Why would she have to "bolt" in the first place? Is the author suggesting that if she didn't pay that the doctor's office could have PREVENTED her from leaving with her kids? Preposterous.
Why would she have to "bolt" in the first place? Is the author suggesting that if she didn't pay that the doctor's office could have PREVENTED her from leaving with her kids? Preposterous. If someone tried to shoplift at Wal-Mart, they could be detained and arrested.
Toogood "shoplifted" the doctor's services. His employees could have detained her until the police arrived.