She did not want to tell him, saying that, it also did not mean in a negative way.
After all, she had personally previously told him about the relationship dynamics she had with different members of her family. And what Dove knew with all honesty in her heart, is that right now, when her mind was also jumbled up, she really did have this very strong urge to pour the confusion out of her heart, the moment he asked about it.
But them she halted! She stopped herself! Why? Because hadn't she until half an hour ago making her mind to keep personal distance from him? And she would take hold of her heart? Because one thing that Dove was coming to realise was that, the more she was sharing about herself, the more comfortable she was getting around him, the more she was losing her heart to him. And she couldn't risk that since everything about it did not seem very favourable to her!
