Daddy to the rescue

One day, Corrine was shopping in the supermarket when she bumps into one of Mariane's friends moms. The mother tells Corinne that Marianne has been skipping school and going to church. Corinne then goes to pick up Marianne at the Church, and brings her home. On the way home Marianne and Corinne almost hit an animal, causing Marianne to break down and cry. She cant stop crying, and this is when Corinne realizes there is something wrong and tells Marianne that she needs to go see someone. Marianne refuses and says that everything will be okay if she just goes home. Eventually Corrine brings Marianne to see someone, and tests are ran. The doctor is lead to the idea that Marianne was rapped because there are bruises in her inner thighs and near her breasts. After running tests, the doctor finds out and tells Corinne that Marianne was rapped. They then go home so that Marianne can rest, and when Michael comes home, all hell breaks loose. Corinne walks outside to great Michael, and then tells him that she has bad news. She tells him what had happened to Marianne the previous night at the Valentines day dance, and Michael then immediately gets into his car and speeds over to the house where Marianne stayed. Corinne, knowing that Michael is up to no good, calls the police to have a cop sent over to the house just incase Michael tries to do something.
When Michael gets to the house, he goes insane. He tells that father (Mort) of the boy (Zachary) who wrapped Marianne that he must see the boy at once. The father does not let Michael come into the house, and tells Michael that Zachary is not home. Michael then storms into the house, finds Zachary, lifts him up, and starts to shake and yell at him. He is then arrested and Marianne was taken in to be questioned. She keeps saying that she had some alcohol to drink, and that she doesn't remember everything very clearly, and that she doesn't want to make a false accusation. "I was drinking. It's so hard to remember. I can't swear. I can't be certain. I can't bear false witness" (Oates 142). Mort, Zachary's father, said that if the Mulvaney's do not press charges on Zachary, they wont press charges on Michael.
This is the beginning of when Michael Mulvaney starts to go insane in the brain. He can not stand the fact that he let this happen to his little girl. As a dad, he is supposed to protect his kids, especially his baby girl. Michael can't stand the thought of failure, and tries to not come into contact with Marianne as much. Corinne and Michael finally come to the conclusion that it would be best to send Marianne away to live with a distant relative. After she leaves, Michael is never home. He is always out drinking away his problems, and running away from all his failures. This leads to his company closing, the family filing for bankruptcy, the farm having to be sold, the split between him and Corrine, and the corruption of his family.
Running away from problems is not a good idea. Using alcohol as an escape is not a good idea either. Many families today have issues within their family post drinking as well as prior to drinking. Families become abusive and distant due to alcohol and sometimes ends in very tragic ways.