Knowing this, his heart ached. He wanted to see how badly hurt she was.
Alas, right now, like a prickly hedgehog, she refused to let him get close.
His lips quivered as he choked on his sobs.
Her earlier words were heartless and indifferent. She spared neither his face nor his feelings.
The old man refused to leave, though, and regarded her with bloodshot eyes.
She said: 'You're no grandfather to me and I won't acknowledge you, too! Give up!'
She also said: 'You destroyed my family! You're a murderer—a cruel miscreant! Get lost! I don't wanna see you ever again!'
Despite her refusal to see him, her desire to chase him away, and having his face trampled, the thick-skinned elderly man remained in the ward.
He wanted to look at her longer while he still had the chance!