"I was trying to tell you the truth," Nicholas mumbled without looking at her, still lying on his stomach. "You weren't listening. You were dead set on still hating Jacob. I get it. I get he hurt you, I get he tried to [i]kill[/i] you. I don't think you understand that he wasn't in his right mind. He was...brainwashed. By those stupid pieces of shit. You're the one who put your hands on me first." He was breathing hard again, and he buried his face in the pillow again and spoke through it with a muffled voice, "I wasn't trying to hurt you. That could've been you who had this big ass hole in your back."