Chapter 15: Desperation
It was 11:00 P.M. on a rainy Saturday night, and Sam and Barry had both been drinking all evening. Unfortunately, this only added to the volatility of their latest argument about Valerie. Although Sam hadn’t even heard from the woman in quite a while, her presence in Sam’s thoughts and desires still managed to drive an uncomfortable wedge between Barry and Sam. And that night, Sam felt prepared to do something desperate.
Barry and Sam often started their late-night arguments after an evening of sitting on the comfortable porch, drinking and talking. On this particular night a few weeks after their wedding ceremony, the two friends and lovers were once again crossing the line between “discussion” and “fight.”
“It wasn’t like that at all!” Sam could hear the rising
