“I could have argued it differently. I could have…” Could he have kept arguing? He wants to blame himself for his failure, but he’d been too tired to keep going after he said his piece.

It’s so hard to meet Raju’s gaze now, but he can’t look anywhere else. He’s so intense, as though he can see right through him.

“I can’t do anything. I’m helpless here, helpless to stop even Hickey, of all people. Hickey, who is so obviously guilty!”