Danielle

She considered the offer, a gun might be useful - she would need lessons but that wouldn't be a problem. No the issue was that if she was caught with it she would have to answer questions with no good answers to them, and that could blow the entire deal.

"Thanks" the woman seemed honest enough "but the risks of it being noted and having to answer questions by interested parties, or using it and missing where I might accidentally hitting a bystander" bullet goes through window and kills pregnant woman was not a headline she wanted to see "are too high".

"Can't count on anything to protect you, other then yourself" she stated, that was not new to her ... she had been training and effectively fending for herself for years while her mother worked "and even than it is a faint hope must times".

Other people were nice but they couldn't be truly relied on.