[She doesn't mean to exhale in a sigh of relief at hearing the news, but it comes before she can stop herself.]

Not a lot, no. [If at all...] He and I kept our distance from each other.

[And for good reason, too. She couldn't stand to even think about being in proximity of that man—or whatever he was—and kept her end of the bargain right to the very end.]

When we met after he got here, I told him to stay away, and he did. So did I.