A Father's Love

She was new in town, she was a country girl,
fresh out of High School and she was tired of living in a farm…
and she can still remember her dad’s facial expression,
when she told him that she wanted to be on her own,
when she asked him for her inheritance,
because she wanted to see the world and explore,
she always wanted to be a model and be on a magazine cover
because she was very beautiful, had a flair for fashion
and was very creative with her wardrobe…
Even though her father was heartbroken and anticipated so much
the day when he would walk her down the aisle to someone who would love her as he has,
he never dreamed that he would send her on some unknown adventure
and yet he granted her wish because she was no longer a child…
but her brother could not believe his ears
and was furious that his Daddy always fell for her “little games” he thought…
She was so excited when she boarded that plane
and her excitement grew even more when she could
admire that view of the beautiful city from above, under a nocturne sky
and the stars were like promising pearls and her dreams so high, and the lights so inviting…
she knew she could make it and her heart was pounding with joy…
She got in touch with a friend of the family whose daughter lived in the city and
the arrangement was that they would share that luxurous appartment
and split the expenses between the two of them…
So her friend picked her up and both young ladies were so excited
to finally be reunited and they had so much to talk about.
Even the first month after her arrival, she was still hype and she sent a letter to her dad
to tell him how great things were going and that she had a job…
But a few months later, her employer let her go because of excessive lateness,
but yet her dreams were still big and the young ladies always had something to celebrate
and they would either go out or invite friends over
and it would be most of the time at her expense and soon she was broke.
When she finally confide in her friend,
she told her that it was no problem, that she would introduce her to someone who was in the modeling business… She was so grateful, her dream was finally coming together…
The guy was very handsome and she was soon under his charm…. Everything was going well,
he was very patient in teaching her how to express herself through her photos,
from a provocative smile, to a provocative pose and he persuaded her that he would be more marketable,
that her career would blossom faster if she posed nude, she was reticent at first but soon she gave in…
and she was very naive when it come to man and she believed him and he knew the power that
he had over her, that she would do anything to please him so he told her about some parties that he usually hosted and he would need her to escort a friend occasionally and promised her that
all she would have to do is just provide entertainment through exotic dancing and that would be all… but this lifetime soon escalated to a life of prostitution and now she was living a double life… When her friend found out, she threw her out and now she was homeless and needed to survive, so the streets became her home. She would hide behind huge sun glasses and wigs and heavy make-up so she don’t remember who she was…Meanwhile her dad was back home constantly praying for his daughter’s safety and she had stopped every correspondence with him because she was too ashamed of herself…And one morning she was laying in that dirty motel room and she woke up and looked around her and something happened, she looked at the money that the client from the night before had left on the commode and for the first time she felt so dirty, so empty inside and she sobbed uncontrollably and asked herself what she had become because her father was rich ~ how can she sell her body in exchange for food, how can she sell her dignity while she was royalty and even the servants back home were treated with more decency not like a piece of meat; so that night she knew that she could no longer go on like that and she rushed to the shower and rubbed her skin as hard as she could as if she was trying to erase that part of her life and said to herself, ” I will go home to my dad and even if rejects me as his daughter at least I can work in his farm and make a living and feel good about myself ” ~~ And she could not wait for the sun to shine because a new chapter was about to unfold, so early that morning, she took only her handbag and left all those expensive fur coats and high boots and sexy apparels that she used to take such pride in wearing and she hijacked till the way home to her father’s…

It was pretty quiet in the village but in the house her father had some friends over and they were around the table eating and having a good time, and when they heard some persistent knocks on the door, a servant was heading to answer but the Master of the house told her that he would get it and he headed to the door as if he knew deep in his heart, that it would be her daughter on the doorstep… and his face lit up and a tear of joy ran down his white beard when he held his daughter’s fragile body in his arms and she felt at his feet and say I am sorry Daddy, then he got her up gently and replied, “I am so glad you are home, Princess” and he introduced her to his friends who were thinking silently, oh gosh… she looks like a wreck, but he kissed her on her cheeks and went in the living room and got a Tiara that she always enjoyed wearing and he placed it on her head and as she was shaking like a leave maybe because there was so much emotion in the room, he placed his coat around her shoulder and said, Daddy’s Princess is home and everyone was amazed and flooded by so much compassion and love and raised their glasses in a toast to New beginnings …

~Her father has never stopped loving her ~