- Rough daddy/daughter incest ahead! Please comment and enjoy. -
Something was bothering Kara. At first, I thought she was angry with me. Then I supposed it was just because she was out of high school. Maybe working fulltime as a waitress was too much pressure for her. The real world is a lot to handle for an 18-year-old girl.
Whatever the problem was, she had been melancholy ever since graduation. I knew there were some things a girl couldn't talk to her father about, so I recommended a therapist. I'm a believer in therapy myself. I needed it after my wife died. But Kara had been a child back then. She could barely remember her mother.
Kara had always been rebellious, and I knew it was my fault for letting society raise her. I just didn't know how to take care of a child, and by the time I figured it out, she was a teenager. I used to spank her, but the more I spanked her, the worse she seemed to get.
A few months back on her 18th birthday, she had come home at 3:00 a.m., stinking of alcohol. She had taunted me that night, said she didn't care if I spanked her, or grounded her, or took away her cell phone. I'd been furious, but I'd also had enough. I sat her down and told her she was an adult, that the spankings were over, that she could set her own curfew, that I was done chasing after her to do the right thing, that she was responsible for her own future. Maybe that's when her melancholy began. Maybe that was the day the real world descended on her.
Regardless of her mood, she was generally better behaved. Instead of coming in after 1:00 a.m. every night, she was always home early, ready to work the next morning. But where was that spark that give way to fire? What was bothering her? What happened to my daughter?
"There she is," I said as the door opened at 7:00 p.m. on a warm Friday night in July. I was sitting on the sofa with my feet up, watching TV, cold bottle of beer in my hand. I had on blue jeans, no shirt, no socks. I had worked all day in the hot sun and I was sweaty, but the roads of the world would not pave themselves. I wiped my brow, my dark brown hair sticking to my forehead. "I thought you were going out with your friends after work."
My daughter closed the door and seemed to stare at me for a second. She had her mother's big brown eyes, her figure too, curved hips and a heart-shaped behind, held in a tight black skirt. She looked a little sweaty herself, her long brown hair kept in a pony tail out of her face, her white blouse sticking to her smooth skin. The bottom of the fabric was tied up just beneath her breasts. I could see the outline of her bra, cupping her perky tits. They always strained against whatever she was wearing. Not that I was looking.
She shook her head, looking away from me. "I'm going to bed."
"Already?"
"Just need to do some thinking."
"All right."
She whisked by me, the scent of perfume and lotion following in her wake. I sighed. What was wrong with that girl? I climbed up and followed her down the hall, stopping outside her room. I knocked on the closed the door.
"Kara?"
"Yes?"
"Can I come in?"
"I'm changing."
"Oh. Have you eaten?"
"No, but I'm not hungry."
"Are you working tomorrow?"
"Yes, just the breakfast shift. I have therapy in the evening. Why?"
"I was thinking, do you want to do something together tomorrow afternoon before therapy, see a movie or something? I'll take you out for a burger and a milk shake."
"I'm busy."
"Oh, all right. If you change your mind, let me know."
"Yeah."
I returned to the sofa. Damn, that girl was a pain in the ass. Every time I reached out to her, she slapped my hand away. I felt like she was slipping farther away from me. And what the hell good was therapy if she wasn't getting better?
I heard her door open. I figured she was just going to the bathroom, but she came charging into the living room. She had changed into a pair of gray shorts that hugged her crotch and a pink tank top that felt the need to point out that it was pink with the word "PINK" on it. She stood on the other side of the coffee table, her stance defensive.
"Okay, let's get this over with."
"Uh... wha?" I said.
"My therapist said if I wanna get better, I have to tell you what's bothering me, but I can't say this to your face, so she told me to bring you into therapy and she'll help me."
"Wait, what? Tell me what? What do you have to tell me?" I sat up straight on the sofa.
"Will you come with me to therapy tomorrow?"
"Hold on, tell me what?" I said. I was very confused. "What do you have to tell me?"
"God, Daddy! Weren't you listening? I just said I can't tell you! I have to bring you to therapy!"
"Okay, calm down, sweetie. You're getting really worked up."
"Yes, I'm worked up! I've been trying to invite you to therapy for five weeks!"
"You have?"
"Yes!"
"Why are you shouting?" I asked.
"Because I'm having a breakthrough!"
"Are you mad at me?" I asked.
"Yes, I'm mad! I want you to come to therapy tomorrow, okay? 6:00 p.m. tomorrow."
"All right. Whatever you need, sweetheart."
"Fine."
She stormed off. I heard the door slam. Then it opened. "And wear a fucking t-shirt around the house!" The door slammed again.
"What the hell?"
That girl was out of her mind. I was sure about that. But I looked down at my hard chest anyway. I guess it was kind of gross, her father shirtless in the house. It wasn't as if my daughter had never seen me without a shirt though. Still, I went to my room and pulled on a white t-shirt.
The next day, Kara was gone before I woke up. She didn't come home at lunchtime either. I had no idea where she was, and there was no point guessing. She never told me anything. What did she want to tell me tonight though? Why would she have to take me to therapy to tell me anything?
I began to muse. Maybe she was going to move out. Not sure why she felt she needed a therapist for that. Or maybe she had done something wrong, really wrong. Hm. Killed a man? Nah... Then again, she was a rebellious child. What if she was going to tell me she was hooked on drugs? I could get her into a program. Or perhaps she was lesbian. How was I going to deal with that? She had had a few boyfriends though, but they never seemed to last. I hadn't seen her date anyone since her prom though.
"Lesbian. Yup, that's what it is. She's coming out of the closet. Great. Marie, I hope you're not rolling over in your grave. Probably rolling your eyes though. I could believe that."
As the time edged closer to 6:00 p.m., I began to wonder where my daughter was. I figured she'd come home and we'd go to her therapist's office together. At 5:50 I received a text.
"Changed my mind. Don't come. Just forget about it," she wrote.
Now I was angry. Something was wrong with that girl, and I was going to find out what. But I knew her well enough if I argued, she wouldn't show up to therapy at all. I replied with, "K." Then I got into my car and drove to the therapist's office.
It was one of those buildings that had multiple offices in it. The woman at the desk was reading a magazine. She raised an eyebrow. "Yes?"