Yeah, that was the reaction he had expected. And it bothered him more than he expected it would. "Becky, I am not going to hurt you or Amy," he told her. "I can't even come inside unless you invite me. Which is why all I've ever done is lurk. And I didn't want you to know. Anyone to know."
He was babbling and probably not making any sense. He let a frustrated sound. "I didn't want you to see me like this," he told her. "To know what I'd become. I'd rather you hate me, think I ran off, something. Anything but the truth."