As soon as we got to that point, I remembered what happened back then.
"When she left, she came to say goodbye to me in a rush, mentioning an urgent matter in her hometown. I remember asking her, 'What's the matter? Why the rush?' but she didn't give me a clear answer and left in a hurry."
Thinking about it now, I regretted being so careless. But even if I had known something back then, what could I have done?
I continued, "Then everyone went to their internships, and Beatrice never returned.