Thank you LT. Yes, it does feel cruel. She must be in a really really bad place to have to have done that, is all I can see. I asked her how I would find out what was going on and she looked confused. She said something like "I can tell you now I won't be working again". I just don't get it. She said she needed to stop so as not to cause harm, but surely she can see that an ending like this just causes harm. I'm hoping she will take a break and then be able to have some sort of an ending, if nothing else, but that certainly didn't feel on the cards after today. It felt like goodbye from her.