Perhaps ironically, Liz was doing that similar stare off in the distance to keep herself from crying. She felt terrible for Annie and had no idea how to fix it except, again, for her to just not be around. Her minds stilled wandered to that solution, but she knew it wasn't the best solution.

She took a deep breath and stood, trying to offer a reassuring smile but it didn't reach her eyes and she basically moved like a robot to the door and went outside.