Mrs Payne was done wasting more time. The guilt she felt until now had now consumed her entirely, and she feared if she didn't act right now, then she might go insane. She couldn't risk another innocent life.
She decided to not talk with Ruth about what she had decided. She didn't want her decision to get influenced by anything that Ruth would say. Also, she didn't want her resolve to weaken because of Ruth.
Today, she would talk to Edwin and save her from more guilt, from staining her life by the tag of a murderer.
Only she knew how she survived through the night. The flames of the pyre of that innocent cub scorched her body, her mind, her very soul.
With heavy eyelids and a throbbing head, she left her room alone and took the only path that would ease her situation.