How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
I tried a smile, so he couldn't see how close he really was to the truth. "I'm not sad."
"And she's not afraid to lie." (10.100-101)
On the first night Cole and Nikki meet, he observes that she seems simultaneously happy and sad. Nikki claims that she's not sad, which is of course a lie (since her mom just died). But Cole catches the lie and calls her out on it. Why would Nikki lie to a stranger? Why would Cole call her on it? Their emotional dynamic is interesting from the start.
Quote #5
At that moment, I made a decision. Jack was grasping at the faint shadow of the life we'd had before, searching for a stronghold. I could see him doing it and I couldn't let him. I'd already hurt him enough. He said he'd moved on.
So I lied. The biggest lie ever. (11.38-39)
Nikki's not happy with her decision to lie to Jack about her memories of him, but she does it anyway. She justifies it to herself by saying that it's to keep from hurting Jack even more, since she's hurt him enough already. But the lie is damaging to both of them, and she eventually ends up telling him the truth.
Quote #6
"That phone call from Meredith…"
He looked away. "What about it?"
There it was. Evasiveness. I could see it. (14.121-123)
Before the Feed, Cole is giving Nikki misinformation and social cues that make her think he's concealing something from her. And he is… just not the thing that she thinks. The secret isn't Jack's infidelity at football camp (which is not the big scary thing Nikki's made it out to be in her mind), it's that Cole is an immortal who wants to create doubt in Nikki's mind so he can suck her dry.