The fact that you are a woman would not slow them down from killing you in the heat of the moment. Failing that, because you are a woman, they would u...doubtedly treat you as a spoil of war and assault you, possibly to your death. Therefore, I want to provide you with as much protection as I can."In fact, if you feel that you are in too much danger by being here, I would understand if you wanted to leave. I could give you three months' wages as severance pay and write you a strong letter of. That makes it worse, really. If he has a family he should be more responsible.’ The barman brought her drink. ‘That’ll have to be the last one, the bar is closing now.’ he said. He went back to the bar, and started pulling down the shutters. ‘So how do you intend to confront him?’ She took a large sip from her drink. ‘That’s why I chose this hotel. It’s convenient for the law courts. He is supposed to stand trial tomorrow. I’m going to be there. He’s going to have to look me in the eye and know. And still holding my jaw, I turned to glare at my ex-fiancée as I yelled back, “I’m not abandoning you!”“What? You trying to claim you DIDN’T just say you were moving with Kim and BJ back to Berkeley?!? You want me to believe you DIDN’T just say to my face that you don’t want to be a part of my life anymore?!?”“I didn’t say we ARE moving! I said we’re CONSIDERING it! I said I wanted to TALK to you about it! And I never said I didn’t want to be a part of your life anymore! Actually, I said that. We could have made it this far in one, but had made a leisurely journey out of our traveling. We had slept one night in the same bed and one night in twins. A sister and a brother didn't--or shouldn't, so we didn't. Hey, this was going to work.We ordered the special of soup and a seven-ounce steak with fries. Apple pie and coffee completed our meal. As we were there on the tail end of the lunch hour, we were soon the only customers. The lone waitress, Bertha, pulled a chair from a table and sat.