ray out." Abby replied.
"Abby…" Neela protested, "I told Kerri I'd take care of you.
"I'm fine, Neela." Abby retorted. "Enjoy the rest of your night with Ray."
"But-."
"Neela!" Abby exclaimed before breaking down, sobbing. "I can't."
Shocked and confused, Neela pulled Abby into her arms. "Can't what, honey?"
"I can't stay there… with Ray. I know it seems silly but I just can't." Abby tried to explain.
"Shit, why didn't I think of that?" Neela hugged her close. "It's all right. Let's go talk to Sam."
Turning around, the two girls walked back into the hospital.
"Hey, Frank. Where'd Sam go?" Neela asked.
"Curtain four, last time I saw her." He replied, not looking up from the computer screen.
"Thanks." Neela said, leading Abby around the admit desk. "Hey, Sam? Can we talk?"
"Yeah, is everything okay?" Her eyes were full of concern.
"Uh, kind of. Ben isn't going to be at your place tonight, right?"
"No, he's working graveyard." She replied, realizing what Neela was getting at. "Of course, you can stay with me, Abby. Alex is away on a school trip for a week so there's plenty of room. If you want to grab the key from my locker, you can head over there now. I'm probably leaving within the house anyways."
Neela nodded. "Thanks, Sam."
"It's no problem at all." She said. "Make yourselves at home. It's kind of messy though, I haven't had a chance to clean."
Abby smiled. "It can't be worse than mine."
"Neela!" They heard Ray call out. "You ready?" He had decided to keep his distance from Abby, knowing how defensive women could be after an assault or something just as bad.
"Car's here." Neela told them. "We'll see you in a little while."
"Later." Sam nodded, turning back to her patient, who had called out to her.
Outside, Ray had the car ready to go. "Hey, Abby. How you feeling?" Ray greeted after planting a quick peck on Neela's lips.
Abby just shrugged, not looking at him.
Noticing her change in mood, Neela gave Ray a sympathetic smile. "Can you drop us at Sam's? Abby is gunna stay there."
"Sure, do you want to get something to eat on the way?" Ray asked, pulling out onto the busy street.
"You hungry, Abby?" Neela asked.
Abby just shrugged again and the rest of the ride was silent.