"Some things are better left to me." Are you criticizing my cooking?" I said, trying to look hurt."Well, no. But I do remember the time you tried to c...ook a roast," she said with a big smile."It only took a week to get the burnt smell out of the house," I returned."Two weeks." Alright, two weeks. But I CAN cook spaghetti." We'll see... but you get an 'A' for effort regardless." Go get changed, it's almost ready. Here," I added and handed her a glass of wine."This is so sweet Robbie," she said. He was quite pleased with the way my dad had taken his confession and felt if he could persuade the IT chief with the secret that he would have him look into strengthen the firm's computer security. I was quite relieved, for I knew what Rory could do and had been worried about how my dad would react if he had found out that he had hacked into his systems already.A few days later my dad phoned me and asked me to have lunch with him at Luccini's. Once we had ordered he looked at me and smiled,. " What brought that shit on, Mark? I was just doing my job like any lawman would do. I was trying to make sure you had a good department to start with. I left you with a good core of men and I really hope you kept them all." Harry, I have not let anyone go and have used Shorty's knowledge to further what you started. The casino is going up for auction in a week and will make the department a lot of money. The gun store has been bought already and with the stock, it made more money than the tax. While they were both happy to have fooled their parents, an unforeseen consequence of their victory was now apparent. “Do… Do you feel kinda-” Riley began softly. “Shitty?” Luna said, finishing her sentence, “Yeah, I mean, I’m happy, but I can’t believe I didn’t think about mom.” “Yeah me too,” Riley agreed, “I was only thinking about us, I completely disregarded how it would affect mom and dad.” “It didn’t even cross my mind…” Luna said, baffled at her own lack of concern over her mother’s.