I'm downtown all the time! I drive a car that costs more than the bar he burned down. [This might not be true but it's close enough, the point stands, listen—] Someone out there already knows who I am and how often I'm with you, someone who isn't on your side!

[Right? Logically, for several months he hasn't gone unnoticed, the rich boy with the nice car who always comes around.]

Leaving me alone won't protect me any more than the alternative.