As soon as Thompson was gone, Tom leaned forward, slapped Julie across the face, and called her a b***h. Before she could even think to retaliate, Thompson grabbed Tom and threw him to the ground. Apparently, he hadn’t gone as far as he’d said that he was going. Instead, he’d hovered just outside the door to see how things would play out when he was gone.
Thompson placed his shoe to Tom’s neck and applied pressure. “How dare you hurt my girl?” he hissed.
Julie turned to look at Thompson and asked him, “What’s wrong with people lately? How did I become the target for so many people’s angst?”
Tom was squirming and trying, without success, to get Thompson’s shoe off of his neck. His face was red and his breathing was shallow. “I don’t know,” Thompson replied. “There are some people in this
