"The-NO! What the hell? What do you need all this money for anyway? You know the hospital has to take a payment plan, right? There's no need for that. You can...you can work in the bakery. It in a garden. I know a guy who said he needed a gardener. I asked him about you before and he was interested! There's a whole mansion there. You could be happy there."

He's getting upset again, upset that she's going to make the wrong choices and really will all be for nothing. Jesse hadn't asked for anything yet besides Eponine's name, apparently so he could suck her into a web of criminal activities. But the point was, unless he came calling for that favor they had nothing to worry about from that end.

And there was a choice of places for Eponine to stay, a few ways they could make sure she was fed and paid and looked after. Why would she throw that all away for quick money? Yeah, so that was that. He squared his shoulders, looking her in the eye now as he made his argument.

"Stop calling me a liar every time I say something nice to you. It's really uncouth, you know. But if you want to make my heart feel lights, it's easy. Stop hurting yourself and other people. Didn't you learn anything when that wolf bit you?"