It was true, he was no different than Li's brother. He had left Jack when she needed him. He just wasn't thinking
straight when he got into that argument with Li. Something wasn't right with Deric, but he didn't know what.
Or maybe he was all right. Maybe he was just a guy who was happy to find the one remaining member of his family.
Maybe Riddick just didn't want to lose Li to him.
He wouldn't openly admit it, but Riddick cared for this girl. This helpless, pathetic girl. He enjoyed living with her and taking care of her. She needed him.
Now she needed someone else.
Why had Riddick said such things about Deric? He should have been happy that she'd found her brother. And now he expected her to leave. Just when she thought she was beginning to understand the man, something always happened to thwart her confidance. Her happiness. She had started to be happy here. Deric's reappearnce should have been happy, but it was only bittersweet. For the first time since her mother had died, Li had felt as if she had a home. Now she chastized herself for allowing her guard to drop, to get used her environment and to think of it as a home. Her only home had been with her mother and Deric.