I'd pro-rate the hours spent and the fuel consumed and come up with a figure. Call the father when cooler heads prevail and tell him what your fiscal losses are and why your zero tolerance rule is so important to the safety of the occupants AND your livelihood. Hint around as to what a mess this would have caused everybody if something would have happened..... and hope for the best. In my experience a court of equity would arrive at a solution in this fashion.
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