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"So, are you okay with it?" Susan asked.
"Sure, I'm fine mom," Joey answered.
He had no problem with Amanda working full time at the hotel now that she was done high school. Amanda had been helping at the hotel for years and knew how to do everything. Hell, she could probably run it single-handedly. She was impressive! He'd seen her in action. She could clean a room in her sleep. He'd passed on his toilet cleaning skills to her. When to use the plunger, when to use the snake, when the fine touch of a human hand was required! She quickly picked up how to update the website. Now that she had her license, she bought a lot of hotel supplies. And most importantly, she honestly seemed to love working at the hotel. She was great around people and seemed to take great pride in making visitors feel welcome.
"What about your sister?" Susan asked.
"Who?"
"You're sister! You know, your wife! Goes by the name of Lola!"
"Oh, she'll be fine. She hoped Amanda would go to university like Catherine, but she's finally accepted that Amanda has a completely different idea of what's important in life." He laughed. "I think she figured it out after about the tenth parent-teacher night where the teachers were baffled by Amanda's lack of interest."
His mom smiled. "Well, Tara and I are tickled pink about having Amanda come on board! We'll be getting a perfect employee, and it will give your father and me the opportunity to go away more often. But, you should check with your significant other to make sure that she's on board as well."
He rolled his eyes. "Fine! I'll ask Lola."
A devious thought popped into his head.
He'd had disagreements with Lola about buying the girls cell phones. Being a gadget junkie with every possible techie toy, he didn't see why the girls shouldn't have their own cell phones. They were eighteen for peat's sake! What eighteen-year-old didn't have a cell phone! Lola didn't agree though.
"If they want a cell phone they can buy their own. We did. We got part-time jobs and bought our own. It's not just the phones. Who's going to pay for the monthly plans? Amanda has her own money. If she wants a phone, she can pay for it. I've never heard Catherine complain about not having a phone. When she needs one, I give her mine."
ARGH! He couldn't understand Lola's reasoning at all! What did she care? They had money coming out of their ears! They made almost one hundred and fifty thousand a year between the two of them. That was almost three times the average household income in Silver City! Their house was paid off, and their cars were paid off. They went on trips every year. Lola went on frequent shopping trips with Tara and her mom to El Paso. Why couldn't he treat the girls! Lola had no problem buying them clothes! But that was different! He liked doing things for them. He wasn't worried about spoiling them. Both of them were good girls. And he never bought into all the crap about kids ruining themselves by spending too much time using computers and cell phones! He'd always spent a lot of time with computers, and he turned out okay! Didn't he? ARGH!
But! He had an idea! "Mom, do you and Tara have cell phones?"
"Of course."
"Does the hotel business pay for it?"
"Yes."
"So would Amanda get one?"
"I guess. She would need one as much as Tara, and I do."
Excellent! Amanda will have a cell phone soon, and if Amanda has one it won't be fair if Catherine doesn't have one! It's important to be fair as a parent! Catherine will need one when she goes away to go to school. Surely, even Lola will agree to that! It all made perfect sense to him!
His scheme was falling into place! Amanda would get a cell phone from the hotel business, and he'd take Catherine out shopping for a cell phone the next time Lola was in El Paso teaching. By the time Lola was back, it would be too late! Catherine would have a new phone with a multi-year plan! He would deal with any fallout from his sister.
After all, his sister didn't get to decide everything! If he wanted to treat his daughters, he was damn well going to!
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Whoo-hoo! She walked out of her high school doors for the last time! Jailbreak!
She was finally done school! Twelve numbing years of sitting at the back of the class, twiddling her thumbs, wishing she could be somewhere else! Actually, that was only partially true. Every year she got to meet new people either in person or through their feelings. She probably knew the personalities of more people at school than anyone else! She knew who was nice and who was not so nice, who was sad, glad, mad you name it. She was like an amateur FBI personality profiler! There were all sorts of CSI TV shows. She visualized her name on the big screen, 'Amanda Granger, star of CSI Silver City!'
All the exposure to other kids made her realize how Altunizade Escort (https://www.pompaci.net/istanbul/altunizade) exceptional her family was. She didn't want for anything, food, clothes, her own room, a vehicle to drive, nothing! And so much love from her parents and grandparents! So many kids in her classes didn't have any of that. They didn't have a chance in life. They were behind the eight ball from day one. Some of them had to cope with so many problems that they had already dropped out of school. It was sad.
She did what she could. She shared her food if they would let her. She reached out to befriend those that didn't have any friends if they would let her. When she saw someone being bullied, she intervened even if it meant risk to herself. It wasn't possible to change everything though. She couldn't change their home life. You could only do so much.
She had tried to drop out of school when she was sixteen, but her sneaky mom outmaneuvered her! Legally, she could have left when she was sixteen and just assumed she would. Why waste further time when she already knew what she wanted to do with her life. Working at the hotel did not require any more formal schooling. Her grandma had already confirmed she could work at the hotel when she was older. So, she was all pumped when she turned sixteen and told her grandma she was ready to quit school and work full time. She didn't like the answer her grandma gave her one little bit!
"Did you get permission from your mom and dad?"
What? Why did she need to ask her parents? "Grandma, I thought you told me I could work here when I was older?"
"I did."
"But I'm older now, and I'm old enough to quit school!"
"I didn't say when you could work full-time at the hotel. You're only sixteen. You'll need to check with your mom and dad. If they say yes then you can start."
"But ..."
"No buts young lady! Talk to your parents," her grandma said in a firm tone.
Damn! When her grandma spoke in that tone, it meant the conversation was over. All her excitement instantly drained away. She felt like a piñata, and her grandma had just whacked her! Her dad might say yes, but she knew her mom never would. In fact, her mom probably even made her grandma say no! Sneaky mom! Of course, when she talked to her parents, her mom said 'absolutely not'! Her dad didn't even get a chance to say anything. He was standing behind her mom and gave her the 'look'! The look that meant 'Sorry, you're on your own.'
Damn!
Oh well! Water under the bridge. Today was not a day to be sad about others or frustrated about the past!
The sun was shining brilliantly and warmed her skin the minute she exited the school. Her whole life was ahead! The rest of her life was just starting. She had an extra seven hours of free time every day now! Everything was falling into place perfectly! Her grandma and Tara had officially agreed to let her work full time at the hotel. Take that mom! Her head was still swelled from finding out that her grandma said she would be a 'perfect' employee! PERFECT! She'd been training for years and already knew how to do everything. She and Tara got along great. Her personal life was okay. She and Nathan got along great! He was a fun guy even if she didn't think anything long term was going to develop. She had lots of other friends. Her family was healthy and happy, and she was the most oversexed girl in town even though she was still a virgin. Every day she soaked in the sexual feelings from her parent's room and the erotic feelings from Catherine's increasingly amorous dreams. Her orgasms were incredible! Yup. Life was good!
It took her several hours to get home. She was in such a good mood that she stopped and visited people on the way home. She dropped in to see Mr. Quan. She always visited him several times a month to shoot the breeze. He always wanted to spar with her to see if he could land a blow. He never could! Apparently, she had a following. All of his girl trainees would root for her when they sparred. Mr. Quan said she was their role model. It felt good! He wasn't a grump anymore. His dad had passed away, and he decided to stay and make a life in Silver City. His class was always full of new students, including lots of girls! He seemed content.
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Oh-oh!
Catherine and Amanda just entered the room with suspicious smiles on their faces and proceeded to double-team him on the couch. Catherine sat on his left and Amanda on the right, and they both intertwined their arms around his.
"Hi, daddy!"
Hmmm! They never called him 'daddy' anymore except when they wanted something, and they still had those suspicious grins on their faces! What did the not-so-little darlings want today?
"Hi girls. What's up?"
"We wanted to talk about your car."
"Okay."
"We want to use it."
"That's fine. You've used it before. You just have to ask. Is that it?"
"You don't understand dad. We want to use it Altunizade Escort Bayan (https://www.pompaci.net/istanbul/altunizade) to go out on dates. You know, parking."
Ah! Now the truth was coming out! "Parking? You mean the smoochy, make out kind of parking?" He looked at Catherine. "Where you get all hot and bothered in the back seat with another girl." Then he looked at Amanda. "Or a guy?"
His boldness didn't seem to faze them one little bit. Rats! Both of them answered yes simultaneously without batting an eye.
"Don't your dates have cars?"
"Kate doesn't have a car dad, and her parents only have one car which she rarely gets to use," Catherine said.
He looked at Amanda. "And your dates?"
"I don't know dad. I don't care if they do. I want to be the driver. That way if I don't like how the date is going I can end it and drive them home."
"And the guys don't mind being picked up by a female?"
Amanda rolled her eyes. "Dad! That's so old fashion! They don't seem to mind. When I tell them what I want to do they seem quite willing."
He wasn't sure if it was possible to embarrass Amanda, but he was feeling playful and wanted to try.
"And what is it that you tell them you want to do?" He said with a straight face.
"I tell them I want to go out parking and they haven't turned me down yet! I'm pretty sure they know what I'm talking about!" She smiled cockily.
So much for embarrassing her! "I see. Why don't you just have your dates back to the house and go downstairs? Your mom and I won't interrupt."
Both of them grimaced and scrunched their noses. "That would be weird dad, doing things with you and mom in the house!"
"Suit yourself. Where does one go parking in Silver City? Your mom and I haven't parked in a long while!" He smiled.
They both smiled deviously. "There are lots of spots although sometimes the cops bust you and shine their lights in the car window. That would be extremely embarrassing! And Kate and I don't want to take the chance of being seen and the whole town finding out. No one knows about us yet," Catherine said.
"So where are you going to park then if you're worried about the cops or being seen?" He asked.
"I'm going to ask Nathan if he can ask Sam if we can park at his place at the back where all the wrecked cars are. It's private property and secluded and dark. Is that okay with you?" Amanda asked.
"It's fine by me, but Sam is the one you need to ask."
"I know, but we wanted your blessing in case Sam calls to see if it's okay."
It was a definitely a weird conversation being asked by his daughters about parking strategies, but at least they were asking which was better than sneaking around. "Fine by me. It might be better if you ask Tara to ask Sam though. You work with her, and she likes both of you, and she has more influence on Sam than Nathan does. After all, she has been going out with him for years."
"That's a great idea dad!" Amanda exclaimed, and Catherine nodded. They both hugged him. "Thanks, dad!"
"You're welcome girls." He yelled at them as they walked off. "Don't make a mess of my back seat!"
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"That would be great dad!"
Her dad's workplace was having one of those days where you could bring your kid in and they would follow you around. She'd occasionally visited her dad at work, but she had no idea what his day was like beyond he worked on computer stuff. The event was typically meant for younger kids to give them career ideas which didn't apply to her but it sounded fun, and her grandma and Tara didn't care if she took the morning off.
She'd noticed her dad was more stressed out lately. Not stressed out bad but more stressed out than he normally was, which was hardly ever, which meant by normal human standards he was stressed out maybe a little. But it was a lot for him! Her mom said it was because of his new position.
"Your dad is now head of the IT department at the University, and it's stressing him a little."
"Why?"
Her mom grinned. "Your dad is not very ambitious. He's good at what he does, but he didn't want to be in charge of other people. Dealing with them bothers him occasionally."
"Why?"
"Well, not everyone is a good worker, and they don't all get along. Some of them don't realize they are not good workers. There are age and sex differences. Your dad has to deal with that. And he doesn't like the paperwork."
"Why did he take the job?"
"His old boss retired, and they offered him the job."
"Why didn't he say no?"
"He did, but they wouldn't take no for an answer. The school felt he was the best candidate and eventually they wore him down."
"Did he get more money?"
"Yes, quite a bit, but your dad doesn't care about more money. He thinks we already have lots of money."
She understood how her dad felt. People often asked her what she wanted to do with her life after the hotel. They thought Escort Altunizade (https://www.pompaci.net/istanbul/altunizade) her hotel work was a temporary menial job. She told them she was already doing what she wanted to do. Then they would ask "Don't you want to make more money?" She would answer, "Why do I need more money?"
Her dad felt agitated on the ride to work. She reached over and squeezed his hand and gave her best caring daughter smile. He looked surprised, but then he smiled and relaxed a bit which made her feel happy.
There were lots of kids walking around when they got to the University. Most of them looked her age. A couple of the guys were pretty hot looking! One even smiled at her. She smiled back. He had a hot butt! Kate was going here for her Vet tech degree. Cool!
Her dad had a big office with his name on the door. Impressive! He didn't have an office before. He had pictures of her and Catherine and their mom on his desk. Nice!
"Usually I go through my emails for about an hour or two when I first get in to keep everything moving and check for urgent issues. The IT department supports the computer needs of all the staff and students at the school. We buy equipment and software, install it and support it. We make sure everything is running okay. When there is a problem, someone will call in or email, and someone on the team will create a log and then it gets assigned to someone.
"Who assigns the logs?"
"Usually me."
"Why?"
"Because I know what everyone is working on and what they can do. Some things can only be done by certain people, and some people are already busy."
She watched her dad deal with about 30 emails. Mostly assigning logs or updating them or answering questions. A lot of it was mundane. One staff member asked if she could take holidays on a particular week. A professor complained about the wifi being slow in his office. Another professor's computer was infected with a virus. Her dad sighed when he read that one. Apparently, it wasn't the first time. Someone emailed in a panic about their hard drive crashing. Her dad said everything was backed up regularly so it would be easy to fix.
After her dad finished his emails, he took her around and introduced her to the people on his team. They were quite a mix. There were a few crusty looking older guys. One of them checked her out! Ew yuck! There was a young girl that didn't look any older than her and a few in between. One lady looked close to her dad's age. She was dressed to kill and had a killer body and was looking at her dad in a very friendly way. She recognized the signs! The lady was smiling away at her dad and was patting his arm and was right on the edge of his personal space. Her dad was trying to back away, but the lady kept moving forward as her dad backed away. It was so obvious, but her mom said her dad was somewhat clueless when woman liked him, except for Tara! He knew Tara liked him! Perhaps her dad didn't realize the lady had the hots for him. She would have to tell her mom about the lady when she got home. You could never be too careful when protecting your dad!
Apparently, people used to complain about not being in the loop, so her dad started having weekly meetings to go over new things, talk about existing problems, see if anyone needed help, etc. Today was meeting day. Her dad felt a bit tense.
There was an older lady like her grandma in the room. Her dad introduced her. She was his boss. She greeted her and shook her hand.
There was an agenda, and they went through the topics. One guy was a blabbermouth! He couldn't say anything briefly, and he had an opinion on everything! He was super irritating! She looked around the room and could sense the others felt the same way. Her dad constantly had to interject to move the meeting along. He did it politely though.
The young girl mentioned a new way of doing things, and one of the older guys cut her off and said her idea was 'stupid.' How rude! The girl was totally embarrassed, and the room went silent. What a jerk!
Her dad didn't miss a beat. He looked at the girl and smiled. "Why don't you write you're idea up and email it to everyone and we'll discuss it at the next meeting." He smiled again. "Okay, Mandy?"
RIGHT ON DAD! That was so smooth! She would have smacked the guy, but her dad hadn't even raised his voice. He hadn't humiliated the guy, but the guy got the message, and Mandy was positively beaming inside! Nice work dad!
She sensed her dad's boss watching her in the middle of the meeting and looked up and smiled and waved. The lady didn't wave back, but she did smile.
The good-looking lady watched her dad the whole meeting. It was so obvious, and she used a sickeningly sweet voice when she talked to her dad. She rolled her eyes whenever the lady opened her mouth. Joey's boss smirked when she caught her rolling her eyes. Oops!
Not much else happened, and the meeting ended right about lunch which was good because she needed to get back to the hotel. It was interesting seeing what her dad did.
Her dad's boss wanted to talk to him, so she waited in his office.
"You're daughter is quite an astute judge of character. She wears her heart on her sleeve so I could tell what she thought of everyone. She nailed everyone perfectly and seemed quite proud of how you handled Hank's interruption."
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"So, are you okay with it?" Susan asked.
"Sure, I'm fine mom," Joey answered.
He had no problem with Amanda working full time at the hotel now that she was done high school. Amanda had been helping at the hotel for years and knew how to do everything. Hell, she could probably run it single-handedly. She was impressive! He'd seen her in action. She could clean a room in her sleep. He'd passed on his toilet cleaning skills to her. When to use the plunger, when to use the snake, when the fine touch of a human hand was required! She quickly picked up how to update the website. Now that she had her license, she bought a lot of hotel supplies. And most importantly, she honestly seemed to love working at the hotel. She was great around people and seemed to take great pride in making visitors feel welcome.
"What about your sister?" Susan asked.
"Who?"
"You're sister! You know, your wife! Goes by the name of Lola!"
"Oh, she'll be fine. She hoped Amanda would go to university like Catherine, but she's finally accepted that Amanda has a completely different idea of what's important in life." He laughed. "I think she figured it out after about the tenth parent-teacher night where the teachers were baffled by Amanda's lack of interest."
His mom smiled. "Well, Tara and I are tickled pink about having Amanda come on board! We'll be getting a perfect employee, and it will give your father and me the opportunity to go away more often. But, you should check with your significant other to make sure that she's on board as well."
He rolled his eyes. "Fine! I'll ask Lola."
A devious thought popped into his head.
He'd had disagreements with Lola about buying the girls cell phones. Being a gadget junkie with every possible techie toy, he didn't see why the girls shouldn't have their own cell phones. They were eighteen for peat's sake! What eighteen-year-old didn't have a cell phone! Lola didn't agree though.
"If they want a cell phone they can buy their own. We did. We got part-time jobs and bought our own. It's not just the phones. Who's going to pay for the monthly plans? Amanda has her own money. If she wants a phone, she can pay for it. I've never heard Catherine complain about not having a phone. When she needs one, I give her mine."
ARGH! He couldn't understand Lola's reasoning at all! What did she care? They had money coming out of their ears! They made almost one hundred and fifty thousand a year between the two of them. That was almost three times the average household income in Silver City! Their house was paid off, and their cars were paid off. They went on trips every year. Lola went on frequent shopping trips with Tara and her mom to El Paso. Why couldn't he treat the girls! Lola had no problem buying them clothes! But that was different! He liked doing things for them. He wasn't worried about spoiling them. Both of them were good girls. And he never bought into all the crap about kids ruining themselves by spending too much time using computers and cell phones! He'd always spent a lot of time with computers, and he turned out okay! Didn't he? ARGH!
But! He had an idea! "Mom, do you and Tara have cell phones?"
"Of course."
"Does the hotel business pay for it?"
"Yes."
"So would Amanda get one?"
"I guess. She would need one as much as Tara, and I do."
Excellent! Amanda will have a cell phone soon, and if Amanda has one it won't be fair if Catherine doesn't have one! It's important to be fair as a parent! Catherine will need one when she goes away to go to school. Surely, even Lola will agree to that! It all made perfect sense to him!
His scheme was falling into place! Amanda would get a cell phone from the hotel business, and he'd take Catherine out shopping for a cell phone the next time Lola was in El Paso teaching. By the time Lola was back, it would be too late! Catherine would have a new phone with a multi-year plan! He would deal with any fallout from his sister.
After all, his sister didn't get to decide everything! If he wanted to treat his daughters, he was damn well going to!
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Whoo-hoo! She walked out of her high school doors for the last time! Jailbreak!
She was finally done school! Twelve numbing years of sitting at the back of the class, twiddling her thumbs, wishing she could be somewhere else! Actually, that was only partially true. Every year she got to meet new people either in person or through their feelings. She probably knew the personalities of more people at school than anyone else! She knew who was nice and who was not so nice, who was sad, glad, mad you name it. She was like an amateur FBI personality profiler! There were all sorts of CSI TV shows. She visualized her name on the big screen, 'Amanda Granger, star of CSI Silver City!'
All the exposure to other kids made her realize how Altunizade Escort (https://www.pompaci.net/istanbul/altunizade) exceptional her family was. She didn't want for anything, food, clothes, her own room, a vehicle to drive, nothing! And so much love from her parents and grandparents! So many kids in her classes didn't have any of that. They didn't have a chance in life. They were behind the eight ball from day one. Some of them had to cope with so many problems that they had already dropped out of school. It was sad.
She did what she could. She shared her food if they would let her. She reached out to befriend those that didn't have any friends if they would let her. When she saw someone being bullied, she intervened even if it meant risk to herself. It wasn't possible to change everything though. She couldn't change their home life. You could only do so much.
She had tried to drop out of school when she was sixteen, but her sneaky mom outmaneuvered her! Legally, she could have left when she was sixteen and just assumed she would. Why waste further time when she already knew what she wanted to do with her life. Working at the hotel did not require any more formal schooling. Her grandma had already confirmed she could work at the hotel when she was older. So, she was all pumped when she turned sixteen and told her grandma she was ready to quit school and work full time. She didn't like the answer her grandma gave her one little bit!
"Did you get permission from your mom and dad?"
What? Why did she need to ask her parents? "Grandma, I thought you told me I could work here when I was older?"
"I did."
"But I'm older now, and I'm old enough to quit school!"
"I didn't say when you could work full-time at the hotel. You're only sixteen. You'll need to check with your mom and dad. If they say yes then you can start."
"But ..."
"No buts young lady! Talk to your parents," her grandma said in a firm tone.
Damn! When her grandma spoke in that tone, it meant the conversation was over. All her excitement instantly drained away. She felt like a piñata, and her grandma had just whacked her! Her dad might say yes, but she knew her mom never would. In fact, her mom probably even made her grandma say no! Sneaky mom! Of course, when she talked to her parents, her mom said 'absolutely not'! Her dad didn't even get a chance to say anything. He was standing behind her mom and gave her the 'look'! The look that meant 'Sorry, you're on your own.'
Damn!
Oh well! Water under the bridge. Today was not a day to be sad about others or frustrated about the past!
The sun was shining brilliantly and warmed her skin the minute she exited the school. Her whole life was ahead! The rest of her life was just starting. She had an extra seven hours of free time every day now! Everything was falling into place perfectly! Her grandma and Tara had officially agreed to let her work full time at the hotel. Take that mom! Her head was still swelled from finding out that her grandma said she would be a 'perfect' employee! PERFECT! She'd been training for years and already knew how to do everything. She and Tara got along great. Her personal life was okay. She and Nathan got along great! He was a fun guy even if she didn't think anything long term was going to develop. She had lots of other friends. Her family was healthy and happy, and she was the most oversexed girl in town even though she was still a virgin. Every day she soaked in the sexual feelings from her parent's room and the erotic feelings from Catherine's increasingly amorous dreams. Her orgasms were incredible! Yup. Life was good!
It took her several hours to get home. She was in such a good mood that she stopped and visited people on the way home. She dropped in to see Mr. Quan. She always visited him several times a month to shoot the breeze. He always wanted to spar with her to see if he could land a blow. He never could! Apparently, she had a following. All of his girl trainees would root for her when they sparred. Mr. Quan said she was their role model. It felt good! He wasn't a grump anymore. His dad had passed away, and he decided to stay and make a life in Silver City. His class was always full of new students, including lots of girls! He seemed content.
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Oh-oh!
Catherine and Amanda just entered the room with suspicious smiles on their faces and proceeded to double-team him on the couch. Catherine sat on his left and Amanda on the right, and they both intertwined their arms around his.
"Hi, daddy!"
Hmmm! They never called him 'daddy' anymore except when they wanted something, and they still had those suspicious grins on their faces! What did the not-so-little darlings want today?
"Hi girls. What's up?"
"We wanted to talk about your car."
"Okay."
"We want to use it."
"That's fine. You've used it before. You just have to ask. Is that it?"
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Ah! Now the truth was coming out! "Parking? You mean the smoochy, make out kind of parking?" He looked at Catherine. "Where you get all hot and bothered in the back seat with another girl." Then he looked at Amanda. "Or a guy?"
His boldness didn't seem to faze them one little bit. Rats! Both of them answered yes simultaneously without batting an eye.
"Don't your dates have cars?"
"Kate doesn't have a car dad, and her parents only have one car which she rarely gets to use," Catherine said.
He looked at Amanda. "And your dates?"
"I don't know dad. I don't care if they do. I want to be the driver. That way if I don't like how the date is going I can end it and drive them home."
"And the guys don't mind being picked up by a female?"
Amanda rolled her eyes. "Dad! That's so old fashion! They don't seem to mind. When I tell them what I want to do they seem quite willing."
He wasn't sure if it was possible to embarrass Amanda, but he was feeling playful and wanted to try.
"And what is it that you tell them you want to do?" He said with a straight face.
"I tell them I want to go out parking and they haven't turned me down yet! I'm pretty sure they know what I'm talking about!" She smiled cockily.
So much for embarrassing her! "I see. Why don't you just have your dates back to the house and go downstairs? Your mom and I won't interrupt."
Both of them grimaced and scrunched their noses. "That would be weird dad, doing things with you and mom in the house!"
"Suit yourself. Where does one go parking in Silver City? Your mom and I haven't parked in a long while!" He smiled.
They both smiled deviously. "There are lots of spots although sometimes the cops bust you and shine their lights in the car window. That would be extremely embarrassing! And Kate and I don't want to take the chance of being seen and the whole town finding out. No one knows about us yet," Catherine said.
"So where are you going to park then if you're worried about the cops or being seen?" He asked.
"I'm going to ask Nathan if he can ask Sam if we can park at his place at the back where all the wrecked cars are. It's private property and secluded and dark. Is that okay with you?" Amanda asked.
"It's fine by me, but Sam is the one you need to ask."
"I know, but we wanted your blessing in case Sam calls to see if it's okay."
It was a definitely a weird conversation being asked by his daughters about parking strategies, but at least they were asking which was better than sneaking around. "Fine by me. It might be better if you ask Tara to ask Sam though. You work with her, and she likes both of you, and she has more influence on Sam than Nathan does. After all, she has been going out with him for years."
"That's a great idea dad!" Amanda exclaimed, and Catherine nodded. They both hugged him. "Thanks, dad!"
"You're welcome girls." He yelled at them as they walked off. "Don't make a mess of my back seat!"
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"That would be great dad!"
Her dad's workplace was having one of those days where you could bring your kid in and they would follow you around. She'd occasionally visited her dad at work, but she had no idea what his day was like beyond he worked on computer stuff. The event was typically meant for younger kids to give them career ideas which didn't apply to her but it sounded fun, and her grandma and Tara didn't care if she took the morning off.
She'd noticed her dad was more stressed out lately. Not stressed out bad but more stressed out than he normally was, which was hardly ever, which meant by normal human standards he was stressed out maybe a little. But it was a lot for him! Her mom said it was because of his new position.
"Your dad is now head of the IT department at the University, and it's stressing him a little."
"Why?"
Her mom grinned. "Your dad is not very ambitious. He's good at what he does, but he didn't want to be in charge of other people. Dealing with them bothers him occasionally."
"Why?"
"Well, not everyone is a good worker, and they don't all get along. Some of them don't realize they are not good workers. There are age and sex differences. Your dad has to deal with that. And he doesn't like the paperwork."
"Why did he take the job?"
"His old boss retired, and they offered him the job."
"Why didn't he say no?"
"He did, but they wouldn't take no for an answer. The school felt he was the best candidate and eventually they wore him down."
"Did he get more money?"
"Yes, quite a bit, but your dad doesn't care about more money. He thinks we already have lots of money."
She understood how her dad felt. People often asked her what she wanted to do with her life after the hotel. They thought Escort Altunizade (https://www.pompaci.net/istanbul/altunizade) her hotel work was a temporary menial job. She told them she was already doing what she wanted to do. Then they would ask "Don't you want to make more money?" She would answer, "Why do I need more money?"
Her dad felt agitated on the ride to work. She reached over and squeezed his hand and gave her best caring daughter smile. He looked surprised, but then he smiled and relaxed a bit which made her feel happy.
There were lots of kids walking around when they got to the University. Most of them looked her age. A couple of the guys were pretty hot looking! One even smiled at her. She smiled back. He had a hot butt! Kate was going here for her Vet tech degree. Cool!
Her dad had a big office with his name on the door. Impressive! He didn't have an office before. He had pictures of her and Catherine and their mom on his desk. Nice!
"Usually I go through my emails for about an hour or two when I first get in to keep everything moving and check for urgent issues. The IT department supports the computer needs of all the staff and students at the school. We buy equipment and software, install it and support it. We make sure everything is running okay. When there is a problem, someone will call in or email, and someone on the team will create a log and then it gets assigned to someone.
"Who assigns the logs?"
"Usually me."
"Why?"
"Because I know what everyone is working on and what they can do. Some things can only be done by certain people, and some people are already busy."
She watched her dad deal with about 30 emails. Mostly assigning logs or updating them or answering questions. A lot of it was mundane. One staff member asked if she could take holidays on a particular week. A professor complained about the wifi being slow in his office. Another professor's computer was infected with a virus. Her dad sighed when he read that one. Apparently, it wasn't the first time. Someone emailed in a panic about their hard drive crashing. Her dad said everything was backed up regularly so it would be easy to fix.
After her dad finished his emails, he took her around and introduced her to the people on his team. They were quite a mix. There were a few crusty looking older guys. One of them checked her out! Ew yuck! There was a young girl that didn't look any older than her and a few in between. One lady looked close to her dad's age. She was dressed to kill and had a killer body and was looking at her dad in a very friendly way. She recognized the signs! The lady was smiling away at her dad and was patting his arm and was right on the edge of his personal space. Her dad was trying to back away, but the lady kept moving forward as her dad backed away. It was so obvious, but her mom said her dad was somewhat clueless when woman liked him, except for Tara! He knew Tara liked him! Perhaps her dad didn't realize the lady had the hots for him. She would have to tell her mom about the lady when she got home. You could never be too careful when protecting your dad!
Apparently, people used to complain about not being in the loop, so her dad started having weekly meetings to go over new things, talk about existing problems, see if anyone needed help, etc. Today was meeting day. Her dad felt a bit tense.
There was an older lady like her grandma in the room. Her dad introduced her. She was his boss. She greeted her and shook her hand.
There was an agenda, and they went through the topics. One guy was a blabbermouth! He couldn't say anything briefly, and he had an opinion on everything! He was super irritating! She looked around the room and could sense the others felt the same way. Her dad constantly had to interject to move the meeting along. He did it politely though.
The young girl mentioned a new way of doing things, and one of the older guys cut her off and said her idea was 'stupid.' How rude! The girl was totally embarrassed, and the room went silent. What a jerk!
Her dad didn't miss a beat. He looked at the girl and smiled. "Why don't you write you're idea up and email it to everyone and we'll discuss it at the next meeting." He smiled again. "Okay, Mandy?"
RIGHT ON DAD! That was so smooth! She would have smacked the guy, but her dad hadn't even raised his voice. He hadn't humiliated the guy, but the guy got the message, and Mandy was positively beaming inside! Nice work dad!
She sensed her dad's boss watching her in the middle of the meeting and looked up and smiled and waved. The lady didn't wave back, but she did smile.
The good-looking lady watched her dad the whole meeting. It was so obvious, and she used a sickeningly sweet voice when she talked to her dad. She rolled her eyes whenever the lady opened her mouth. Joey's boss smirked when she caught her rolling her eyes. Oops!
Not much else happened, and the meeting ended right about lunch which was good because she needed to get back to the hotel. It was interesting seeing what her dad did.
Her dad's boss wanted to talk to him, so she waited in his office.
"You're daughter is quite an astute judge of character. She wears her heart on her sleeve so I could tell what she thought of everyone. She nailed everyone perfectly and seemed quite proud of how you handled Hank's interruption."