I wouldn't have. If I had suspected that to occur. Not if it meant endangering her like that. If I had-had know...I would have never... [ He pauses lips drawn tightly together. He would have never had harmed Elise. Not in a million years, not for anything. He would die before he could be made to lay a finger on her. ]

And yet I did it anyway. [ And the outcome is still the same. She's gone, forever, and if this is price to pay for it so be it. ]