Of course I did! [Her voice is choked with tears.] I thought about it, and I knew you'd hate me for it, and... and I don't know, I just, it felt better than seeing all of you die, or, or waiting for the Phantom to have another stupid motive and for someone else to die in my place!

I thought... I thought this would be the best case scenario. Jeremy would be okay, you'd all be o-okay, and I would... at least leave a mark somewhere.

[If she was the culprit, for once, attention would be on her, and then all those feelings no one ever cared about would be on display. And that's selfish to think too, but it still tempted her, just a bit.]