Danny Leason had been dared to send a bundle of roses to Marylou as a joke. He had done this without regard of what she would think when she learned why he had done it. Tom Engles was appalled with this brazen act of effrontery and wrote a country song criticizing his act. He sang it to Danny without a favorable outcome. It was learned that the girl had been found in a coma in her car. This changed everything.