Daphne had left after finishing her tea, but Joyce had decided to stay on the balcony. She had taken the medicine right after finishing her breakfast and spent her time thinking.
This day was supposed to be the one where she was going to talk about the engagement with Adrian. Joyce had planned out every thing. She had planned about how she was going to start the topic, how she was going to proceed with it and what she was going to do in case the conversation went into the negative side of the graph.
But the conversation never even happened and it was slammed shut before it could ever be opened.
His words are very clear when he said that he was not going to give her any deciding power when it came to her well-being and for sure, her being engaged to him, was one of the categories that came in well-being.