The Monster and His Mockery

The club's bass vibrated through Mark' s bones as he showered the squalling women with champagne.

His wife, Sarah, lay miles away in a hospital bed, kept alive by tubes after a hit-and-run, the money from their house sale meant for her treatment now being thrown away on a lavish display.

Suddenly, Sarah' s parents, the Smiths, stood before him, their faces etched with grief.

They watched in horror as he publically humiliated them, throwing crumpled bills at his kneeling mother-in-law, even striking the woman on his lap.