[0:00]His wife was sitting beside him, the kids were sleeping in the back seat. The road stretched quiet and dark. Then headlights cut across the line.
[0:15]When he came to, they were gone. His family was dead because of a drunk driver, and he was all alone. Now 20 years later, he's retelling the story for the 100th time to his psychiatrist. She had adjusted his medication many times, but nothing seemed to help. He was numb, he just couldn't enjoy life. So she suggested an experimental clinic that claimed it could completely erase specific memories. This would be perfect for him. He had been struggling with this weight for too long. He agreed, desperate to forget his trauma, signing all the waivers without hesitation. Anything to make the pain disappear. At the clinic, a nurse prepared him for the procedure, noticing his trembling hands and downcast eyes. Then the lead scientist asked him to recall every detail. The collision, the screaming metal, the silence afterward. He poured it all out so the machine could trace the neural pathways and find his memory. They sedated him and the procedure began. It was supposed to be quick, but the system kept failing to lock on to the memory. The screen showed inconsistent data. The scientist grew frustrated. They sedated him deeper, forcing the machine to dig harder. In the control room, the nurse began to research records of his family to try and help. But she couldn't find anything. There was no marriage record for him, no children, nothing. She found an article about the car crash and to her horror, she saw the man's face in a mugshot. He was the drunk driver that night. He was the one that killed the family.
[2:09]And he was about to forget it all.
