he saw the pain in raines eyes , and deeply regretted causing it ; yet her lack of answer meant he must go on , albeit in a calmer tone , the issue that niggled me , i see now , wasnt with stellas own moves and manoeuvrings around the building or even with the fact that she was also paying charlies way , but that what she was paying was his trust subscriptions , rent , service charge to the buildings owners possibly and nothing more .