Unapologetic Indifference

Valerie did not want to talk with those people anymore. She came to the banquet to celebrate her grandfather's birthday, not to argue with them.

She used to have expectations and affection for Richard and Eleanor, so she put up with all the ridicule and pain. But now, she was completely disappointed with her parents.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have estranged herself from them.

The opposite of love is