"God, you're infuriating! You had a choice! When I said 'Hey, Derek, spend the day with me. I want to go horseback riding and we can have a picnic and then a hot air balloon ride and we can have dinner at the hotel after', if you wanted a choice, you could say 'Hey, that's stupid. No, thanks.'. That's where you had the choice. You always had a choice. I fail to see how you didn't have a choice in the matter, unless you insist on remaining hung up on taking a joke literally! You know what? If you thought it was strange because we haven't done anything like that, you could have said 'hey, why are we doing this?' instead of assuming it was just babysitting."
Nell wasn't even sure she wanted to try to navigate what he meant, but her 'redhead' was up now and she couldn't let it go because that made no sense. He had no problem asking others, but he wouldn't ask her? Did he want to forget her that much? Was she that weak in his eyes? "So, what? You think I couldn't cut it, is that it? Too damaged and weak for you with my love of words and knowledge?"