Unexpected Visit

I thought helping my father raise a baby would be a bonding experience for us, but unfortunately it didn't turn out that way. You see, over those next two weeks, my father barley helped me at all with Lexi. It was so tough going to school and then coming home to find her crying her eyes out while he's entertaining one of his female friends. I soon become more than irritated with him, especially when I came home the day before his party and found Lexi all alone in her room.

"Dad we need to talk," I snapped when he came home that night.

He shrugged, "About what?"

"About you! How could leave Lexi in this house by herself like that?" I asked.

"I only left for an hour at the most." He said.

I shook my head, "No dad, I've been here for three hours now which means if I wouldn't have came straight home she would have been here all by herself for three hours!"

He sighed, "Look, I'm sorry Kat but I had only left ten minutes before you came home so it's not that big of a deal."

"It is when your daughter is only a year and a few months old dad…what has gotten into you?" I asked. "Don't you like being a father?"

He chuckled, "I did when there was only one kid to look after."

I folded my arms, "Well maybe you should have thought about that before you stuck your dick inside of someone unprotected."

He looked at me, completely appalled, "Excuse me young lady?"

"Did I stutter?" I snapped. "If you didn't want any more kids…use a condom!"

Before he could say anything else I turned around and went upstairs to check on Lexi. She was standing up in her crib holding onto the bars with a smile on her face. I walked over to her and picked her up.

"Hello sweetie, you want to come with me to my room?" I asked her as I carried her to my bedroom. "Sissy has some homework to do but you can play in the play pin while I work."

For a few hours I played some music and worked on my school work. Suddenly, my dad came up stairs and knocked on my door.

"Katrina? Can we talk?" he asked.

I sighed and turned around to face him. "Sure come in."

He walked into my room and sat down on the bed, taking off his hat as he did so. I folded my arms and crossed my legs, staring at him with that, "This better be good," face.

"Listen, I'm sorry I haven't been helping you out with Lexi. I've just been so frustrated lately with my job, and the way I live my life."

"If that's the case then why don't you fix it dad?" I said. "I mean…I miss you all the time now. You're like never here and when you are, you're always sleeping or with some new broad."

He nodded, "I know."

I felt tears rising up in my eyes, "When Mark was here…he showed me a whole lot more attention than you have in seven years dad. That really hurts dad,"

He looked at me with soft eyes, "Kat…I'm sorry. I know I've been a real bad father. Listen, after the party tomorrow, we'll start fresh…together…agreed?"

I sighed and wiped a tear from my face. "Why after tomorrow?"

"Well I don't want to be boring at the party so, after tomorrow."

I laughed, "I hope you're not lying dad. I would really hate to see you fall apart."

"I understand." He said. "Can I have a hug please? I haven't had one from you in awhile."

I smiled and got up to hug him. It felt really nice to have his big warm arms wrapped around me. It had been so long since that happened.

"Alright, well I'm going to cook…" he said.

I gasped, "Cook? You are going to cook? It's been forever since you did that."

He laughed, "I know right, but I've got to take care of my girls right?"

I nodded and then picked up Lexi before following him to the kitchen.

While he was in the middle of making spaghetti, our doorbell rang. "You have company?" my dad asked me.

I shook my head, "No…do you?"

"Nope, would you get that for me?" he said.

I nodded and got up with Lexi in my arms. I didn't think to look through the peephole before opening the door.

"Hey Kat."

My mouth fell open as I looked into the eyes of my Godfather. "What are you doing here?"

He sighed, "So I suppose your father didn't get my e-mail. What's with you two and not answering stuff."

I glared at him, "You should know that answer when it comes to me."

He looked into my eyes for a moment. "You got me there…whose baby is that?"

"This is Lexi…she's dad's apparently."

He nodded and then scratched his head, "Anyways…can we talk?"

I sighed and went to shake my head. "No…I don't think that's a good idea."

"Come on Kitty, it'll take a few minutes at the most." He said.

Lexi made a noise and I adjusted her in my arms. "Fine. Come on in."

I walked away from the door and headed for the kitchen, "Dad, Mark's here."

My dad turned around and looked at him as he appeared next to me.

"Oh, hey Mark. What brings you to town?" he asked.

Mark shrugged, "Just came to talk to Katrina real fast and then I'll be gone."

My dad nodded and then I headed upstairs with him close behind me. I so didn't want to talk to him let alone have him in my bedroom, but part of me always felt the need to give people a chance to redeem themselves.

As soon as we were in my room, I shut the door and then sat down on my bed with him next to me. I didn't look at him, I just looked at my little sister who was playing with my necklace.

"Ok. We're here." I said coldly. "What do you want?"

He sighed, "look, I know you don't want to be bothered with me, and that's fine…but I want you to know that…I'm real sorry for what I did to you."

I glanced up at him blankly, waiting for his next sentence.

"I was supposed to show you the right way of life and…I completely took advantage of you." He said as his eyes got real glassy. I felt my heart melting but I kept a hard wall around it.

"I've already lost your mom Kat, I don't want to lose you in my life too." He said.

I sighed, "That's nice and all…but how do you expect me to feel after what you said to me that day? I mean here I am completely attached to you and you basically took a knife and scraped me right off…"

He sighed heavily, "I know, I know, and I didn't mean to Kitty. I was just so worried about things getting too out of hand."

"What do you mean Mark? Things had already gotten out of hand when I laid on my back and gave you my virginity like it was nothing!" I said as tears fell from my eyes.

He put his face in his hands, "Katrina…I'm so sorry…please try to understand where I am coming from with this alright." He looked at me as I got up and put Lexi in her play pin. I then stood with my back to him, crying my eyes out. I heard him get up and come towards me. I turned around and pushed him away.

"Mark please…I don't want to do this with you right now. That night has changed the way I feel about men forever…I've been snapping on my own father lately because of everything that happened between us."

"Kat please…just listen to me." He said as he tried to hug me.

I shook my head and backed away from him, "Don't touch me Mark. I thought you were going to be that person I could trust but clearly…I can't trust you."

He sighed, "Ok. I understand. Look…I'm moving to Houston, Texas. Here is my address, cell, and house number if you need anything. I couldn't drive past this town without at least seeing you one more time."

I didn't look at him or take the small card. I just folded my arms and stared at the ground. He finally turned to leave and I felt myself giving into his pain.

"Mark…"

He turned around and looked at me, "Yes Kat."

"It'll take me some time to fully forgive you…but please don't take offense if I don't call or visit at all."

He nodded, "I understand…good-bye sweetie."

I watched him leave my room and I suddenly felt ten times better. Holding all those emotions in was starting to stress me out so, it was good that I finally got to express them. I didn't know what was going to happen between Mark and I, but I did know that my father and I were making a great start towards a great future.