My Dad Finished Repairing My Boss’s Pool and Was Refused Payment, Then One Look at the Water Told Him Exactly What to Do
The damaged pipework.
The filtration system.
The calcium buildup around one particular section of underground plumbing.
On the ninth afternoon, he called.
“It’s finished.”
“You sound proud.”
“It’s good work.”
He told me to stop by.
So I did.
The transformation was incredible.
The water was perfectly clear.
The waterfall was running.
The spa was circulating properly.
Everything looked new again.
I called Dad from the driveway.
“It looks beautiful.”
“Yes,” he said.
Then he paused.
“It does.”
Two days later, Melissa Emory refused to pay him.
Melissa was Richard’s wife.
According to Dad, she called the $7,800 invoice ridiculous and offered $3,000 instead.
Dad reminded her that the work had already been approved.
She argued that only Richard had signed the original estimate.
