But then the kids go to college which he has to pay. The wife developes cancer which leads to astronomical medical bills. Not to mention the mortage. Now he's left with crippling debt that his middle class income job cannot cover. He gets increasingly stressed and depressed which leads into poor work performance. He is laid off. The bank forecloses their house right after the cat dies of old age related health complications. Now they squat at relatives basement bitter and depressed. He gets a job at walmart as the wife continues to struggle with her cancer. They live from paycheck to paycheck, barely getting by as they're forced to beg for handouts from relatives. This leads to their relatives, their closest friends resent them as they are now being seen as nothing but a burden. They know this but cannot help to do nothing but just survive one day at a time, hoping that they could just somehow climb out of this hole. But they can't. All the accumulated debt and interest just digs the hole deeper. One day the man can't take the pressure anymore. Early in the morning before taking the bus to work, he sneaks into his inlaws bedroom to take the ******* from the drawer. At work he skips his lunch break to go talk to the manager, asking for few extra shifts. Weekends... nights... Anything. Not so much as to earn a few more bucks, because in the end he knows it will do nothing to help, but more just to escape the excruciating anxiety and depression that his life at "home" has become. The manager, not as much as looks at his general direction just cuts him off mid centence and in a cold monotone voice points off to him that his performance has been weak lately and he's been getting complaints of him from other workers. If anything he should be lucky to get the shifts he's doing now. Even though he always tries his best, even though he's not the most sociable at all times, he always tries to be humble and kind. But not all of them see it that way. It's Claire the manipulative sociopath who is the perkiest and chattiest person of the bunch. She's always up on his face inquiring of his personal life and cheering him up. He always replys in short, vague centences. 'How's the wife? How's the kids?' 'Fine, just fine.' He doesn't want to be bothered much. He just wants to get lost in his work. Forget everything for a moment. She can't get through his defences and this infuriates her. She sees him as a weakness in the work community and starts talking all kinds of things about him behind his back, turning everyone at work against him. Even the manager, with whom she has developed an intimate relationship with. You're minute over lunch break the manager says to him. He falls down on his knees with tears on his eyes. He reaches out to his gun hidden on his waist under the shirt, squeeses it tightly. 'Please. Anything' 'Oh stop being so melodramatic. If you have some personal issues, don't bring it to the workplace. Work it out at your free time' Manager replies. He takes out the gun and without a moment of hesitation sticks the barrel into his mouth and pulls the trigger. 'Cleanup on aisle four'