Mal was looked down upon by his father whilst lovingly cared for by his mother. When Mal became a teenager, his sister Corrine was born and his mother then put some money into a trust fund for Mal and Joel, knowing Malcolm would waste it all on Corrine (his daughter). Mal and Joel would race up into a cabin they built in the mountains so they can fornicate with their girlfriends, deliberately knowing their father would never approve. Mal was later killed in a motorcycle accident in the mountains at age 21.