He should have stayed out of that bar , he knew he would see her there after he felt she was coming on to him.
She gave me whatever I wanted in the bedroom(I mean whatever, threesomes, etc.) and when she was acting normal lavished praise on me. When I tried to correct somethings in the relationship by talking about them, she got angry beyond angry and then like the author, she was looking to phase me out. It got awful until I had enough. The breakup was horrible and vicious. Her sending me horrid text messages and insults about my manhood, how I was with my kids, my career. this continued into a year after our breakup. I was not quite right after that relationship. NPDers leave a toll psychologically on you. It stays with you. I can say after lots of therapy and being and loving myself I can say it got much better.
That was my first thought as well. Why the hell did he go back. The subconscious mind is a powerful thing I guess.