Originally Posted by Kixster

Yes it breaks my heart what she said to me and totally confuses me too.She knows I love and will always protect her son with my life.I've been with him 15+ years now.I've helped her in so many ways and host mothers day and special occasion parties for her in my home.I'll never forget what my daughter and I did for her son 2 years ago and to this day I'm not sure exactly why we did it (My daughter and I will NEVER do it again though and he knows this!)...maybe we both hoped that with the impact and severity of the of the situation that perhaps it would finally be the turning point for him.This is what happened,he was coming home drunk daily for quite a while because he was actually drinking with his buddies at work at the end of the work day.One day he didn't quite make it home,he ran into a tree when turning onto our road and this happened less than 3 blocks from our home.he came stumbling and staggering through the front door mumbling something about that he needed to get in touch with the insurance company and we both were like WHAT! He then swayed and stumbled his way out the back door,we followed
being curious about what he was doing.He fell down several times and got up and continue to make his way to the shed outside and after some clanging and banging in there he emerged with some chains and a come a long.At that point we were like what is going on and what are you doing??,it was also at that point we realized his forehead was bleeding profusely.He told us that he had had a little fender bender and was going to go get his car (Which was a beautiful brand new dodge charger) and bring it home and then call insurance.By this point we could hear sirens close by,so my daughter and I ran to the end of the driveway and looked down the road.Our road was blocked off by ambulances,police and fire trucks galore. We knew this was bad at that point and we told him that he could not go to his car and that we had better hide him because he was going to jail if he returned to his car.Not long after we hid him the police knocked on the door with his wallet in their possession which they handed to me and told me his car had hit a tree down the road and that they knew alcohol was involved because there was a strong drink in the cup holder driver side.They asked us if we knew where he was and we told him we did not and they asked if they could come in and have a look around and we said of course.They searched the house pretty good,looked under beds and in closets and then asked us once again "Where is he?" We stayed steadfast that we had no idea where he was.They told us that they believed we were hiding him to protect him and explained to us that that was a serious crime and when they found him that they were going to arrest us too.Even though both of us were shaking in our shoes at that point we remained calm and steadfast.They told us that they were going to get a search warrant and that they would return,then they left.After they left my daughter and I called a close friend down the street from us explained what was going on and secretly moved him to their place.Then walked down the road to see our car that the roll back was then pulling out.I almost fainted when I saw it and my daughter grabbed me to steady me.He had run over the steel street sign (which lay flat on the ground) and crossed over a large ditch and hit a huge tree with great force and the car was barely recognizable. We then returned to our friends home down the road and I told them that we needed to try to sober him up the best we could and that he needed to be seen at a Hospital because he might have injuries that we don't know he has yet.Luckily he had no internal injuries and thank goodness it was a single car accident *gasp*. He quit drinking for only a couple of days after that horrific accident and the ONLY thing my daughter and I could leverage out of it was a promise from him that he would NEVER drink and drive again.He even knew it was a miracle he lived though such a horrible crash.His family was informed of everything and knew that we had put ourselves in jeopardy covering for him and they ran to his rescue and gave him money to cover the insurance deductibles and felt sorry for him.Then they said the police were just shaking you ladies down and bluffing you,I don't know why they even bothered you because it was a single car accident and the only person he hurt was himself,I can't believe they even wasted their time ..like it was NOTHING! Yes mother in laws words tore my heart out...At first when I approached her about it she seemed to be genuinely concerned and acted like she was on my side and I was and still am shocked she turned on me and bailed out and said the horrible things she said to me...After all she was beaten up bad almost on a daily basis for so many years by my husbands father,her husband ~ Who was a chronic alcoholic too!!! Sorry for such a long post but I needed to VENT and get something off my conscience.Thanks for listening. Kixster