A Risky Kind of Business

18; sometimes lying is what we find better

Third person's POV: (This takes place around the time Charlie and Mickey still did not talk. I just wanted to let you all know how Mickey's were doing)

"Still no signs of your daughter?" Mr. Lee asked Mr. Anderson, who was Mickey's father. 

Mr. Anderson was to the point where he just wanted to sit back and forget he even had a daughter. Don't get him wrong and think he does not love Mickey, but he could not believe she would betray him and his wife this way. How could she just get up and run away? Without even telling them anything? He was still unsure of how his wife felt about this entire situation. If she was even going to do anything about it or not. Sometimes she was to the point where she was going to call the F.B.I to go search for them, but other times she just wanted to sit back and pretend she did not even exist. He was just simply receiving mixed signals about it. But he knew that the entire town had to have known about it. It was all over the news, in the newspaper, and on multiple websites. Plus a ton of news reporters tried to interview the Weather's and Anderson's. Mr. Anderson simply thought it was of no one's concern though. People just don't want to let anything go. Especially when it deals with people who are so high into politics and whatnot. 

"No, I still cannot fathom the idea of this. I never thought we treated her badly. I just thought she was just like any other teenager who could not stand to be around her parents. I just never pictured her leaving like this. I also pray she returns before school picks back up. I really do not want her to drop the scholarship she got. I just wish I could go back and re-do all of this. Show more support for my daughter. I know how big of a b*tch my wife can be, and I just think she drove Mickey away." Mr. Anderson replied, taking a sip of his black coffee. Just the way he liked it. 

"I know, I think so many people are surprised at Mickey's actions. She was never one to do outrageous things. Perhaps she would have even called you guys or simply left a note letting you know that she was gone. What does your wife even think about this?" Mr. Lee questioned, scrunching his eyebrows together. 

"To be honest, I just get mixed signals from her nowadays. I am just unsure if she even wants to try and find our daughter anymore. I mean at first she was all talk-talk about getting the F.B.I involved, but now it's like she just wants to forget she even has a daughter. Which I could not picture her even doing that. It's just all a bizarre situation. I just hope we did not drive Mickey away. I'll never forgive myself for this. I really would hate to have to see her run away because of her parents. It just tears me apart." Mr. Anderson spoke roughly, trying not to tear up while talking about his beloved daughter. 

Mickey was a perfect person who had some rough patches, Mr. Anderson thought. He knew how much his wife tried to make her perfect, and that is something Mickey always dispised. She was more of an independent person who was strong. She wanted to do things her way and always stood up for herself. But she was one of those daughters who made her father proud. She was valedictorian for crying out loud! She accomplished so many things in her life, and she had the most lousy parents there supporting her. Mr. Anderson thought that they should have been more encouraging and smiling more. Not ripping her head off for minor mistakes. Afterall she is a human being like the rest of us.

"It's tough being parents nowadays. Teens are so much more reckless and willing to do anything that can be classified as 'bad'. No one knows what it is like raising children until they do so." Mr. Lee told Mr. Anderson, and of course he wanted to disagree with him. He was such a hypocrite because he was one of those people who had never been apart of raising a child. He got some lady pregnant, and left her stranded. Thus why Mr. Anderson was never exactly 'fond' of Mr. Lee. But you have to make sacrifices and force smiles upon everyone.