His voice, the sound of his shoes hitting the floor as he came upstairs to prod her. Merope was easily upset, she felt that this might have been her punishment of sorts. Everything that said his reaction was wrong had a way of being the right one.
If he just wanted to fuck? It was because she lived there rent free.
If he didn't love her? It was her fault for doing what she'd done to Tom. A man with his face sent to torture her.
For a while she set silently, unable to answer, then spoke,"...Nothing. I'm just tired."