She would have been fine with Garry just up and leaving before. But the more he spoke, the tighter her tiny little fists clenched like she'd rather make him disappear herself. Her resentment of him was no secret, and the current confrontation was, in Mary's mind, only adding to the root of her feelings.

"Yeah, Seth's being my friend... But you don't like that, do you, Garry?! Every time I make a friend you try to ruin everything!! Is it because you don't have any friends?! Is that why you have to steal mine all the time?"

How she hated him! She'd finally escaped her life of solitude, and she wasn't going to let Garry do anything to make her feel lonely again.