Malcom Moore didn't want her to speak, so she could remain silent. All she needed to do was stay quietly by his side and help him get over the heartbreak, just like when they were young.
Malcom was very irritable, very repressed.
His mind was filled with the scene from earlier: Serena Sterling's indifferent, distant smile, greeting him as if he were a stranger, Michael challenging him and asserting his dominance, and that cute, beautiful blonde little girl...
Malcom ignored Grace Quarters trailing behind him and strode towards the restroom.
His craving for a cigarette was triggered; he desperately wanted to smoke.
As Malcom walked towards the smoking area, he encountered some women coming out of the restroom.
Coincidentally, one woman was pestering another, asking, "Is what you said earlier true? Was it really that Ivy Wood who instigated her friend to harm Miss Sterling's mother?"
