I staggered to the living room devastated. Some jerk just burned my night. I saw dad with a lady talking and well... laughing a bit. And she was touching him, while pretending to dust something off his shirt. " Hi Riley." Dad said and hugged me." Hi Dad." I said and turned to look at the lady." Who's she?" I whispered." Ohh.. Helen, this is my daughter Riley, Riley, meet Helen." dad introduced." Hey Riley." she said and smiled. I didn't smile back. " Are you my dad's girlfriend?" I asked and she frowned a bit, looking at my dad." Okay honey, you're just coming back from a dance and you need to get some sleep for tomorrow's class." Dad said holding my arm." I'm not sleepy." I said removing my dad's hand and turned to look at Helen." Look, my dad's married and not divorced, he loves his wife and they are happy together. Just felt like dropping the message." I said
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