DAWN’S FATHER Did the Right Thing.

Without hesitation.

He answered the phone when Dawn called him, and he told her he’d be there to get her in a couple of minutes, and he ended the call and picked up his car keys and set out to find her.

He didn’t find Dawn.

He never made it to Scott’s house.

The police told Dawn and Wendy and Bryce that the guy who ran the red light had a blood alcohol concentration more than twice the legal limit.

They told Wendy her husband was dead in an instant.

The other driver walked away from the crash and straight into the back of a Sacramento PD cruiser.

He went to jail for a while, but he’s alive.

Dawn never saw her father again.

Except on nights like this, when she’s guilty.

And she doesn’t have anything strong enough to chase the guilt away.