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桐葉「そう。それなら少し罪悪感も和らぐわ」
寿季「罪悪感、感じてたんだ？」
桐葉「私を何だと思ってるのよ。ほんの少しは感じていたわよ」
ほんの少しなんだ…… それでも何かしら思うことはあったらしい。
What does the bold part mean? It doesn’t sound right to understand it as "she sometimes thinks of something" in this context. Is it the same as 何かしら思うところはあった? https://meaning-book.com/blog/20190419173344.html
This ことがある does not mean "sometimes", but simply "there is something" (or "she has something"). 何かしら思うこと is "something in mind".
それでも何かしら思うことはあったらしい。
Still, she seems to have had (at least) something in mind.
何かしら思うところはあった is a synonym (may sound slightly more euphemistic/polite).
