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"Okay, Ed, truth or dare."

"Truth," Ed responded as he looked at his daughter, "Did you date Danny purely to piss me off?"

"Guilty," Delinda grinned. "Sorry, Daddy, but sometimes you are just fun to piss off."

He sighed as he nodded, "That's what I figured." He stood up and paced the room. Within moments the sounds of the surveillance room coming back to life filled the room, causing everybody to cheer in response.

"Thank god!" Mike exclaimed as he made a mad dash for some different surroundings. Ed rolled his eyes as he walked over and brought up the cameras onto the monitors. Delinda walked over and kissed her father's cheek, "I'm going to go home now, tell mom I said hi."

Ed nodded as he watched his daughter head out. Once he had gotten a clear view of his employees, Ed walked out into the lobby and looked outside, noticing that the rain had lessened. "I'll be damn," he remarked softly.

Mary walked up behind him, "Hey, boss."

Turning around, he smiled at her, "Hey, you doing okay?"

She nodded as she sipped her coffee, "Oh yeah, I was fine. I was with Nessa and Sam and we just girl talked. I hear you were stuck with Mike again."

He shook his head as Mary laughed, "I'm gonna order him to get that problem resolved."

"Good luck," she called out as Ed headed into the casino. Spotting Nessa, he walked up behind her, "Hey, honey, everything okay out here?"

Nessa turned around and smiled, kissing her cheek, "Yeah, Pops, things are fine. People are starting to play again, which is good."

He nodded in agreement, "Very good. You gonna be okay making it home?"

The English woman nodded as she looked around, always watching, "Yeah, I'll be fine."

Ed looked at her, unconvinced, "You sure? Cause the water's receded a little and I have no problem dropping a few people off, you being one."

"I'm good," she clarified, kissing his cheek, "You are always so sweet to me, Ed."

Ed smiled, "I just love you, honey." He sighed, "Okay, I'm gonna get home, I haven't seen Jillian in a few days and I miss the hell out of her."

Nessa laughed, "Give her a kiss and tell her I love her."

He nodded, "I will, if you have any problems, or just want to talk, you know where to reach me." Gripping her arm affectionately, Ed headed out of the casino and stopped in the lobby when he saw Danny, Mary and Sam. "Hey you three."

Sam turned around and smiled at Ed, "Hey, there he is, we were wondering if you were abducted by aliens or something."

Ed laughed, "Negative, just trapped up in a surveillance room with a claustrophobic, smart assed valet."

Danny laughed, "He's really gotta see somebody about that problem."

"I agree," the older man said. "Listen, you guys gonna get home okay? I'm going to be heading home myself, but I can drop anybody if they need a ride, the water's still pretty crazy out there."

"Well seeing as how I just live upstairs, I'll be fine."

Ed rolled his eyes and focused his attention on Mary and Danny, "How about you two? Danny, you didn't drive that camaro did you?"

The ex-Marine shook his head no, "No, dad made me take one of the Suburbans when he found out that we were going to have potential flooding so I'm going to drop Mary off and then go home myself."

Ed nodded, "Smart man." He sighed softly in exhaustion, "Okay, I'm off. If you guys need anything..." he paused for a moment, "Call Danny." He grinned as he walked out of the hotel and got into his waiting car, tipping the valet. "Thanks, Joe."

Carefully driving out of the parking lot, Ed reached for his cell phone and picked it up, dialing a familiar number and then chuckling to himself when he got a machine, "Jillian, it's me, I'm coming home, honey."

Dropping the phone into the passenger side seat, Ed pushed his foot on the pedal and sped home, grateful that yet another day had passed.