If I had to choose between those two choices I think I would go for a house fire at that point and MC not making it out.....Well hard to say what is worse, but yeah I could very well see him race to the airport and take first plane that takes him at least a 1000 miles away from that hometown to debauch into a two weeks stupor of drunkenness at end game to slowly try to rebuild his life in a more healthy environment after and change his name to make sure nobody will ever find him again from his old hometown.