Chapter 14 - B was a standard clause I had inserted into every commercial lease and private event contract twenty years ago: *Any intentional act of harassment, physical assault, or gross defamation committed on the premises by the host or primary party renders all conditional subsidies, discounts, and host-sponsored indemnities null and void, transferring total financial liability immediately and solely to the offending individual.

Samantha had thought she was kicking a sick, defenseless old woman who had no weapons left to fight with.

She had no idea she had just walked straight into a legal minefield, and I was holding the detonator.

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