wfm, no one here was at the conversation, so all we can go by is what you post and "how" you post. You are appearing (and have been for a day or two) to be in a panic. Perhaps in the words you would use, it would be called "frustrated" and "now willing to move on" and "wanting closure".
No one here can give you the words you want to respond by at least for the reason that, there is no words that are going to get you what you want.
I'm beginning to get a sense that you are actually unable to be a business partner with him, right now. Perhaps it would be fair to say that he cannot be a business partner with you, right now.
Not because the two of you cannot be business partners, rather because it appears that the two of you are bringing far too much personal matters to the work place.
Do you think that you could be a business partner and leave your personal relationship out of the way?
In the mean time, we sometimes will recommend a LBS use a "48 hour" rule of thumb. That is, when something strikes us emotionally to the point that we are overwhelmed, the LBS should step back for 48 hours before responding or deciding how to proceed. Maybe that is something that you could consider, right now.
