All characters in this story are over the age of 18. No minors were harmed in the making of this fiction.
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In the blink of an eye, life can undergo a profound shift. Let me share the intricate tale of how exactly that unfolded for me, when a dream I hadn't consciously acknowledged chose that moment to come to fruition. This pivotal experience transpired on what initially presented itself as an ordinary Sunday afternoon, a day that commenced with an air of monotony and frustration. Little did I know, it held the power to transform the mundane into something extraordinary.
I had spent most of my only day off doing outdoor labor, singlehandedly preparing the entire house and garden for the oncoming winter. It wasn't so much the manual work that annoyed me, but rather that my family had stuck me with it. I had informed them of my plans well in advance and added that I expected everyone to do their part. However, when the time came, the wife and kids had ran off anyway, each claiming their trivial activities were far more important than the preservation of our domicile.
Unsurprisingly, my protests had fallen on deaf ears, and so it was up to me and my wife's Pomeranian to get the job done. I started off early and worked hard, ticking off one item on my list after another. I replaced and painted damaged wood siding, fixed broken shingles and cleaned the gutters, gave the garden set a good cleaning and stored it together with the earthenware pots in the shed. Lastly, I raked the fallen leaves into a neat pile, and with that, all the most pressing jobs were done.
Although the dog hadn't been much help, the work had actually taken less time than I had expected. In fact, it wasn't even three o'clock when I finally put away my tools, which meant that I still had a couple of hours of afternoon all to myself. It'd be a while before my family would return, as they surely wouldn't risk showing their faces before the work was finished, so I was free to do whatever I wanted. Judging I had already had enough exercise for one day and therefore was allowed to forgo my weekly jog, I opted to have a cool beer instead, followed by a long hot shower and a refreshing nap, to fully unwind and recharge myself for tonight's soiree.
Barely half an hour had passed since I had laid my tired body to rest, when I was roused from my slumber by a faint noise. Though barely audible, my subconscious picked it up anyway and judged it important enough to wake me. I lay quiet for a moment and listened intently for the noise. Given that our furry pet was more likely to run off and cower than act like a proper guard dog, I knew that if there were intruders, it would be up to me to defend our property. I didn't have to wait long before I heard it again.
One thing was certain: it definitely wasn't burglars. While faint and muffled by the walls of the house, I instantly recognized the sound as that of a woman moaning out in sexual ecstasy.
At last I understood why such a near imperceptible sound had managed to wake me, but it did raise another question: if I was the only one home, who was making these highly erotic noises? This, I had to investigate.
I got out of bed, threw on a robe and stuck my head out the bedroom door. There it was again, a little louder than before. As I listened to the muffled whimpers, I traced their origin to a partially opened door at the far end of the hallway; the door that led to my daughter Chloe's bedroom.
This discovery presented me with the moral dilemma of what to do; should I barge in and protect my daughter's virtues by scaring some pimply kid half to death, or be one of those modern, liberal dads and allow her to explore her body and sexuality in the relative safety of our home?
While I was weighing my options, an additional thought popped in my mind. Chloe had broken up with her boyfriend some three weeks ago, and, as far as I knew, wasn't seeing anyone since. Who then could it be in there with her?
It wasn't unthinkable that the old lovebirds had somehow reconciled and were now celebrating their reunion. Daniel, the boy she had so recently broken up with, also happened to be her best friend's older brother, so she was bound to run into him again eventually, and who knows what might happen if they did. If that were the case, I had severely underestimated the boy's skills as a lover, because whoever was in there sure knew how to please a woman. Nevertheless, a reunion of my daughter and Daniel was not something I was looking forward to.
To be honest, I never liked Chloe dating Daniel. It wasn't the age difference that bothered me, I'm no hypocrite. No, it was that I always felt my daughter could do a lot better than him. To put it bluntly, my Chloe was a solid eight at least, while he was at most a five -- and I'm being very generous here. Daniel could best be described as a stereotypical nerd; bad skin, physically underdeveloped, socially inept and with all the peculiar hobbies his kind seemed to pursue. I'm not ashamed to admit I was quite relieved when Chloe informed us that she had finally dumped the wimp.