Handle this

"I honestly don't know how to handle this" he said showing his venerability and his desperation to protect his mother.

Nina understood what he must be feeling. She can keep herself in his shoes and understand how helpless he must be now. It's true that their married life was less than ideal. And she understood that most of their misunderstandings came from Chelsea. Everything became worse after Agatha slipped down the stairs and everyone blamed her. She was sad then that he didn't believe her.

Now, she can understand why. He barely knows about her and he was forced to marry her. He only had one parent who he loves immensely. He might. And everyone including her step mother and Silas blamed her, and he believed them. As Agatha being his parent, it might not have occurred to him that Barbara and Silas are not good to her.

She on the other hand knows everything there is to know about him, thanks to Agatha. They cannot change the past. If she try to ignore his not so kind husband