My Mom nearly shot him, if that says something. She would have if he hadn't let them get me, I think.

[But he'd let Tyler through; she'd heard it happen through the door even in her weakness.]

Go figure I was saving his ass within a week because Damon's an idiot. [Hoo boy. This truth event is a doozy.] Not that it mattered that much. He still died sooner than he should have because he hated what I am too much to let himself become one to stay with me.

[She realizes that without context, that makes almost no sense, so after a breath, she clarifies.]

He was murdered with vampire blood in his system. He picked dying over finishing his transition.