Amanda silently pushed the front door closed behind her and placed her purse next to her shoes.
She glanced towards the living room, and winced as she noticed the light.
"Daddy? Are you awake?" she called out quietly.
No answer. "Maybe he fell asleep in front of the TV," she thought to herself, it wouldn't be the first time.
Silently, as if walking on pillows, she tiptoed through the hallways towards the light.
"Where have you been?" she heard her father as she approached.
"I, I told you I was going to be late tonight," Amanda stammered and looked away from him.
"Where were you?" he asked more sternly, reaching out to grab his glass from the nearby end table. "Why were you out so late?"
"I told you I was going to be late, don't do this to me," she looked away again.
Amanda's father held his drink in both of his hands, slowly pulling it towards his mouth.
"I got a phone call tonight," he pulled the drink to his lips and paused.
"A phone call from a friend of mine," he paused again.
"What? What daddy?" Amanda looked down at her father confused.
"I can't believe what he told me," he bowed his head towards his lap. "He told me that he saw you. Saw you at..."
"Who was it?" Amanda grabbed herself and gasped. "Who was it, where did he see me."
Amanda felt her chest tightening as her legs gave out and she gently fell to the floor. She looked up at her father, tears slowly forming in her eyes.
"Daddy," she reached her hands out towards his legs. "Let me explain."
Amanda watched the look of anger cross his face, his blue eyes shining on her like steel.
"So it's true," he looked down at her and then away disgusted. "It's true, you were at a strip club. My nineteen year old daughter is whoring herself out at some strip club."
"Daddy!" Amanda sobbed. "Please, let me explain."
She reached her hands out to his legs pleading. She felt her body tensing like she was going to get sick, her stomach pulled together in a knot.
"Explain what," he responded calmly. "What do you want to explain?"
Amanda couldn't respond. She felt herself slowly losing control of her sobs, her body shaking.
"What do you want to explain? Why you've been out so late the last couple of months? Is that what you want to explain?" He looked down at his daughter, her blonde hair barely brushing her shoulders.
"Or do you want to explain what you do? How you rub your body all over strange men for ten dollars?"
Amanda gasped at his last statement and slowly regained control of her body. She looked up at her father angrily.
"I can't believe you," she looked into his eyes defiantly, "I can't believe you said that."
Amanda's father pulled his fingers though his graying blonde hair and exhaled as he leaned back into his chair. He calmly looked down at his daughter.
"Why don't you show me," he nodded towards her, "if you're not embarrassed, I shouldn't be."
Amanda wrapped her arms around herself as she felt her stomach jolt into her chest. Slowly she turned her head back towards her father, her face felt flushed.