[ This answer will take careful consideration - not because she's trying to lie, but because she's trying to figure out the truth of it. After a moment she finally speaks again. ]

I left a part of myself behind. I don't think I'll ever be completely whole again. It was the hardest thing I've ever done, aside from leave Jamie when I was pregnant, but to have my husband again, especially after I thought he'd died...

[ It wasn't an instant decision, and Claire lets out a breath. ]

Bree had to convince me to go. She told me she took me away from him, and she wanted to give me back.

[ Which was such a heartbreakingly beautiful thing for her to say. ]