Father and daughter crawled under the table.
There was chaos in the club, and as Richard looked into his daughter’s fear-filled eyes, he knew he had to get her to safety, no matter what. Richard and Deidre pulled one of the tables over and barricaded themselves in a corner.
They hid there until the police escorted them to safety. Thankfully, Mr.
Marco was apprehended. ‘Are you certain you don’t have any heart-related health issues?”
Richard shook his head at the paramedic while in the ambulance. Richard swallowed hard when the police detective approached the ambulance.
“Sir, what were you and your daughter doing in this club today?”
The detective asked sternly. Richard explained about Deidre’s loan and how they’d come to the club that day to repay it.
He hoped he might get away with not mentioning the car he sank in the river. The detective glanced at Deidre.
“If we hadn’t found a car full of contraband in the river, we wouldn’t have been here to rescue you.
You shouldn’t be taking loans from such disreputable people, miss.” “A car in the river?” Richard asked nervously.
“It was registered to Mr. Marco’s cousin, which was exactly the lede we needed to take this gang down,” replied the officer. Richard sighed in relief.
He was in the clear.
The cops let him and Deidre go once they provided their statements. ”I owe you a huge apology, Dad. I dragged you into this whole mess,” Deidre apologized as they walked to the front, where Richard’s car was parked.
Tears filled her eyes.
“I didn’t know how to tell you. How does anyone tell their father that they’re a huge failure?” “You are not a failure!” Richard put his hands on Deidre’s shoulders.
”Maybe your business idea didn’t work out as well as you’d hoped, but you tried, Deidre. I wish you’d felt comfortable enough to tell me what was really going on in your life.
Heck, I just wish you felt you could be as close with me as you were with your mother,” he continued.
”I don’t think you’ve been ‘fine’ for quite a while now.”
Deidre burst into tears, and Richard put an arm around her. “It’s okay, honey,” he whispered soothingly. “Everything’s going to be okay.”
