word you can tell by the way she wanted him to confirm he did everything he could. she gave a hard pause with it. she knew something...no I think she knew. the circumstances were just too wonky for her to accept what he told her at face value. she might not have known exactly what happened but she knew joel took her out of there by force. just like joel didnt want to let her go she got attached to him too and accepted the lie he told her.