Pete Flowers

Peter "Pete" Flowers was a new father and professor at San Flavio State. He'd taken a sabbatical so as to take help his wife Mary take care of their new son, Doug. Doug was colicky, crying frequently for so discernable reason. As the days passed, Pete became convinced that Doug was timing his crying so as to make his father miserable. Anytime Pete was engaged in some important act, be it cooking, sleeping, and love-making with his wife, Doug would cry for no good reason. Soon, Pete noted that Doug had a side-long glance that he'd give his father after such outbursts. Finally, Pete, thoroughly paranoid, attempted to kill his son by throwing him against the refridgerator. Mary, who'd been preparing dinner, rushed forward, holding a knife. The blade slashed open Pete's arms. He tackled Mary to take the knife away. The knife was driven through the bottom of Mary's jaw and into her brain, killing her instantly. Distraught, Pete stabbed himself with that knife.

Dough survived, and was adopted by Mary's sister, Vicky Garreau and her husband Jim. Doug remained collicky.