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She hadn't expected him to speak again, so she stopped when she heard his voice. She didn't much like what he said, and she turned to face him. Her eyes narrowed and her ears flicked back in annoyance. Well, lucky for me I know how not to claim crappy family members, she retorted. 

Her father, though family, was not one she claimed. He had never been there for her, and she had long since accepted that she would never call him "Dad." Looking at the male in front of her, she was certain she wouldn't call him family, either. She turned once more to leave, indifferent to whatever the male had to say.