[Hearing Alvin say it makes it feel so much worse, and he needs another moment to really concentrate and keep all this emotional energy from spilling out and effecting the area around him.]

Yes. Her co-volunteers at the soup kitchen were worried when she didn't appear for her shift. I tried to contact her, and when I couldn't-- [His voice shakes a little here.] --...when I couldn't, I went to the wall.

She's gone home, Alvin.