It was late that night when Kitty heard a knock on the front door as she was reading. Not wanting to wake, and anger her cantankerous husband, she quietly sneaked down the stairs to the door to greet the serious looking man in the brown coat. "Can I offer you a drink officer?" The on duty officer simply shook his head and got to business
"Ma'am we have some bad news about one of your children"

Kitty knew automatically that since Eric was in Africa with his new wife Donna it had to be Laurie

"What's the matter with her?"

"She was coming home from the bar tonight, and she was in a wreck, she died on impact, she was obviously drunk"

At this point a broken Kitty didn't care about the consequences of waking her bear of a husband, she broke down to the floor on her knees she cried loudly and yelled her husband's name "RED!"

The balding man walked down the stairs obviously annoyed

"Jeez Kitty what's the matter this time?" he was about to ask but the words died on his lips as he saw the man at the door and Kitty heartbroken and lifeless sobbing. He automatically knew, and held his sobbing wife, and for the first time in probably his life he cried.