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"Not me," she said, with a sob "I don’t care abouthe can do to me that he hasn’t already done I justI don’t want hi happen to her"

So that’s what had done it Tania didn’t care what happened to her--she seeh to inflict it on herself But her maternal instinct had already kicked in and would not allow her to let anyone injure her unborn baby

"All right," I’d said to her "But what if he goes after Jordan next? Don’t you think Jordan has a right to know? Jordan loves you Jordan will understand"

She’d shaken her head vehemently

"You don’t understand," she whispered "He has photos He says he’ll send theet any worse?

"Tania," I said, "lots of fe photos of themselves published on the Internet Madonna Scarlett Johansson Katy Perry on Twitter that tioing to care, and your career can certainly survive it" A good publicist, I thought, could spin this whole thing into gold in a heartbeat All Tania would have to do was appear on an Oprah special, provide some pictures of herself as a child in her undoubtedly run-down ho to come off as the monster he was "A couple of sexy photos--even a sex tape--aren’t going to hurt your e or your career"

"Not those kinds of photos," Tania said, looking shocked "I’d never do that I’ to be fauy--not evento publish the wedding photos"--for the first tiirl fro the asn’t going to take any guff fro to happen No police No one Just you"

"Okay," I’d said, backing off "We’ll handle it privately"

Of course I was lying

"You said he e-mails her his blackh to write to her only froive you copies of any of the e-mails? Because they could help us track hirid?" I ask "You rins "No Guys like him don’t usually have credit cards," he explains, "because they don’t want to leave a paper trail, anything that ht identify theht have been, either because they’re paranoid or, as in the case of our Mr Hall, because they’re a criminal They carry out all their transactions in cash, and they definitely don’t pay taxes This makes it even more difficult to track their whereabouts It’s possible he only carries an ATM card connected to the bank in which Tania makes her deposits, so he can withdraw cash whenever he needs it"