"So that's it? that's how it's always going to be? About you making a decision for both of us and then deciding that it is the final? do I not get a say in this? is this a one-sided relationship? you keep manipulating me right now. you keep assuming that I'm some stupid little Human. that I won't figure it out. I could see the way you looked at her back at school. the both of you entered holding hands. how do you think that made me feel? don't you think that and my reputation? destroyed by name?'' Emily argued stepping back from Ryder as she looked at him with disgust. she was tired. her patients at finally worn out. she was no longer ready to allow Ryder to keep taking advantage of her. to keep casting her away like she didn't matter. she was important. there was a time when the only person that Rider kept thinking about was Emily.