As the bandits disappeared in the distance, he moaned to his daughter, “I’m ruined. In years I saved those ninety thousand dollars. All my other worldly possessions were in that leather suitcase. I lost everything.”
“Not everything, dad” The girl said coyly. “I saved the money.”
“What!” The man exclaimed, “You saved the money? How could you do that?”
“While the bandits were searching you, I stuffed the notes into my . . . well, you know what. Here they are.”
The man grabbed the money, looked up at his daughter and said, “Goddamnit, kid, if you mom had been along, we could have saved the suitcase, too.”
