across town to the Pompano Police Station and the police went to my home and arrested my husband, who, incidentally was asleep and had eaten the whole chateaubriand dinner. As for the gun, we lived on a canal, so it’s no doubt it is still there. Every situation has a funny side or at least I see it. After the police carted Tom off to jail, I packed a few things and my daughter, Debbie, and I took a room at the closest Howard Johnson hotel. I had no money and no credit cards. I was scared to death that Tom would bond out of jail and finish the job. We did not leave the hotel for 2 weeks. Luckily, I had a small commission coming from a sale I had made and my boss advanced me some cash to pay the hotel and to feed myself and my daughter. He also arranged for me to stay with another female associate on the other side of town for a few weeks until my closing. My oldest daughter was at school at the University of Miami and my son was at Boy Scout camp while all this was happening. I was very frightened all the time and couldn’t eat, lost weight, and slept very little. My husband found out where I was staying and would call at all hours during the night and threaten to kill me. He even went so far as to pull the wires out in my car so it would not start in the morning. Finally, it was time for my son to arrive home from camp and my husband beat me to picking him up and took off with him. I didn’t know where he was for 2 weeks. I was frantic. My husband called one night and told me that if I didn’t go to his attorney and sign over the house to him, I would never see my son again. He would take him to California. I did as he said. Nothing was as important to me as my son. I knew I was the better parent by far. He returned my son to me and we were divorced a short time later. I accepted $15 per week child support which incidentally didn’t even cover the milk bill. But, I was free—free---free at last and happy for the first time in years. This surely cured me of marriage. One day in 2005,Tom called and said he had to fly to Las Vegas to pick up a brand new white Lincoln limousine and would I like to accompany him on the trip since I had never been there. We flew first class with Champagne, etc. We stayed for a few days and I walked around
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