Instead of answering, Desmond gets up to leave, but after Charlie calls him a "coward", a drunken Desmond tackles and chokes Charlie, shouting that Charlie does not know what he has been through.
Instead of reacting, Desmond stands up to depart, but after Charlie calls him a coward, a intoxicated Desmond overpowers and suffocates Charlie, stating that Charlie is uninformed about Desmond's struggles.