RISE OF THE DISCARDED SON-IN-LAW

BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

Alarick repeatedly tapped his foot anxiously on the floor as he sat down while waiting for Maurice to come out of the changing room. Maurice didn’t disappoint as he walked out fully dressed in a Kevlar vest and his gun holster on full display. Alarick quickly stood up in one last attempt to convince him. The officers tried to hold him back but Alarick weaved around them and reached his target.

“Maurice, reconsider this. Let me come with you.”

The officers moved to get Alarick but Maurice raised his hand to them which made them stop in their tracks. He faced Alarick.

“Alarick, you won’t change my mind. Your father already told me that he didn’t want you anywhere near danger and for the longest time I have gone against that because you are so insistent. I allowed you to come in on all the raids and interrogations because I was sure that if I didn’t, you would get yourself into trouble trying to have your own way. I believe in what you can do to get answers Alarick, I really do and somet