BurningMonkey
TheMan In TheMirror
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- Jan 21, 2014
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George pulled into the driveway, turned off the car, and just sat for a moment. It had been the week from hell, but the project was finished and in the customer's hands. He'd taken the afternoon off to celebrate, and to compensate for the long nights he'd been putting in. His boss hadn't had a problem with it.
As a newly-minted project manager this one had been dropped on him, with some tricky problems and a short deadline. And at 42, he didn't bounce back like he used to. He was looking forward to a quiet afternoon of sitting and thinking about nothing in particular, maybe enjoying a beer even though it was the middle of the day.
He passed Valerie's car on the way to the house; she must be home from class early. That brought another thought, a guilty one this time: he would get to ogle her all afternoon, assuming she wasn't going out anywhere. He knew he shouldn't entertain such thoughts about his own daughter, but a few months ago he'd finally surrendered and simply acknowledged that she had grown into one sexy young woman, with a body that practically begged to be fondled…
The clothes she wore these days didn't help in that department. She’d taken to wearing things either too loose, too tight, too high, too low, and almost always too tight. He’d have to speak to her about it soon. He worried about her, had ever since his wife had left them and he’d had to try to usher her through the rest of high school.
It had been a…difficult time. He cared about her and didn’t want her to get a reputation as an easy slut, but they don’t give owner’s manuals with children, and he was never sure he was doing it right. A single father’s life was always fraught with hidden pitfalls, and if he slipped he wouldn’t be the only casualty. The responsibility rode him like the proverbial monkey in the fairytale.
He mounted the steps, sighed, and pushed open the front door.
As a newly-minted project manager this one had been dropped on him, with some tricky problems and a short deadline. And at 42, he didn't bounce back like he used to. He was looking forward to a quiet afternoon of sitting and thinking about nothing in particular, maybe enjoying a beer even though it was the middle of the day.
He passed Valerie's car on the way to the house; she must be home from class early. That brought another thought, a guilty one this time: he would get to ogle her all afternoon, assuming she wasn't going out anywhere. He knew he shouldn't entertain such thoughts about his own daughter, but a few months ago he'd finally surrendered and simply acknowledged that she had grown into one sexy young woman, with a body that practically begged to be fondled…
The clothes she wore these days didn't help in that department. She’d taken to wearing things either too loose, too tight, too high, too low, and almost always too tight. He’d have to speak to her about it soon. He worried about her, had ever since his wife had left them and he’d had to try to usher her through the rest of high school.
It had been a…difficult time. He cared about her and didn’t want her to get a reputation as an easy slut, but they don’t give owner’s manuals with children, and he was never sure he was doing it right. A single father’s life was always fraught with hidden pitfalls, and if he slipped he wouldn’t be the only casualty. The responsibility rode him like the proverbial monkey in the fairytale.
He mounted the steps, sighed, and pushed open the front door.