I had just driven up from the city to visit my daughter. She was a beautiful young woman of 19, with vivid, sky blue eyes, silky, medium length sandy blond hair which gently caressed the top of her shoulders, a trim, curvaceous, petite body....and an attitude! Katie had been attending the local community college in neighboring Sommerville, and had come home to her mother's house for the short semester break. We had been great friends for years, sharing all kinds of adventures, and spending as much quality time together as any father and daughter could while living a couple hours away.
When I pulled into the driveway I saw a group of young people in Katie's front yard. She was nowhere to be seen at first, but then she came running out from the group to meet me. "Daddy, we expected you earlier; did you run into trouble?"
"No," I answered......"just the routine 8-car pileup on 73 highway. You know the stretch, where I taught you to drive...??"
At that point I noticed that my daughter was wearing a very tiny, revealing string bikini. I told her to go inside and put on some clothes immediately before she got arrested for public indecency. She half scoffed at me, with an "Oh, Daddy," but went inside anyway without the usual argument that we, two strong-willed people normally had over petty issues. Although I thought her complacency was a little odd and out of character, I realized that she was becoming more agreeable as she grew up.
I couldn't help but gawk at my beautiful daughter, especially today when she was wearing something that left very little to the imagination. But as usual I didn't stare and appeared completely nonchalant, though her young womanly radiance and innocent sensuality always made my heart race a little. I desperately did not want her to know that sometimes I couldn't help but admire her beauty as much as any other man might, and certainly more than a father was supposed to. I was also in a constant state of denial that I had any lustful feelings for my lovely girl, and worried that she might possibly perceive that I did.
I followed her into the house and asked where her mother was. I hadn't seen her car and her Mom had not told me that she would be gone during my visit. The two of us had been divorced for several years, but I managed to spend quite of bit of time with Katie, my pal, fellow comic, clown, 'partner in crime and mischief', and only child. Katie yelled back from her bedroom, "Mom's in Stratton, shopping with Beth." I thought this was unusual, as Katie's Mom normally didn't leave town during my visits.
I maintained a close friendship with Katie's Mom, Betty, and it was routine for me to stay over in the spare bedroom when I came to visit. I lived in Springdale, two hours to the south, and got to see my daughter about once or twice a month. Recently, during Katie's first year in college our visits had decreased considerably. College meant many new activities for her, and I spent more time with my girlfriend in Springdale.
This weekend was different though, as Katie and I were going down to my relatives' reunion in Florida, a short drive from her city.
Katie asked me from her bedroom if I could help her with something. I said, "certainly," and walked through the open door of her bedroom after a short knock.
She laughed and said, "you don't have to knock if I ask you to help me, Daddy, just drop what you're doing and hurry!" I chuckled and asked what was so important. She said, turning around, "see this double knot tied by Jennie Lou?" I'm being held hostage by her ineptness in knot-tying!" Sure enough, Jennie Lou had tied the back strap of Katie's very skimpy halter top in an extremely tight square knot. Her bikini bottom had ridden up over her butt cheeks, leaving her creamy white, perfect little ass almost completely uncovered. As usual, I quickly looked away, not wanting to stare at or ogle my daughter, especially partially naked.
"Okay Katie, turn around," I said, and I began untying the knot, which seemed to be tied so securely that Houdini would have had trouble with it. Quickly the knot was free, and I told my daughter to change into something rated at least PG-13 as I left her room. Before I could get to the door, Katie asked me if I could help her just a little more. She had gone to the fitness center at the college last night, and exercised vigorously for several hours on the equipment. Every muscle in her body was so sore, she said, that it was an effort just to move.
"Daddy, would you rub my back like you did when I was a kid?"
"I think I can work on it," I obligingly responded, giving my daughter a pat on the head.
As I started to massage her back, she said, "I'm going to lie down, Dad; do you really think you can give me a decent back rub while standing there like a hairdresser??"
I again laughed and said, "well, Katie, you got me there," as I sat down next to her on the bed. I told her that I really wanted to get going to see Ted Langston, my former college roommate who was home from the city for the weekend.
"Ted can wait, Dad, I'm hurting so bad that I may need a body cast just to keep from moving. And don't even THINK about telling me any of your stale jokes that you know I'll laugh at. Any laugh right now would be more painful than you could imagine."