olderstud52
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2011
- Location
- Canada
Friday morning dawned bright and clear at the lakeside cottage that Robert owned as his get-away haven. After his wife had left him for another man some years ago, he had struggled to maintain this place and keep up with the child support payments demanded by his wife,but it was well worth it. Not far from the nearby town, but remote enough to provide quiet uninterrupted down-time from the hectic life in the city.
Normally arriving at the cottage on Friday night after work, Robert had taken the day off to prepare the rustic cabin for a special guest. His divorced wife normally had custody of their teen daughter, and was extremely possessive when it came to sharing her time, but had relented when her daughter graduated from high school with one simple request. A phone message left on my answering machine simply stated "Your daughter has a request .. a weekend at your cabin at the lake to let off some steam. BUT you have to be there ... and YOU have to keep her safe... UNDERSTAND?"
There was no mistaking the tone in the recorded message, and Robert had a day to tidy up the cabin in preparation for the week-end. With the exception of posted pics on FaceBook, he had not seen his daughter in person for months now, and felt that is was a good time to catch-up with her one-on-one. As the cabin slowly regained some semblance of cleanliness, Robert set out fresh towels in the shower room and made a bed up in the spare room then headed out to chop some firewood for the evenings if it got cool. With the fridge stocked with food and the liquor cabinet full, he wandered down to the beach to await the arrival of his daughter.
Normally arriving at the cottage on Friday night after work, Robert had taken the day off to prepare the rustic cabin for a special guest. His divorced wife normally had custody of their teen daughter, and was extremely possessive when it came to sharing her time, but had relented when her daughter graduated from high school with one simple request. A phone message left on my answering machine simply stated "Your daughter has a request .. a weekend at your cabin at the lake to let off some steam. BUT you have to be there ... and YOU have to keep her safe... UNDERSTAND?"
There was no mistaking the tone in the recorded message, and Robert had a day to tidy up the cabin in preparation for the week-end. With the exception of posted pics on FaceBook, he had not seen his daughter in person for months now, and felt that is was a good time to catch-up with her one-on-one. As the cabin slowly regained some semblance of cleanliness, Robert set out fresh towels in the shower room and made a bed up in the spare room then headed out to chop some firewood for the evenings if it got cool. With the fridge stocked with food and the liquor cabinet full, he wandered down to the beach to await the arrival of his daughter.