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“Poor baby. You wanna watch me do my make-up tomorrow and film afterwards?”
“You letting me cheat?”
“Yep.”
“Shit, thank you.”
A few minutes later, a little after 11:00 PM, I had scrubbed my face clean and we were in bed. Four hours after that, Ryan slid his arm off my waist, waking me up.
“Where you going?” I groggily asked.
“Someone’s at your door.”
“Oh, what time is it?”
“Three.”
“In the morning?”
“Yeah.”
Whoever it was rang the doorbell and knocked again.
I moved to get up.
“No,” Ryan said. “I got it.”
“No, it’s my house.”
“Your ass is not answering the door at this time of morning.”
“Who do you think answered it before you started sleeping here?”
“I hope you didn’t answer it at all this late.”
More knocking.
Ryan left the room, and I was right behind him. He checked the peephole, glanced back at me, and shrugged.
“What?” I whispered.
“It’s some dude.”
“Let me see.”
He moved back, and my eyes widened when I saw the haggard man on the other side. I reached for the knob, but Ryan clamped his hand over mine, keeping me from opening the door.
“What are you doing?” he asked in a harsh whisper.
“Letting him in. It’s my father.”
*****
My daddy was tall and pretty fit for his age other than his slightly bulging waistline. He was handsome, too, even though he looked like he’d missed several nights of sleep. I sat across from him at my kitchen table and stared at him. His eyes were on the table, as were his hands. He folded them and sighed.
I was about to say something when Ryan placed cups of coffee before me and Daddy, then kissed my cheek and left us alone.
Daddy cleared his throat, and said, “He seems nice.”
