I am trying to remember where I left off and what was the point of what I was writing? I think I was trying to write about Sammy hitting Patrick.
The friendship between the two rivaling men still involved the female...in this case me the person who managed to find herself living with an ex boyfriend turned friend and a current lover.
Patrick was angry at me for having taken a lover after his stroke, certainly a legitimate anger that I did not fault him for... but there was another element to Patrick's character ...he was angry for being unable.
He was subject to severe temper tantrums that involved some of the worst verbal abuse that I have ever been subjected to.I spoke to several people who had experience with stroke patients and learned that extremes in temper were not uncommon among stroke patients.