once they were all safely out of the airport reception building , all three of them would go straight to a hotel , well away from the asphyxiating clutch of her soon to be ex-husband , and after that , she vowed that the next time she laid eyes on him , the next time she looked over to stare deep into his putrid expressionless face would be across the hostile arena of the court room , while her crack team of lawyers ripped his character to shreds .