...What?

"But you're younger than me!" I blurted out, "Why can't I be the owner of my life?" I chewed my lip, trying to figure out what was going on. "Do you have some sort of plans for me?" I demanded, then cringed at the tone of my own weak voice. Now I was becoming paranoid about Vivian, too! But that was only natural, wasn't it? It was really weird to have your niece be in charge of taking care of you!