Jorden heard the car pull in as he was sitting on the couch channel surfing. Glancing over at the clock he gave a sigh and shook his head. 3:45am blinked on the digital clock. He heard the cell phone of his daughter ring from outside the house.
"No I'm fine. Just got back. Don't worry girlfriend, my dad is a push over. Always has been. Of course I'll be there tomorrow night. I wouldn't miss it for anything. Yep. Later girl." She was extremely loud on her phone. It was obvious to him right away she was drunk. He stood up as he heard her keys rattling in the door before she opened the door and stumbled though it. She ripped her key from the door and turned shutting the door behind her and went to head up the stairs. He cleared his throat to get her attention. Startled she whirled around but when she realized who it was she just gave a lazy smile.
"Hey dad!"
"Cassandra, do you know what time it is?"
"Of course."
"Well, what time is it?" She was testing his patience as she glanced down at her cell phone to read the time.
"Umm... 3:52."
"You're nearly four hours past curfew."
Cassandra groaned and with a shake of her head started up the stairs. Heat rose under his collar.
"Cassandra Lynn! Do not walk away from me. You're in big trouble young lady." Cassandra stopped moving up the stairs and slowly turned then descending them. Stopping just feet from her father, her shoulders squared and her eyes narrowed on him.
"I am fucking nineteen years old. I do not need a curfew nor do I need you telling me what to do and how to live my life. I'm an adult now."
"As long as you live under my roof you will follow my rules. If you don't like that then you need to move out!"
"Fine! I'll go and live with my boyfriend. He's the only one that seems to understand me!"
"The only thing that child you call your boyfriend understands is that you have a hot young pussy and you love having it fucked!" Cassandra was taken aback by that out burst from her father. "Go and live with your loser boyfriend. Just don't come crawling back to me and my home when he leaves you knocked up and alone! "
"Oh don't worry dad. I won't end up like you did with mom!" Before Jorden could stop himself he smacked his daughter. Cassandra touched her cheek and stared in shock at her father.
"Do not bring your mother into this!"
"Why not! Isn't that part of the reason she left us? Because you were too stupid to use a condom!"
"We made it right and got married."
"Yes and then she left you! She left me!" Suddenly tears stung behind her eyes. "She left us!"
Anger still burned deep in his gut from the stabs she made at him that her tears didn't affect him.