Edward Snowden's girlfriend Lindsay Mills feels betrayed after her 'world caved in' Edward Snowden abandoned Lindsay Mills on Hawaii to reveal bombshell revelations about the NSA spying on Americans and foreigners Friends tell MailOnline that Lindsay, who is in hiding herself, that she's devastated that she has been plunged into the heart of the global firestorm Another friend said she is 'heartbroken' and that Snowden kept his explosive plans from her to protect her By Hugo Daniel In Honolulu Friends of the pole-dancing lover of whistleblower Ed Snowden today told how she's been left 'heartbroken' and will feel betrayed since she abandoned her in Hawaii to go on the run - even if it was to protect her. Rika Rossing videoed a performance by Lindsay Mills called, somewhat aptly, 'Fish out of Water' last Friday in which she does sensual a slow dance with a male friend. Talking of how Lindsay will be devastated, she told MailOnline: 'Sure who wouldn't be? No one likes to have secrets kept from them. 'I don't think she would be the person that would stay with someone like that. That must suck for her. Heartbroken: Lindsay Mills posted this picture under the title Fish Out of Water before she performed a dance under the same name just days before her boyfriend disappeared Last dance: A friend who shot this video of Lindsay days before the bombshell revelations says Snowden's girlfriend will feel betrayed. 'That must suck,' said the friend And Rika, one of the last people to see Lindsay before Snowden outed himself as the whistleblower, also said there was nothing to indicate she knew anything about her boyfriend stealing secret data. Rika, who practices acrobatics with Lindsay, said: 'She seemed fine. Her and her partner Beau do a lot of acrobatics together and they got this routine together within a few days. It was really good. She saw me before the performance and asked me to film it for her on her camera. The 23-year-old doesn't recall anything suspicious about Lindsay's behaviour last Friday or at any other time in the past few months. She said: 'I never suspected anything suspicious. Whenever we talked about her life she just seems normal to me. I don't think she would have been keeping that kind of secret.' Lindsay's dance performance took place at the Ong King Art Center in the Chinatown area of Honolulu on Friday June 7. Cruel to be kind? Lindsay's friends believe Snowden didn't tell her about his plans so he could protect her from the authorities and the media firestorm that has ensued Home is where the heart is: The couple had recently moved out of a house in Hawaii to another nearby and had been seemingly living an idyllic lifestyle Compassionate: Lindsay's friends describe her as easy to talk to and extremely caring The pole dancer posted a video of it onto her YouTube channel LsJourneys three days later on Monday June 10 - the day after Snowden went public as the whistleblower. In the video she is lifted, thrown in the air and spun around several times by her dance partner Beau Elliott while a small audience cheers them on. It has been viewed more than 40,000 times since she posted it, with people leaving comments including: "Your boyfriend is a great and courageous American hero." Three days ago Lindsay's father Jonathan Mills revealed she is "barely holding on" after Snowden left her without warning. She's holding up as well as can be expected.' Another friend of Lindsay's, who declined to be named, told Mail Online that Lindsay has been left 'heartbroken' and her 'world caved' after the bombshell news broke that he had leaked National Security Agency (NSA) secrets. The stunning dancer has gone to ground after Snowden, 29, decided to go public with his decision to leak the intelligence. The friend said: 'I spoke to her just a few days ago. She's heartbroken, her world caved. She had no idea. She's a very loving and spirited girl with a soft heart and this kind of just hit suddenly.' Hard landing: A friend told MailOnline that her 'world caved in' and that she was 'a very loving and spirited girl with a soft heart and this kind of just hit very suddenly' Another friend said: 'I don't know where she is. I don't think she's hiding, she does not want to talk too any person and I need to protect her privacy. I talked with her, but she's not really talking to anyone right now.' Asked what she knew about Snowden, the friend said he wouldn't go and watch the acrobatic performances often and he didn't take part as it 'wasn't his thing'. He was very much into computers, but she added that they would just do what normal couples do together like go out to eat. She said: 'I met him a few times and he was friendly and approachable, very intelligent and articulate. I don't know any reason (he would have done this). Honestly I think he is doing a lot to protect his family and friends in not discussing any details prior too or during the current event. 'He didn't tell anyone, including Lindsay because he could have got her in trouble and he's not that type of person.' Snowden never discussed his job, the friend added: 'He loved computers. I don't think he drank. He didn't talk about his job at all, not once. I didn't know what it was I just knew he was a government contractor.' Authorities will be investigating whether Lindsay really did know nothing about what Snowden was going to do when he left Hawaii on May 20 for Hong Kong. On June 5 The Guardian and the Washington Post started reporting on his leaked documents. Pole dancer: Lindsay devoted her life to dancing and had set up a pole to practice on in the garage of the home she shared with Snowden, below However Snowden only outed himself publicly as the whistleblower on Sunday in a video interview with the Guardian. In her last blog entry on June 10 Lindsay told how she felt 'lost and adrift', adding: 'My world has opened and closed all at once. Leaving me alone at sea without a compass. She also wrote: 'at the moment, all I feel is alone ... sometimes life doesn't afford proper goodbyes.' However she hinted at discord before Snowden outed himself. On Friday June 7 - the day she performed in Chinatown - she described herself as 'sick, exhausted, and carrying the weight of the world.' And four days earlier, she wrote: 'I feel alone, lost, overwhelmed, and desperate for a reprieve from the bipolar nature of my current situation. My coping response of the past was to flee to foreign lands. Trying to outrun my misfortune. Rika, an artist, said Lindsay, who referred to Snowden in her blog as her 'man of mystery' rarely talked about her boyfriend. She said: 'She mentioned that she had a boyfriend, I never met him or knew anything about him. When I asked her why she moved here she just said she moved because of her boyfriend, but she does not really talk much about him. Struggle: Lindsay's father, Jonathan Mills, of Laurel, Maryland, has revealed that she is 'barely holding on' since her life was turned upside down Describing her relationship with Lindsay, Rika said: 'I know her through acrobatics, she's very strong, she's talented, she's really friendly, really easy to talk too, usually the one that makes conversations easier. 'I don't know a lot about her, she works as a pole dance fitness instructor, she teaches there (at the pole dancing gym in Honolulu). She's just been really friendly to me in the time I have spent doing acrobatics, she was one of the first people that became my friend. 'I've only known her well a couple of months. She's only been compassionate to me as a friend, when I was put in a knew situation with lots of people, she was one of the first people that came to me.' Rika added that she thought Lindsay recently moved house and has been travelling recently. She said: "She's been travelling a lot recently, she went back home maybe like a month ago. She moved into a new place. Rika said she has no idea where Lindsay is now, but she hopes her friend will be okay. She added: 'I'm sure she's confused at what to do about this but I think she will be okay. She's got some good friends.'