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  Chapter 8 – Tick Tock

  She left her suitcase in a locker in the ferry terminal. Leaving Roland was harder. She ignored him as he pleaded, demanded, and argued. She walked along the waterfront, talking to boat crews, and he dogged her footsteps, calling her a fool, telling her to stop being childish. He delivered an ultimatum, telling her it was her last chance to be sensible or he'd leave without her. When she ignored that, more ultimatums followed. After the third ultimatum he finally followed through, turned away, flagged a passing taxi, and left.