His voice hardened further.
"I want you to hear me clearly, Richard. I would rather lose my life than stand by and watch my family be humiliated and disgraced in front of a guest of that caliber. I would give everything before I allowed something like that to happen. Everything. So I want you to stop worrying about that aspect and focus on what you need to do on your end."
The authority in his father's voice was absolute and unquestionable as he delivered his final declaration.
"As for my end - I am going to double the security at that venue. And if double is not enough, I will triple it without hesitation. And if triple still leaves me with even the smallest margin of doubt, I will quadruple it without blinking an eye, because nothing - absolutely nothing - is going to go wrong on that day."
