Keep her safe, even from herself.
"No, Lucy."
"Dad, it's just one night and if anything happens, you're like, five minutes away."
"Luce, I do not want you spending the night at Dana's when her parents aren't home. You're only fourteen."
"Don't you trust me?"
"Of course I trust you. This isn't about trust."
"You don't want me to do anything fun! I hate you!"
The door slammed and Lindsay came up and put a hand on his shoulder. "She'll get over it."
"Yeah."
He called a friend on the swing shift to cruise by the apartment in question later that night and was relieved to hear that nothing was amiss. Lucy wouldn't talk to him the next morning, or the next few days after that.
But when she read online about another slumber party that had been crashed by older kids who brought booze and drugs and wrecked the place just because there were no adults home, she gave him a quick kiss on his cheek.
AN: Yay for Geek Squad! My baby's back!