NOTE: ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THIS STORY ARE OF LEGAL AGE TO CONSENT TO SEX. THEREFORE, SPECIFIC AGES ARE OMITTED.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the band that played at the club the other night. At the club, it was the band's music that led me to make love to a beautiful young lady.
Last week, my teenage daughter, Kelly, informed me that her best friend wouldn't be able to make some concert. Kelly was disappointed because she couldn't find anyone else to go to the concert with her, and was considering not going at all. Not wanting to see Kelly bummed, I offered to go with her, even though I had no idea who the band was and where this club was. Besides, it would allow me to keep an eye on Kelly to make sure that no guy would put the moves on her.
When I told Kelly I wanted to go with her, I was expecting her to say that she'd rather not go to a concert than be seen at a club with her dad. Kelly and I have always been close. Her mom died before she was old enough to know her, and Kelly was our first and only child. We loved and supported each other--I made sure Kelly was treated like the princess that she is, and Kelly was a good girl who never gave me any real problems. That was more of a help than anything she could have done; a very good girl is much easier to raise (widowed or not) than one who goes out of her way to make trouble.
Kelly's face brightened up immediately when I offered to go with her. "You'd really go with me, Daddy?"
"Of course I would, Sunshine," I replied.
"Thanks Daddy! You're the best!" With that, she threw her arms around my neck, got on her tippy-toes, and kissed me on the cheek. She had never done that before, so I noticed. Any guy would notice when a beautiful young girl kisses him, even if it's his own daughter. It wasn't a "I'm going to get some action" type of notice; it caught my attention merely because it had not happened before. It was another example of how she was growing out of her shell a little bit. She had always been a little on the shy side, not confident enough to talk to guys yet and not outgoing enough to make too many girlfriends. She was even a little quiet with me, even though we both knew that our love for each other was infinite. But now she was confident enough to kiss me on the cheek, and I saw that as a sign that she was growing up.