"Yeah, he was... threatening me, and my neighbor." He missed Eileen. "It's a long story, but he's gone now." Dead, but then he'd already been dead, and... well, a doctor would never believe that stuff.
"Oh, I'm sorry," said Henry. He could tell from the laugh that she thought it was a bad thing that she didn't have kids.
Trying to change the subject, he asked, "Where did you live before?"