Part of what is going on is also a miscommunication.

Less than a month ago, during a session, the therapist said that if she stays, it would be because of her grandson.

On a different session, the therapist said that there are several factors at play. I asked her what those factors were, but she didn't disclose. In my mind, I understood those "several factors" at play to be about her grandson. I was not expecting that those "several factors" were independent of her grandson. Her grandson has always been central and she said that if she stayed, her grandson is the determining factor. So it seemed reasonable, given how things were portrayed to me all this while, that those "several factors" were about her grandson.

This is why it was - and still is - so disorienting when she suddenly introduced what those "several factors" were when she broke the news on Wednesday. I did not expect that those "several factors" were reasons independent of her grandson.