Thank You Adam. Some short background just so you will know Patty is not a Heartless B.... She was married to him for 23 years. She was beaten by him, not often, but often enough. The final straw is when a local police officer saw her arm/wrist and asked her how long she had been beaten.
Thankfully she survived (once she was knocked unconscious for over an hour, and kicked viciously). And as you all know she finally got up enough nerve to leave.