And he didn’t fool himself about being able to save Deja Chilson. They were both dead if that was the way Luppas wanted to play it; both waiting for the time to make it official. He just hadn’t been able to walk away and let her die by herself because she’d been on the periphery of his life. Because of Emma, because of those ties to Larisa that he still hadn’t resolved for himself, as well as the sense of responsibility. After all these months, he still didn’t know where the responsibility for Larisa’s death began or where it ended.