Katherine had set her jaw, pressing her lips together firmly to stave off the threatening shaking of her body. Her hands trembled. Usually this type of thing would be caused by unnecessary pushing to spill her thoughts, but it was the fact that that wasn't what Eward was doing that made her slowly descend into a mess. The subtle squeeze on her hand felt magnified, almost as if Eward held it like a vice, even though it was far from that.
Trembling, her voice quivering and nearly choked, Katherine murmured, "I know." But that was all she could get out.