I watched as she sat perfectly still on the bed for a long moment, completely ignoring my commanding tone. Then, she slowly stood up from the mattress and looked me dead in the eye.
"Did I ever once stand here and complain to you about this place, Desmond?" she asked, her voice dripping with cold indifference. "I actually like it down here. I truly wish you could just stay away from my personal business from now on. Besides, if there was always another empty room available in this house, why exactly was I forced into this storage room in the first place?"
I looked at her face, and the words died in my throat. She was completely right. I had done wrong by her. I had allowed her to be humiliated under my own roof, I had deeply hurt her feelings, and I had been incredibly stupid.
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