I grinned when he laughed. Even though he had a daughter, and probably would be just as furious with her as my dad was with me if she got up to my kind of no good, he at least had a good humor about it. Most people, I felt, would have sided immediately with my dad.

I shrugged. "Unless you want to do nothing," I said. "Think of it as a way early retirement." Honestly, he looked like he could be near to retirement age, but what did I know? I didn't want to make that mistake.

"Just take long walks around the city, protecting teenage girls from creeps. There are worse ways to spend your time."