Chapter 1
"Eighteen... nineteen... uhhh... twenty."
Terry sweaty and hurting, put the heavy bar down and stared at the gym's ceiling for a couple of seconds before he rose back up. He stood up and looked at his reflection in the large mirror that covered one of the gym's walls.
"Not bad for 43", he thought, satisfied with his rather athletic silhouette. Since his divorce with Karen 3 years ago, Terry had decided to get back in shape, and dedicated a fair amount of time for his workout every week. It didn't work out too bad for him either, as he had already picked up a couple of girls who attended the same gym. But right now, he wasn't looking for a relationship.
His marriage had given him a beautiful daughter, Emma, whom he raised together with his wife until she was old enough to leave the house. He and Karen had wanted to go their separate ways for a while, but they didn't want their daughter to grow up in a torn family, so they chose to stick together until she went to live on her own. Soon after that, they divorced, and ever since, Terry had enjoyed his celibacy.
Terry wiped his forehead and decided to call it a day. As he left the gym, his phone rang, displaying Emma's name. He picked up.
"Hey my baby girl! What's up?"
"Hi dad, I'm good, thanks. I was wondering, can I come down to your place for dinner tonight? There's something I've been meaning to talk to you about."
"Sure honey. Is something wrong?"
"No, not at all. It's just something I want to tell you. Anyway, we'll talk about later!"
Terry's daughter lived about one hour away from him. They talked every week on the phone, but didn't see each other more than once or twice a month. Emma was now 22 and wanted to become a television actress. She lived in the city and worked at a restaurant while she tried to land some roles.
Terry wasn't a great cook, but did his best to make a nice dinner for her. He was just about done when his daughter arrived. She seemed both excited and anxious, which worried Terry a little.
As they began eating, they exchanged a few words before Emma decided to cut to the chase.
"Dad, there's something I've been meaning to tell you for a while now. I don't want you to be mad... promise you won't be mad."
"What is it, honey? Did you do something wrong? I'm starting to worry a little here."
"I didn't do anything wrong, dad. Why would you assume that?" she chuckled. "No, it's about my job, actually. I know you're gonna freak out, but please remember... I'm happy about my job and I love what I do. I, um... haven't really been honest with you about my occupation."
"What do you mean?"
"You remember I wanted to become an actress, right?"
"Yes...?"
"Yeah, well, I've uh... been doing that for a while now."
"What? But that's great, Emma! What's wrong?"
"It's just that... the movies I play in... they're... adult movies."
Emma smiled sheepishly as she said this, trying to soften the blow as much as she could. Terry's jaw dropped. His daughter was beautiful and smart, he always knew she would succeed in becoming an actress, but the thought had never crossed his mind that she could work in porn. During a couple of seconds that seemed to last minutes, thoughts raced through his mind : how did his baby girl end up in this industry? What kind of abuses was she subjected to? How long had she been doing this?"
"L-let me get this straight...", he articulated. "You work in... porn?"
She nodded, still smiling.
"I won't lie... that's... a bit of a shock, to put it mildly."
"I know dad, I'm sorry... I hope you're not disappointed in me."
"How long have you been doing this?"
"For about two years."
"Wow... okay."
"I'm sorry dad... Are you mad at me?"
He took a moment to answer.
"No, my baby, of course not, it's just... a lot to process. But you... said you enjoy doing this?" he asked, recalling what she had said moments earlier.
"Yeah dad. It's fun and I get a lot of recognition. I have a lot of admirers, you know..."
Suddenly the thought of hundreds of men jacking off to his daughter in front of their computers sprang up in Terry's mind. He quickly tried to dismiss that idea by talking :
"But... What made you decide to come up tonight and tell me about this?"
"Well I've been wanting to tell you for a long time. You know, at first it was very awkward and I was ashamed of it. But I soon realized I was good at this and enjoyed doing it, and I grew more confident. Now I really think there's no shame in what I'm doing, in fact I'm quite proud of how well I've been doing. I wanted to share this with you."
"Well I'm glad you told me, my baby girl... Don't worry, I'm not mad... I'm always proud of you, and if you enjoy what you're doing, then it's fine by me."
"Thanks dad. You're the best!"
He laughed. As the minutes passed, Terry grew more and more aware of the implications of what his daughter had just revealed. Suddenly, he thought about all those male porn stars he had seen in his videos and began to wonder how many of them had been with his daughter... once again, he quickly tried to dismiss the thought of his daughter being in a sexual situation. But suddenly, he wondered aloud :
"Do... umm... Do you do it with guys or girls?"
He regretted asking the question as soon as he finished, but his daughter answered immediately.
"Well, a bit of both actually."
While Terry was deeply embarrassed, his daughter's initial uneasiness had completely faded, and she was now excited to finally share with her dad what she'd been doing for two years. Sex had become so casual for Emma that it didn't bother her at all to talk about it with her father. She was ready to tell him about it in detail if he wanted. In fact...
"Actually, dad, I wanted to, um... I wanted to show you my work."
Terry gulped. His daughter wanted to show him porn videos involving her? This was a crazy thought. He found his daughter beautiful and was perfectly aware of how attractive she could be to other men, but he had never thought about her in a sexual way. But now she wanted him to see her having sex? He suddenly blushed.
"I um... I don't know, honey... You know, parents never want to think about their children being in any kind of sexual situation..."
"Yeah, I know this must be weird for you... sorry. But for me, sex is just harmless fun now. I'd like you to accept the idea that I love sex and that I'm not ashamed of other people seeing me. And like I told you, I'm quite successful now... I'm proud of my work. That's why I want to share it with you."
"I understand. I think... I'm really happy that you want to implicate me in your life honey, but this is... it's a little difficult for me."
"I can wait if you need a some time to get comfortable with the idea, dad."
"Thank you, honey..."
A few days passed. Terry couldn't stop thinking about what his daughter had revealed to him. His baby girl was all over the internet, having sex with other men and women for the enjoyment of lustful guys beating their meat in front of their computers all around the world...
Terry was no stranger to porn sites himself, and knew very well how diverse porn could be. He started to wonder what kind of films his daughter played in, wondering if she was into the more... niche type of content.
At times he grew furious, but then he remembered her words. She was having fun, she wasn't ashamed, and she was proud of herself. So there was no reason for him to not be proud of her as well.
Eventually, he decided to agree to his daughter's request. If she was comfortable with it, maybe he should be too. And he realized how lucky he was, as a father, to have a daughter that wanted to share some parts of her life with him. He called her :
"I've been thinking about what you said, honey. Okay, I want to see your work."
"That's so awesome, dad! Can I come over tonight?"
"Sure."
A few hours later, she arrived for dinner. As he invited her to sit at the dinner table, she held up a USB thumb drive.