[ A bit hard, to pry for more details, but she recognises that some things must be kept private. And who knows what may come next - perhaps this won't even be an issue for long.

Still, she doesn't want to make drinks the only solution. ]

It is, but it also helps to talk things out. Someone I was once involved with had a similar habit - he'd run off when he had issues he thought he had to deal with on his own. [ She takes a contemplative sip. ]

... So I gave him room. Then when enough was enough, I made sure he knew he couldn't just take off again.