Foreword:
I wrote this off a vague memory I have of reading a somewhat similar story several decades ago here. If the wedding scene seems familiar, I would really appreciate it if you leave the name of the author in the comments as I would like to give some credit to them. Sadly, I have no idea and can't find the story to save my life.
Jamie
Summer Break
My muscles ached from the workout, but I had to admit, it was showing some solid signs of progress. Physical therapy following the accident had morphed into several years of consistent exercise and I could safely say that I was keeping the dadbod at bay. I was still a ways off from flashing a six pack at the pool, but it was enough to make me feel good about myself.
It only took fifteen minutes to get home from the gym, even with traffic. It was one of the benefits of living in the suburbs. That and a house big enough for a pool.
We'd lived in the same house on the outskirts of Atlanta since Jaime was born some twenty-plus years ago. Jan and I had gotten married out of high school, probably not the smartest thing but she'd been pregnant, so it was that or have her dad shoot me. It had all been going well until the accident, and now I it was just me holding down the fort waiting for Amanda to finish high school. Jaime and Trish were already in the local college, working on their degrees, with Jaime getting married soon.
I turned the corner and drove down the street, groaning when I saw the Toyota parked around the side of the house. It wasn't that I didn't like my soon-to-be son-in-law, he was fine. The problem was that both of them were a bit on the exhibitionist side and were forever fucking where people could see. I couldn't count on my fingers and toes the times I'd walked in on him balls-deep in her. She'd blush and swear she'd never do it again, but that was always a lie.
I tried to avert my eyes as I pulled into the garage, but I could still see her legs pointing to the roof, a set of lace panties dangling from one heel while the car rocked. I also did my best to cover my ears as I stepped out of the car, but Jaime screeched like a banshee, screaming the nastiest shit I'd ever heard. I closed the house door to her screams 'fuck me, daddy'.
"Ghk, daddy?!"
Trish practically jumped to her feet on the other side of the couch, her blue eyes wide in panic. A mop of brown hair ducked down as she quickly wiped her mouth.
"How... how was the gym?"
If it wasn't one, it was the other. I don't know how, but somehow, we'd raised two young women who were... very secure in their sexuality. Jan had some other choice words for them, but I wasn't going to shame them for it. Things were apparently different these days, so I was keeping my opinion to myself.
"For the hundredth time, baby, do it in your room. With the door firmly shut."
"Sure, sure, sorry daddy."
Trish's blonde hair flowed behind her as she hurriedly pulled the young man from the couch and pushed him upstairs, even as he struggled to pull his pants up.
I needed a drink.
I poured myself a glass of whiskey and sipped at it as I flipped through the stack of mail on the kitchen island. Still more RSVPs to the wedding. There were going to be over two hundred people there.
It wasn't long before soft footsteps descended the staircase.
"Isn't it a little early to drink, daddy?"
"Not after what I've seen today," I grumbled.
Amanda's brow furrowed with disapproval, her green eyes glowering as best she could. She was the spitting image of her mother; 5'2" with wavy red hair to her shoulder blades, sharp nose with little freckles dotting it, and a large bust that looked out of place on her petite frame. Her mother had always been a big girl up there, something she'd passed on to the girls.
"You just got back from the gym; you should be hydrating."
"I just saw my daughters mid-act with her significant others. Again. I think I'm allowed to drink away that memory."
"It's not good for you, daddy. What if something happens?"
My expression softened as her voice betrayed her. She'd never really gotten over her mother's passing, even with therapy. It had been a rough couple of years. Her sweet sixteen party had been a quiet affair, and she barely celebrated her seventeenth birthday. I still held out hope that we could make her eighteenth a happy one.
"I'm sorry, pumpkin. I shouldn't use that as an excuse." I placed the glass down and embraced her. She wrapped her arms around my chest, squeezing tightly. "You're right. I should take care of myself more."
"Thank you, daddy."
"Can you promise me one thing, pumpkin?"
"What?"
"When you get yourself a boyfriend, please don't act like them. Keep it behind locked doors, okay?"
Amanda's face burned red, and she averted her gaze. "Daddy! I'm not... I'm not like that. I wouldn't... I couldn't do that."
"Thank God for that. That's the last thing I need to see. One of you has to stay my sweet little girl."
Amanda buried her face in my chest, refusing to look up at me.
***
Dinner that night was an awkward affair, at least for me. Trish had sent her most recent boytoy home, so I didn't have to make small talk with him at least. Jaime never indicated that anything was wrong, giving me big smiles and batting her eyelashes at me while her hand was suspiciously absent from the table and likely in Steven's pants. Steven tried to play it cool, but this had happened far too often for me not to know what he looked like when he was trying to suppress a groan.
I needed another drink.
"Daddy, we have something to ask you," Jaime started, batting her eyelashes at me again. "You know that the wedding is coming up next week."
"Oh, is it?" I feigned disbelief. "I had totally forgotten. My sweet baby is getting married."
"Daddy, not funny," Jaime flat toned.
"Steven knows I'm hilarious."
"Ugh, huh? Oh, ugh, yeah, grr, totally."
I really needed to have a spray bottle handy for these two.
"Yes, sweety. How much is this going to cost me? I'm not getting you a pony for the ceremony."
"Oh my god, daddy. I was, like, eight when I asked for that."
"Thank God. I didn't have the heart to tell you I blew the pony fund on hookers and booze."