Happy Ending to a Tragedy By Patience Bryce Copyright 9/2001 They walked into the house exhausted. It had been a long, mind-numbing day. Dust and uncommon smells clung to their skin and clothing. Daddy could only hope that tomorrow would bring the news they had been searching for. Eerily quiet for some time, he told his daughter to go get a bath that this would help her sleep. Watching her slowly mount the stairs, he felt as though his heart was breaking for the girl. She appeared lost, and in shock, like the hundreds, thousands of others they had passed today. They must have walked miles, most of it in circles it seemed, searching for an answer among the confusion. None was given to them, and they finally had to accept the fact that they had to head back home. Daddy promised her they would start out again early in the morning. Daddy prepared himself a glass of wine, and stood at the bottom of the steps listening. But all was quiet. Too quiet. No sound of running water. Putting his empty glass down he made his way up the steps and was about to turn into the bathroom, when he all but collided with his daughter. As still as a statue she was just standing there, fully clothed. He put his arm around her and moved in front of her and discovered tears streaming down her face. No sound came from her. Kneeling in front of her, daddy moved his hand to her chin and pulled her face to look at him. Gently daddy explained that she had to get her bath and get some rest, they had to take care of themselves and each other for now. A shudder ran visibly through her as she took in a deep breath. The tears slowed and she nodded her head ever so timidly. Daddy turned to start her bath, adjusting the temperature, then took on the task of getting her out of her soiled clothing. While getting her ready for her bath, he realized that she had matured much more then he had realized, and sadness overcame him as he knew that this was the time in a girls life where she really needed her mother. Helping her into the bath, she sat there like a stone as he washed and scrubbed every inch of her methodically, then using the spray attachment to wash her hair. Easily he recalled the days when she was a toddler and he bathed her, loving the smell of her just washed hair, and laughing along with her giggles as she splashed the water out of the tub. He kept up a running commentary, which he doubted she even heard, as he tried to bring her out of the shell she had withdrawn to. Finally, he assured her that they would be up early, and go back into the city. Occasionally she managed the slightest of nods. He brushed her wet bangs back off her forehead and gave her a kiss before placing his hands under her arms and lifting her out of the tub. Daddy groaned as he realized just how big she had gotten. Sitting on the toilet, he placed her in front of him facing the wall, as he brushed through her hair. Toweling it gently, then brushing it again. Leaning forward, he inhaled the scent of her sweet smelling hair, remembering much happier times. Vigorously he toweled her off, then wrapped the towel around her. Picking her up daddy carried her to his bed and laid her down, pulling a blanket up over her. Kissing her on the cheek, he told her he was going for his bath and would be right there with her then. A sniffle and a nod let him know she had heard him. With a heavy sigh he went back into the bathroom and removed his own grime. Wrapping a towel around his waist her went back into the bedroom and sat on the opposite side of the bed. He felt suddenly exhausted, the days events and the glass of wine making him feel as though he couldn't go another moment. He lay back on the bed and rolled towards his little girl. Placing an arm protectively around her, he felt her move quickly back against him. Her body was shuddering with each sob she was trying to conceal. Daddy held her close and wrapped himself around her, his lips against her neck murmuring his love for her and a promise to take care of her the best he could no matter what happened. Soon she was still, her crying subsided. As exhausted as he was, he discovered he couldn't go to sleep. Smelling the freshly washed hair of his daughter made him painfully lonely, memories of another's hair against his face. Slowly his hands wandered over the soft smooth skin of his daughter, her towel having dropped from around her, scrunched up on either side of her. He kissed the hair on the back of her head and gave her a squeeze, and he was surprised when she whispered her love for daddy, showing him she was not asleep. As he repeated his love for her, she started sniffling again. Daddy wanted so much to console the little girl, and he kept kissing her hair, then her neck. Her head moved slightly as his lips came around to her throat, leaving small butterfly kisses all over her warm skin. His large hands roamed further over her, up over her swelling breasts. A sigh escaped her lips, as she rolled onto her back. The kisses beginning to take on a different, more urgent quality, his lips trailed up over her chin, grazing her lips, then her cheeks and her eyelids. Nipples hardening against the palm of his hands, he moved over her. Murmuring softly to her, unspoken words to console, not just her, but him, too. No longer able to think, he was only feeling and reacting. The soft supple skin, so pliable beneath him, feeling her respond to his touches, each lost in the need of being close to each other, to being part of each other. Moving down, kissing her each shoulder and trailing his lips to her breasts he gently pressed his tongue around each nipple, tasting her, marveling in the way she felt beneath him. No words could describe it, but words weren't needed. Opening his mouth wide he took the whole of her breast in and mouthed it softly, as his tongue pressed against the nipple. She began to writhe beneath him and he could feel her heat emanate against his own hot skin. His pace quickened with his growing need, and he kissed her down her belly and across her hips in a line from side to side. Though, she may not have known why, her legs naturally parted for daddy and his lips and tongue found the warmth of her pussy. Licking, nibbling and sucking her lips and her clitoris, she moaned softly. His hands slid under her buttocks and lifted her to his mouth. Fully he tasted her, probed her, and enjoyed her. Wetness growing between her pussy and his tongue. Time and again, he delved inside her, each of her whimpers egging him on. His cock trapped beneath him throbbing and twitching. The legs of his girl moved up and encircled his head, as she bucked against his hungry mouth. A loud groan and a tightening of her legs showed daddy that she was on the edge of an explosive orgasm, and he plunged his tongue deeply inside her while kneading her buttocks. He held his tongue inside her as deeply as he could, trying to flick the tip around, as he felt her gyrate against him. Crying out for daddy more wetness, hotter then before flooded over his tongue. Daddy couldn't wait any more and he pushed her thighs apart and moved between them. Lying on top of her, his cock rubbing against her as the waves of pleasure slowly subsiding, still feeling her crotch twitching with long lasting enjoyment. Slicked with her pussy juices, his silky skinned cock pushed down to penetrate her. The feeling overwhelming his senses as he leaned over her, his mouth crushing down on hers as he pushed his tongue into her mouth. The head of his cock encompassed in the warm folds of her pussy he thrust inward, groaning into her mouth. A slight pressure against the head as he took small thrusts in and out and in until the pressure gave way. He felt her body tense, as a cry was stifled by his kisses, and felt it subside as quickly as he stroked against the tight walls of her pussy. The day's frustrations, confusion, fears, all quickly dissipated as the opening of his cock head flared and daddy's cum erupted inside her. His kisses softened as his cock did, and it slid from her body. Without letting go of her, he moved off to her side. She moved towards him and curled up next to him, and before he could blink an eye, she sighed deeply and drifted off to sleep. Curled around her sleeping form, daddy found himself able to drop off to sleep, relaxed, and feeling that tomorrow things were going to turn around, all will be right in their world again. He was awakened by the telephone, and his notion had been right, as he reached over to nudge his little girl awake, handing her the phone. Watching her eyes light up with joy and tears, but of happiness this time. Feedback and comments always welcome and encouraged email to: ms_patience@hotmail.comHappyEnd