He probably does still have a hold on Kara. That's why she sat blank-faced at the funeral---like "Ok, bummer, but can you believe how much this guy loves me?"
The girl in Hawaii, though, I give her props. At the end of her email, she tells Ludwig, "BTW, I am putting you in my AIM blocker. Not because I don't want to talk to you, but because I DO."
Hope for yer.
yer = her