She rolled her eyes at him, and if she\'d believed in a Christian heaven, she would\'ve implored to them. He acted as if he\'d never hurt her, talked of how he\'d only ever tried to help her. How, exactly, had abandoning her as a fledgling barely a year old been helpful? Oh, that\'s right. Apparently she should\'ve followed after him once her uncle had died, like a dog with its tail between its legs following after the very master who\'d just kicked it!
"Then you should go away," she snapped petulantly. "That way, you will not be here for me to argue with."
If she\'d been less angry with him at that moment, she might\'ve asked he elaborate on why he wanted to stay near her, but she\'d already concluded it was to annoy her. That was his only purpose, to annoy and infuriate her. He was there to make her miserable.
He was doing a fine job of it so far.