Too Much Rain, Chapter 40

This chapter may cause a controversy.  I've been sitting on it for awhile, because I wasn't sure I could face the backlash.  But this is what came out of me when I was writing, and if I start doubting why my characters do what they do, I might as well stop writing altogether.  So I have gathered the requisite courage, and I'm posting this.

WARNINGS:  If you don't like to read about anger leading to violence, however limited, then don't read this.  Also, this is FICTION, and the characters bear no resemblance to the RL people whose names I've borrowed.

( Chapter 40 )