followed husband today, lunchtime spent at seedy motel, i know it well, the smell of cigarettes and cheap wine with a hint of dead flowers. room 27, only one other car in the parking lot besides his....her car! wait for 40 minutes...the phone rings its wife, shes taking advice, leaving now, on way from appointment to get daughter, shes fed up wants a better life for daughter and self, tells me she called him left message about 5 minutes ago, its over shes gone. on phone with her he appears in doorway clothes a mess shirt untucked and arguing with woman he steps out turns yells something she yells back he goes back inside. I assess situation, wife needs time to get home and pack things, instinct takes over i get out car and walk to the room, knife in pocket being unsheathed, rear tire of driver side and front tire of passenger side punctured as i walk by. as i walk away door opens and voices can be heard again, i round corner and go to second floor corner of building and watch husband get into car and put in reverse , he realises something wrong and gets out tires bleeding air, he looks around, even if he calls AAA still 45-60 minutes before they get there, i call wife tell her she has 1 hour to get things and be gone....she cries thank you i tell her waste no time and hang up...a smile creeps across my face