The thing of it is, it’s totally believable.
“He was a basket case.”
Probable because he wanted to beat the immortal shi’ite out of her but knew he couldn’t, not matter how much she deserved it and how much he wanted to do it. My @hole supervisor has the exact same personality and I feel like that every time I talk to her.
You have my sympathy. I worked for a lady that that many years ago, too.