Authors's note: Hello again everybody! I have a brand new story for you in six parts. Don't worry, I'm pretty sure there will be a sequel as well. I apologize for the length of time between stories, but I like to have everything completed before starting to publish!
"I still don't understand why you set this up, Carol."
Tim Forrest looked through his closet, trying to pick out something to wear for his evening out. With his daughter. Christ. What was his wife thinking? He sighed heavily.
"I mean, it's not like I've got anything in common with her, you know. I don't understand half of the things she says in any given conversation. Face Book? IM?"
Carol Forrest watched her husband from the back. She knew perfectly well why she had set up the father-daughter time, but it wouldn't do to let Tim know about that yet. All in due time. He was really a strikingly handsome man, her husband. And what was even better, he was somehow unaware of it. The best combination.
At thirty-eight, his physique was in outstanding shape. His bare shoulders were broad, the muscles of his back well-defined. He had a full head of light brown hair. There was no evidence of any balding there. And his ass...
"That's exactly the point, isn't it, Tim? You've let your relationship with your only daughter slide. And if you don't make an effort, you won't have a chance to build it back up again. No, not that shirt."
Tim looked at the shirt he had selected, and rolled his eyes. God, you'd think she was sending him on a date, for crying out loud. He found another shirt and held it up for Carol's approval. She nodded, and he started to pull it on.
His wife was still a beautiful woman, he thought, as he got dressed. She was fifteen years older than him, but had maintained her figure well. He recalled how he had met her, nineteen years before. She was fresh out of an early marriage, with a son, Donnie, who had been only four at the time. She had been stunning, her long copper hair in curvy waves down her slim body.
He had been catering an event, his first solo affair. It was an upscale thing, with many of the most powerful people in the town present. Carol was there too, the new divorcee, a figure-hugging black dress showing off all her assets. And a sparkly diamond necklace that swooped into the valley between her lush breasts.
What had drawn this confident, mature woman to him, nineteen years old, self-made, not even college educated? But somehow, they had clicked. He had never imagined that he would marry someone so much older than himself.
Within a year, they had a new little girl, Marie. With her connections, his catering business flourished. They had all they needed: a fine house, the best clothes, sharp cars. Well, almost everything. He had wanted another child, but Carol had not wanted to get pregnant again. Now, of course, it was too late. Meanwhile, Donnie (now Don) had grown up, gone to college, and moved to a nearby town. And Marie...
Well, she was a typical eighteen-year old, he supposed. It was astonishing that a girl of that age could seem so alien to him. Hadn't he been a teenager, not so long ago?
"Well, I'll try, Carol," he sighed. "Heaven knows I don't want to be a stranger to my daughter either."
"That's the spirit," his wife smiled. "I'll just go check on Marie and see how she's getting along." She stepped out of the room, and knocked on the door to their daughter's room.
*****
Marie1990: going out with mi dad tonite
Valygrl18: weird?
Marie1990: nah just a thing to make mi mom happy
Valygrl18: too bad
Marie1990: yeah, i wuz lookin forward to doing something tonite
Valygrl18: always another nite when ur young rite?
Marie1990: lol totally
Valygrl18: getting any lately?
Marie1990: naughty grl
Valygrl18: thats me all the time
Marie1990: not much but my own fingers
Valygrl18: always the ol standby
Marie1990: u?
Valygrl18: sure, todd
Marie1990: omg no way
Marie1990: what u do with him?
Valygrl18: the usual u no go down on him
Valygrl18: we dont go all the way
Marie1990: oops gotta go my momz at the door
Valygrl18: bye enjoy the old man
Valygrl18: never no u mite get lucky with him
Marie1990: gross
Marie1990: bye
*****
"Come in," came the girl's voice. The room was neat as always, the bed made, no clothes on the floor. As usual, Carol's heart swelled with pride at the maturity her daughter had developed. It was one of the reasons she had made this decision.
"Oh, Marie! Is that what you're going to wear tonight?"