Being in the business world, it's inevitable to encounter all sorts of harassment. If the man yesterday hadn't stooped so low as to drug her drink, she wouldn't have run away.
What she could do was to maintain her principles and try her best to cope.
No one helped her; a single woman with a child would have starved on the street if she hadn't been flexible.
Life, though helpless, she needed to strive to survive, because there's still a heavy burden on her shoulders.
=============I'm a gorgeous separator===========
Robert Thomson and Mr. Wright were not here to eat. In fact, it was rare to see anyone come to eat at three thirty in the afternoon.
They were just looking for a quiet place to drink and discuss some business. Once the deal was done, it took only an hour.