Chapter 149
- They divided up into their vehicles and headed out, on the sad, somber trip.
- Their parents had just finished dinner when their vehicle was struck, by a drunk driver. The drunk driver had been killed when his car burst into flames. They couldn't tell the blood alcohol level, the body was so badly burned, but they found several empty bottles of liquor, burnt and broken, in the rubble of his car. He wasn't an evil guy, a business man who had actually been a patient of their father's. He'd just been out with friends, who should have taken his keys, but they were also way too inebriated, they'd later tell the police. Sarah had declined to file a suit against the bar. Texas law at the time held the offending bar liable if it served alcohol to someone who was considered drunk, and/or let that person leave the bar.
- They'd had dinner at a local steak house, and were headed to a hotel for a long night of uninterrupted time together. The drunk businessman's car struck theirs at 9:28, September 13th. They'd both been killed instantly. Catherine, the mother, had been ejected from the vehicle, but it had landed on top of her, catching fire. Their father, Mike senior, was thrown clear as well, but had impacted a tree, breaking his neck and killing him instantly.