"I'll see you later, Daddy!"
Bending at the waist, Suzette Wallace brushed a kiss against her father's cheek, jolting him awake and leaving behind a stain of crimson lipgloss over the stubble that had grown during the day. Sleepy brown eyes peered up at his daughter's made up face, over the dark black smudged beneath her eyes and the smokey coloring above her lids, giving her one of those just-fucked appearances... then down over her ensemble.
At five foot, two inches, Suzette barely reached her father's chin. She was eighteen, and had her dad's black hair, which she wore in loose curls nearly to the small of her back. Her crystalline blue eyes had been inherited from her mother, as was her petite stature, and the firm, perky breasts that filled the black lace of her bra. Her full, generous lips seemed to be forever quirked in a playful smirk, despite that she had an aura of innocence, and youthful features.
Tonight, Jacob Wallace's daughter wore a short black skirt that reached just beneath her rounded backside, and shouldn't have even been considered clothing, in his opinion. A red tank top with thin straps strained across her breasts, the neckline cut low enough to show a hint of black lace, and the hem high enough that it showed off her trim stomach, and the cherry navel ring that she had purchased just earlier that day. Strappy black high heels not only made her legs seem miles long, and a perfect accessory to any man's waist, but added atleast four inches to her small stature.
"Where do you think you're going dressed like that? You better have got that shirt at half price, or you were ripped off, missy."
Indignation fluttered across her face, and exasperation lilted her voice, "I'll be nineteen next week, Daddy, im already an adult. Not only can I shop for myself, but I can dress myself, as well... and wear whatever I want."
With a grunt of dissatisfaction, Jacob rose, towering over his daughter with a dark scowl. "Either you change now young lady, or not only will you not be going out to night, but I'll call your mother, and you'll be grounded." Before she could interrupt him, he continued, "She'll be livid to be disturbed this late at night when she has a book signing early tomorrow morning."
Much to her dismay, her father was right. She'd reap the consequences if he called her mother in Tallahassee on behalf of her unruly behavior.
"Fine! If you wont let me wear this, I wont go out. Ever. Not until you let me wear this. Screw graduating. I'll become a hermit!" With her lower lip pursed in a pout, Suzette stomped down the hall to her bedroom, and slammed the door closed with the fury of a scorned teenager.
He didn't really believe she wouldn't go out, ever, did he? Straight from the door, Suzette stalked to her window, and climbed out with the practiced ease of someone who had to do it often. Thanks to her parental dilemmas, tonight was going to be all about teenage rebellion.
Wearily, Jacob sauntered down the hall in the wake of his daughter's fury to his and his wife's bedroom. His little Suzie had been itching for a fight with him lately, and it seemed to always happen whenever her mother was away.
The door clicked closed behind him, and with a grimace, Jacob grasped the back collar of his shirt, and peeled the black cotton over his head. He'd been working in the yard all day, and his muscles and joints were finally beginning their protest. Work worn and faded jeans were shoved down his lean hips, and kicked aside... leaving him in black boxer-briefs that gave him comfort and support.
With an exhausted yawn, he stumbled to his side of the bed, scooped up his sleeping tablets, and knocked them back with a glass of lukewarm water. Wind played lazily with the sheer maroon curtains his wife had hung, and through heavy, slitted lids, he watched them until sleep finally claimed him.