I thought my dad was letting my boss’s wife cheat him out of $7,800.
Dad had spent nine days repairing their pool, replacing the pump, damaged pipes, and filtration system. When the job was finished, Melissa refused to pay.
“My husband employs your daughter,” she warned him.
Dad didn’t argue.
He simply looked at the pool and smiled.
“Call me tomorrow morning.”
The next morning, Dad called me.
“Your boss just discovered what was underneath his pool.”
When I arrived, two police cars were outside, Melissa was crying, and a 78-year-old woman named Evelyn was waiting for me.
Then she said something shocking:
“Part of what’s underneath that pool belongs to me.”
Dad had discovered an old water line connected to Evelyn’s property. Her water bills had been mysteriously skyrocketing for two years.
The investigation revealed that Richard’s pool system had been connected to a line tied to Evelyn’s water supply.
Suddenly, the $7,800 pool bill was the least of their problems.
Dad never needed revenge.
He just needed his paperwork—and the signatures they had given him.