Rachel answered the phone on the first ring.
"Hello," she said.
"Hello honey, it's Dad," she heard him say.
"Oh hi, Dad, how are you?" Rachel asked.
"Well honey, I'm not doing well at all," he replied.
"Dad! What's wrong?" Rachel asked worriedly, "are you hurt?"
"I'm fine, honey, calm down," Don answered, "I had a bit of an accident. I broke my right arm, and sprained my left wrist."
"Oh Daddy! Are you in pain?" Rachel asked.
"Well the doctor has me pumped full of pain medication, so I'm feeling fine right now," Don laughed.
"Is there anything I can do for you?" Rachel asked.
"Well honey, would you be able to come and stay with me for a few days?" Don asked, "I'm not sure how I can manage with both arms out of commission."
"Of course, Dad, I'll be there as soon as I can," Rachel said.
"Thank you, honey, I really appreciate this," Don said, "I'll see you when you get here. Drive carefully."
"I will Dad, see you in about four hours," Rachel replied.
As Rachel hung up the phone, her mind was racing with the things she had to do before leaving town. She picked up the phone again and called her husband at work, explaining why she had to leave town for a few days, maybe a week or two. David was indifferent, as usual, and didn't even ask how her father was. Rachel hung up, knowing she wouldn't even miss her husband of ten years.
Rachel hurried into the bedroom to pack. As she threw clothes into her suitcase, she thought about her father. He had been living alone for the past year since her mother died. Tears welled up in her eyes as thoughts of her mother filled her head. Rachel missed her so much and she knew her father did as well.
In record time, Rachel was on the highway, headed north to her father's small ranch. Granted, it was no longer a working ranch, but her father liked to call it that just the same.
When Rachel pulled up in front of the only home she knew as a child, she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her father sitting on the verandah. Even though he was sixty-two, Don Wilcox looked much younger. Rachel always thought of him as handsome. He was very athletic, with a body that younger men would envy.
"Dad, how are you feeling?" Rachel asked, walking up the wide steps, to the verandah.
"I'm fine, honey, just fine," Don answered, trying to hug his daughter as best he could, kissing her on the cheek.
Rachel gently hugged her father and returned his kiss, taking care not to hurt him.
"How on earth did you do this to yourself?" Rachel teased, now that she could see her father was really all right.
"Oh honey, I was trying to clean out the old barn, and tripped on some rope and fell, broke my arm in 2 places and wrenched my wrist but good. The doctor said the cast stays on for six weeks." Don told his daughter.
"Well Dad, I can stay as long as you need me," Rachel offered, knowing she really had nothing to go home to.
"We'll see, honey, how well I can get along," Don said.
Later that night, after the supper dishes were washed and put away, Rachel and Don sat out on the verandah, rocking slowly on the old porch swing that had been there since she was a child.
"I had forgotten how peaceful it is out here," Rachel commented, "I've really missed this."
Don looked at his beautiful daughter, "How are things between you and David?"
"About the same," Rachel confessed, tears welling up in her eyes.
"I'm sorry to hear that honey," Don said soothingly, moving closer to her.
"Let's talk about something else," Rachel pleaded.
Later that night, Rachel made sure her father was comfortable in his large bed. When she heard his even breathing, she got up and walked to the bathroom across the hall, leaving the door slightly ajar so she could hear her father if he called for her.
As she filled the old fashioned tub, her thoughts drifted back to her childhood and the baths her dad used to give her. She remembered them as a fun time and loved when her daddy lifted her out of the tub, wrapping her in a big soft towel, and gently dried her off.
Rachel lay back in the deep tub. Bubbles snuggled in around her ample breasts. Closing her eyes, she sighed. It had been a long day, and she was exhausted. She must have dozed off, because she jumped when she heard her name.
"Rachel?" her father called out.
At the same time Rachel stood to grab the towel, Don pushed the bathroom door open.
"Honey are you....?" Don stopped short as he realized his daughter was standing in the tub, naked.
"Oh shit, honey, I'm sorry," Don stammered as he turned his back.
With a red face and an embarassed laugh, Rachel wrapped the towel around her wet body.
"That's okay Dad," she said, "I should be getting to bed anyway. Is there something you need?"
"Well honey, I have to use the facilities," he told her, winking.
"Of course, let me give you some privacy," Rachel said as she closed the door behind her.
"Thank you honey," Don replied, moving over to the toilet. As he pulled his penis out over the waistband of his pyjamas, he got a sudden sharp pain in his sprained wrist, now that the pain medication the doctor gave him had worn off.
"Ahhhhhhhhh," he cried.
"Dad, are you all right?" Rachel called out from behind the door.
"Oh honey, I'm having a devil of a time here," Don admitted, "can you come in and help me?"
Rachel hesitated as her heart started to race. Help him? she thought to herself.