Sounds Like the Relationship Was Strained

OSP: I hope she didn't accuse him of going out and killing a deer to cover his lies about drunken driving. Sounds like the relationship was strained enough already. A real lady would "apologize" you-know-how.

Emphatic proof, though, by golly. Powerful. For me, expressions of unwarranted distrust and suspicion can be heavily triggering, excuse the term; has to do with my upbringing. I could see, in the right adrenal-pumped circumstances... okay, I'd probably never go so far as to plunk a deer's head on the kitchen table... wow.

Milady hit a fawn just recently,* and our old faithful Nissan Quest now has just the damage you describe, fender, hood. Had the same when I couldn't dodge a doe, years ago, in the sturdy old Econoline, including moving the side panel so the passenger door couldn't open very far. If his wife had known anything about crashes, she might've seen the truth just looking at the damage.

(* Fortunately, Milady slowed & dodged as much as she could, and she was unharmed. Fawn actually seemed to endure, too, and bounded off, saved by modern "soft" cars.)

Time for me to bound off into the day. Bonus diaz, mi Americos. Vaya con Dios.