At least there's that. I mean, not that it makes it better but... Maybe there was something in them that really cared about you both, if he was able to get them to stop?

[ She can't be sure, after all, but she'd like to think so. ]

Some of the cases I've investigated... You find out people can do horrible things, even to people that they love. I can't imagine there wasn't at least a part of them that cared.