Emmie worked late nights at a convenience store. the store had been robbed several times. one night emmie discovered that the "emergency alert" security system was not working. the owner of the mart told her that he would have the system repaired promptly. nevertheless, a month went by before the system was repaired. in the meantime, the store was robbed while emmie was working. in the course of the robbery, the perpetrator broke emmie's foot. under these circumstances, emmie may: