You step up and speak

Before this gets any worse, You quickly interject, "Yeah, I heard that. But come on, man, you claim to know her, but how can you not know that she can say things in the heat of passion that she means at the moment but doesn't really mean. How many times have you gotten excited and said something you didn't really mean?"

The man laughs. "I guess you're right." And with that, silence overcomes the three of you as you all take quick glances at each other. From the way he is glancing at your wife, you can tell this whole argument has killed his feelings for her, which makes your stomach ache. You really wanted to get away from him and stop his glances at your wife, so you ask, "So what now?"

Mr. Jones glares back at me, shaking you to your core. "I guess we better start off with what exactly is going on here. And I want to hear the whole truth."