Her anger had waned some which made her next choice a difficult one. Would she swallow her pride and take whatever menial job he had in mind and watch that... that woman in her place? Or would she walk out, letting him rot with his choices? Aperture had been her home for years, he had been her constant.

"I won't apologize for doing what needed to be done." Caroline's eyes closed and she took a deep breath to keep them from watering. "And I won't stick around and be wasted in some mail room as she pretends to be me."

There were no taking those words back, no way to return to how things used to be. Finally she opened her eyes, clearly on the verge of tears. "Good bye a-and good luck."

She turned and rushed for the door, making it out before she'd even give him a chance to speak. Elena hurried to Cave's side.

"It's better this way. You're Cave Johnson, you don't need some back stabbing floozy to run the company you built. Forget about her."