Our arrangement has been the same for a couple years now. We both have one prior DUI and what usually happens is I pay for us to get in to wherever we're going, we take my car (he doesn't have to chip in for gas), I buy 1 or 2 beers for him at the beginning of the evening and by the end of the night, he drives us both home.
Last week, I won free tickets to see a show 50 miles away in San Francisco. My friend came along and unlike most of the other times before, he kept up with me drink for drink. When it came time to drive home he just got in the driver's seat as usual & 10 miles down the highway, we get pulled over. The police take him away & I am released to a taxi to drop me off at a local fleabag motel. My car was impounded & as it stands I already have invested $350 with motel, cab, and getting my car out of impound.
This is his 2nd DUI... how much guilt should I be feeling & how much do I owe my best friend? He's looking at maybe $5,000 all together, not to mention jail time.
2007-05-21
17:16:29
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