[She tenses, remembering how she had to tell him... then writes a little addition:

"It's just a story. There was no Beatrice."

Just ignore how tense her hand is when she writes and shows that to him.

She tries to let it dissipate with her next breath, and after he sees it, she writes more:

"I need to apologize to him, at least. I'll never be able to forgive myself if I don't.

If I die tomorrow I don't want my last thought to be regrets about not apologizing to Battler."]