"But I kept a certain distance from her, just as I did from Tommy. We didn't really talk properly again at the Cottages, and before I knew it, I was saying my goodbyes."
(pg. 203)
Kathy, in the quote, describes how after the three of them had that final fight, they were never the same around each other. This led to Kathy leaving the cottages to become a carer. Personally, I would rather hang out with friends I wasn't that close to rather than sign up for my death, but I guess that's just me. It's just odd how everyone accepts there fate and doesn't try to do anything about it. I would be the first one out of those Cottages if it were me that was going to have my organs harvested, but again, that's just one guy's opinion. Anyway, I know Kathy just wants to move on at this point in her life and doesn't really have a point in staying with Ruth and Tommy, but it really is shocking how she and the others cope with their lives. Obviously, she meets Ruth again later in the story, but Kathy, at this moment, is leaving Hailsham and her childhood behind by doing this. A new emotional tone comes over the story with Kathy leaving and knowing very well that she might never see them again.
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