With that, he lunged forward, swinging his fist. My husband couldn't dodge in time and took the hit square on.

To avoid provoking him further, my husband bit back his pain and didn't retaliate.

"Isn't this all your own doing?"

Michael Anderson's forehead vein bulged as he viciously kicked the table. "It's all because that nosy bastard couldn't mind his own business! He got me kicked out of school. What, I'm not allowed to get even?"

He was ...