Jacob gave her a steady look, waiting a long time before replying. "So that's why, then." He sighed and sat down on the grass. "The reason why I didn't tell you anything was because I either didn't think it significant enough to tell you about, or too sensitive. And what I wouldn't tell you, I didn't tell anybody else. As for your parents, that's hardly my fault. YOU were the one who decided to follow me. I never forced you to do anything. And to be honest, Michael ignored me for the most part as well. I didn't even know him until two years before our first trip, and that meeting was pretty much an accident. Hell, my BIRTH was an accident. And not once have I thought I was treating you like that. If it came out like that, I am honestly very apologetic. If I had known you would be that insulted..." He hung his head and said in a softer voice "I'm sorry for being a horrible brother."