Man Spots His Daughter in His Best Friend’s Bedroom – Story of the Day

Jimmy's world shatters when he spots his daughter naked at his best friend's house and learns they are in love. He decides to take matters into his own hands to destroy her relationship, but things only turn worse for the dad-daughter duo.

Jimmy pulled over at his best friend's house and almost slammed the car door as he got down. Henry hadn't been himself lately. He was dedicating less and less time to work, being weirdly cold toward Jimmy, and continuously avoiding work meetings.

"Morning, Jimmy!" Henry's neighbor called out just as Jimmy approached his mate's front yard. "Came to wake up your friend, huh? I bet you'd want to reconsider your decision!"

"Ah, what's with you early morning, Josh?" Jimmy stopped in his tracks. "Look, I really got no time for this, OK?"

"He came home around ten last night," Josh winked, pausing his lawn mowing. "Saw him with a chick! Better not bother him now, yeah?" he chuckled.

"Jesus, trust me, that's what I was afraid of! He wasn't taking my calls," Jimmy laughed and shook his head.

"Have a great day, Josh! I'll see you around!" Jimmy said as he hurried up the steps to Henry's front porch. He rang the doorbell, but nobody answered.

"Henry, it's me, friend!" Jimmy called out. There were no replies.

Jimmy was about to press the bell again when Henry appeared at the front door. His face went pale as he stared at Jimmy.

"Jimmy? Who—what's up? How come you're—I mean, what brings you here at this hour?" he stuttered, forcing a smile.

"How about the other way round, mate? Where have you been lately?" Jimmy asked worriedly. "You don't reply to my messages, and you don't show up at work often. Is everything OK?"

"Well, I'm just..." Henry had barely begun to speak when he was interrupted by a female voice.

"Babe, could you please check the shower cap? I was going to..."

Jimmy's eyes widened in horror as he looked beyond his friend's shoulder.

"DAD?!" Caroline shrieked.

Jimmy couldn't believe his daughter was standing in front of his eyes, half-naked, at his best friend's house.

"Dad, wait!" Caroline cried, hurriedly pulling her bathrobe closer to herself. "It's not like what you think, alright? Henry and I—"

But Before Caroline would say another word, Jimmy lost his cool. He grabbed Henry's collar and smacked him across the face.

"What the hell did you think you were doing, uh?!" he yelled.

Jimmy shoved Henry to the ground and continued to attack him. As Henry defended himself, a fight broke out between the two friends.

Caroline tried to stop her father from hitting Henry, but Jimmy wouldn't listen. He shoved her back as she grabbed his arm to stop him, and suddenly, there was a loud thud.

"No, no! God no!" Jimmy cried as he spun around at the loud noise.

Caroline lay on the floor behind him, unconscious.

"Caroline, honey, wake up!" Jimmy sobbed as he knelt beside her and held her. "Look what you did, Henry! If something happens to my daughter, I'll kill you!"

Henry ran to the kitchen to get some water to splash on Caroline's face, but Jimmy wouldn't let him go close to her. "Back off!" he shouted. "Don't you dare to touch my daughter!"

With shaky hands, Jimmy pulled out his phone and dialed 911. "Honey, stay with me, OK? Hello, yeah, I need an ambulance," he sobbed to the operator on the line. "Please, hurry up! My daughter's life is on the line!"

After what seemed like an eternity, the paramedics arrived, and Caroline was rushed to the hospital.

Jimmy sat in the waiting area outside her hospital room, his face buried in his palms, while Henry anxiously paced outside the room.

"Doctor! How is she doing?" Jimmy asked in tears as a doctor emerged from Caroline's room.

"She's conscious, but we'll need to monitor her," the doctor said. "Thankfully, she hadn't sustained any severe injuries. It was a concussion, and she was rushed here in time. Who's the father here?" she asked, shifting her gaze from Jimmy to Henry. "I need you to complete the formalities."

"Can I please go see her first?" Jimmy asked. "I'm her father. Please."

The doctor let out a sigh. "Yes, sure. But please avoid anything that may cause stress to the patient."

"Thank you, doctor," Jimmy said.

As he entered his daughter's hospital room, Jimmy's eyes welled up. Caroline lay on the hospital bed surrounded by machines, her skin pale, an IV drip attached to her arm, and her head covered in bandages.

"Honey…" Jimmy whispered. "How are you doing? I'm sorry, honey."

"Dad…" she sobbed. "I'm fine. Where's Henry?"

"Oh, you shouldn't be worried about him the first thing!"Jimmy sternly said, sitting on the stool beside her bed and holding her hands. "Please, honey, you need to get him out of your head! He's the reason why you're here…in this state. Oh, I hate to see you like this."

Caroline shook her head. "Dad, you don't understand," she said. "Henry and I have been together for five months! We love each other! He's been the best person to me, Dad! I really, really love him. He's sweet, caring, and all those things my ex-boyfriends were not!"

"I don't approve of it!" Jimmy flatly said, letting go of her hands. "I had promised your late mother I would raise you well, Caroline! She'd have been so disappointed if she saw you like this!"

"And I don't care about it, Dad," she hissed, looking away from her father. "I'm not a child! You can't order me around! My love for Henry is genuine. And we were planning to tell you about it soon. We were just waiting for the right time."

"Why don't you get it, honey?" Jimmy shook his head in frustration. "He's way older than you! It's ridiculous….whatever you two are up to! I can't believe Henry would do something like that behind my back!"

"Break up with him!" Jimmy said. "I don't want to see you two together ever again!"

Caroline closed her eyes. "Leave me alone, Dad! I don't think I can talk to you any longer!"

"You can send me out of here now! But that doesn't mean I'm going to let you toss your life away for a man twice your age, Caroline!"

Jimmy noticed Henry outside as he walked out of Caroline's room. "You are the root cause of it all!" Jimmy snarled, approaching Henry. "Get the hell out of my daughter's life before I do something wrong, Henry!"

"Jimmy, listen, you're taking this too far, alright? Caroline and I…" he sighed. "We really love each other. I will keep her happy."

"$50,000," Jimmy said. "More if you want. Leave her alone!"

Henry scoffed in disbelief. "You're crazy!" he said.

"Just shut up, Henry! Shut the hell up! You sleep with a girl half your age and call me crazy? Have you forgotten she's my daughter?" Jimmy snapped.

"She's not a child, Jimmy! Calm down!" Henry screamed, and several heads turned to look at them.

"She's 22, for God's sake, Jimmy!" Henry lowered his voice as he looked around. "And she can decide for herself! I'm not leaving her for any amount you offer me! And who the hell are you to make decisions for her?"

Right then, Caroline's room door clicked open. As Jimmy and Henry paused their quarreling, they saw Caroline standing there. She had heard everything.

"I hate you, Dad!" she cried, tears rushing down her cheeks. "I hate you! Get out of here! I don't want to see you again!" she said and slammed the door shut.

"I won't let you take my daughter away, Henry!" Jimmy snarled as he walked away.

When he returned home that afternoon, Jimmy couldn't shake his mind off the sight at Henry's house. Caroline was naked in Henry's bedroom!

Jimmy could have never imagined his best friend would do something like that. It grossed him out to the point that he wanted to throw up. He had to do something to get Henry out of Caroline's life. And he had to do it sooner.

Jimmy thought it over, and it was then he remembered the woman Henry had broken up with years ago—Stacey, Henry's clingy ex.

Henry had crossed the line by sleeping with Caroline, and Jimmy decided he would get back at Henry in the same way. He dug out Stacey's number and asked her to meet him at a cafe that evening.

"$10,000, and you sleep with him," Jimmy offered her. "And I'll need pictures of you two for proof."

She smirked. "I thought you guys were best friends," she said, raising an eyebrow. "Guess it's right when they say blood's thicker than water."

"Just do as you're told, and the rest is none of your business," Jimmy told her.

"OK, OK! Don't get too worked up. But $10,000 is too less, Jimmy. C'mon, if I'm taking the risk, you need to offer me something better. How about $20,000? I'm saving your daughter, after all!" she negotiated.

"Done!" Jimmy said. "But I need the pictures by tomorrow."

"Relax, darling," she smiled. "Consider it done!"

The next day, Jimmy stood on the street corner, barely a few meters away from Henry's house. He saw Stacey knock on the front door and Henry coming out. Jimmy made a video of them so that he had evidence too.

As Stacey disappeared inside, Jimmy checked his watch. He didn't know how long it would take Stacey, so he sat in his car, waiting for her. An hour passed.

As Jimmy looked out his car window, he saw Stacey leaving Henry's house. Jimmy drove down Henry's street to the cafe where he and Stacey would meet.

"So, how did it go?" Jimmy asked hopefully as Stacey joined him.

"Bad," she said, putting her things aside and drinking the water in front of Jimmy. "Look, we had sex, but he was so clingy all the time! He wouldn't leave me alone for even a second, and I couldn't get any pictures of us."

"Darn it!" Jimmy punched his chair's handrest. "So you got absolutely nothing?"

"I wouldn't say that," she smiled, pulling out her phone. "I managed to click a nude in his bathroom. Here," she said, pushing her phone toward him.

"Send it to me," Jimmy said, taking out his phone. As he got the image, he scoffed in disgust. "So he's banging other women while trying to convince my daughter how great of a man he is?! Frikin' bastard! It'll be fun watching his butt get ripped off!"

***

Two days later, Jimmy visited Caroline at the hospital. She was getting discharged that day, and he thought the sooner he exposed Henry's real face to her, the better.

"So, do you believe me now?" Jimmy asked her as she watched the video he had taken of Stacey entering Henry's house.

"So?" she shrugged. "It's not like he can't have female friends, Dad!" she said, packing her hospital bag.

"Well, no, of course, he can, but…" He showed her the nude. "What do you think?"

"How did you get this?" she fumed.

"It doesn't matter how I got it, honey! What matters is Henry isn't the right guy! He's keeping you in the dark and sleeping with other women behind your back!" Jimmy reminded her.

"I'm calling him right now! I'm sure he can explain this!" Caroline was confident Henry wouldn't cheat on her, and she called him right then. He arrived at the hospital in a couple of minutes and was shocked to see the video and images.

"Bollocks!" he laughed. "Really? You guys trust this?"

"Well, then, why don't you go ahead and prove us wrong?" Jimmy confidently challenged.

"Look, Stacey, I love you, OK?" Henry said. "And I would never, ever, ever cheat on you."

With that, Henry pulled out his phone. Opening an app, he showed them footage from his house's internal CCTV that clearly showed him and Stacey sitting in the kitchen and talking.

"As you can see, she's trying to seduce me, but nothing happened," he said. "You know, I felt something was off when she showed up at my house after all these years. Don't you think it's weird, Jimmy?"

"What's going on, guys?" Caroline asked angrily, her arms crossed over her chest.

Jimmy's face turned pale as he looked at Caroline. "Nonsense!" he cried, looking from her to Henry. "Why would she come to see you if you don't see each other very often? I'm tired of your lies, Henry! And Caroline…You need to stop trusting this man!"

As Jimmy left the room in a rage, Henry followed him outside.

"Enough is enough, mate!" he said, grabbing Jimmy's arm. "Stacey told me everything as she was leaving. I thought since her plan failed, she would tell you. But it looks like she didn't.

"Look, I'm not going to tell Caroline anything, but you need to stop your cheap tricks, Jimmy! I love Caroline, and you can't drive us apart, no matter what you do!"

Jimmy yanked away Henry's arm and left without uttering a word.

Henry stood there, watching his friend walk away, and shook his head. "I hope you can understand us for once, Jimmy," he muttered under his breath. "I really do."

Days passed, but Jimmy couldn't bring himself to call Caroline and ask how she was doing. In fact, the last time he had seen her was during their haughty argument in the hospital.

Henry and Jimmy owned a store in the city, and Caroline used to work there with them. Since their fight, she wouldn't show up at work, and Henry and Jimmy seldom talked.

Jimmy was dying to see his daughter, and he would do anything to have her back. One day, an idea struck him. Jimmy was confident that this time nothing would go wrong. His plan was perfect.

Unfortunately, neither Caroline nor Henry could have guessed what was brewing at the back of his mind.

Jimmy walked out of the store and dialed Caroline while Henry was attending to the customers.

"Hey, honey, it's me, Dad," he said.

"I don't want to talk, Dad," she snapped. "I'm going to hang up."

"Wait, no!" he cried. "I…I want to apologize to you."

"Stop kidding, Dad. I know you don't mean it," she said.

"No, no," he begged her. "Please. Look, I'm sorry. I know I was wrong. I miss you. I had forgotten that for a father, nothing matters more than their children's happiness. Can you please forget what happened and forgive your dad? Please?"

"Dad," she said. "See, if you really mean it…Well, I forgive you. I still love you, OK?"

"So, will I see you soon at the store?" he asked.

She laughed. "Sure, Dad! I'll be back tomorrow. Taking off today!" she said. "You might cut my pay if you want! And hey, Dad. Thanks. I'm so glad you finally accepted Henry and my relationship."

"Oh, it's OK! As long as you're happy. And yes," he said. "I'll be looking forward to seeing you, honey. I need to apologize to Henry too. I missed you so much."

"I missed you too, Dad. See ya!" she chirped.

Jimmy hung up the phone and returned to the store.

"I'm sorry, mate. Please forgive me," he apologized to Henry, and Henry was confused.

"You're alright, Jimmy?" he asked.

"I should've never done what I did. I know you'll keep my daughter happy. Thanks for that," Jimmy said in tears.

"Hey, hey, what happened to you today?" Henry asked.

"Would you please forgive me?" Jimmy said.

Henry hugged Jimmy, forgave him, and they talked like good, old friends after a long time.

"We've known each other for years, Jimmy!" Henry said. "And please, no more apologizing! I mean, I get that things went wrong, and I should've told you about Caroline and my thing sooner.

"You know, I was afraid of exactly what happened. I was worried you wouldn't take it in the right way. But…now that everything's back to normal, I'm just really glad about everything, you know. Should we go out and celebrate, yeah?"

"Oh, yes, this definitely calls for a celebration," Jimmy said. "I missed having a mate like you, Henry."

"It's all cool, pal!" Henry laughed. "By the way, I heard a cool restaurant opened down the street. Wanna check it out?"

"Alright, OK!" Jimmy nodded with a smile.

In fact, he was celebrating on the inside.

It had taken Jimmy days to come up with the perfect scheme.

As Jimmy thought about the small poison bottle in his drawer, he imagined how exactly Henry would feel very soon. Jimmy was going to poison Henry, and he hoped his best friend writhed in pain as the toxin mingled with his blood.

As Henry was leaving for his gym session that day, Jimmy was quick to notice the sipper Henry had brought.

"Hey, Jim," Henry said before leaving. "Trust me; I missed us catching up like this and having normal conversations."

"Good to have you back, mate," Jimmy said, smiling. "When did you start going back to the gym, by the way? I didn't really notice."

"Oh, only recently," he laughed. "Gotta stay fit! I met a few clients some days back, and they suggested this place, so I thought, why not give it a shot? Just a moment...I need to use the restroom."

"Oh yeah, sure," Jimmy said.

Henry had left his gym bag and sipper unattended.

Jimmy hastily opened the poison vial and emptied it into Henry's sipper. He was done by the time Henry returned.

"So…we're checking out that restaurant together, right?" Henry asked.

"Yep, cool!" Jimmy smiled. "I'll call you when I get off work."

"Perfect!" Henry smiled as he grabbed his sipper and bag and left.

Two hours passed. Jimmy sat behind the store counter, checking his phone. He had flipped the store's sign to "CLOSED" so that nobody disturbed him.

Jimmy was unwinding after a long day at the store by scrolling through social media. He had expected someone to call him shortly and inform him that Henry had died.

However, as Jimmy scrolled through the posts, a photo on Henry's account caught his eye.

In the picture, Henry and Caroline stood by the barbell, holding the same sippers and flexing their muscles.

Jimmy's heart thumped in his chest, and he jumped to his feet as he read the caption:

"Couples that train together stay together. <3 Interested in getting matching gym accessories for your partner? Check out the link in the comments!"

"Jesus, please! NO! NO!" Jimmy's heart skipped a beat as he rushed out of the store and into his car.

Jimmy couldn't get the photo out of his head as he drove to the gym. He stepped harder on the gas pedal and sped up. Right then, his cell phone distracted him.

The car came to a screeching halt as Jimmy applied the brakes. As he listened to the caller talk on the other end of the line, Jimmy couldn't keep his tears at bay.

"Yes, I'll be there. OK," he said and hung up.

Jimmy drove to the city hospital that evening. Standing outside Caroline's ward, where she had been rushed from the gym, he pressed his palms to his lips to keep himself from crying.

"Oh, Jimmy!" Henry said, hugging him. "The doctors are trying their best. We need to be hopeful. I don't know what happened…They are saying they found traces of poison in her blood."

As time ticked by that evening, Jimmy was dying on the inside, fearing he would lose his daughter because of his stupidity. What a fool he had been! He had tried to poison Henry but ended up endangering Caroline's life.

"Doctor!" Henry cried, snapping Jimmy out of his thoughts.

"How…How is she doing, doctor?" Henry asked. "Is her condition stable?"

The doctor didn't look very hopeful. "We managed to save the patient, sir," he said. "She's out of danger, but I'm sorry about the child. We couldn't save the baby, and unfortunately, there's a high chance the patient won't be able to conceive in the future."

"The baby?" Henry's knees buckled, and he collapsed to the hospital floor, sobbing, as he realized what he had done.

What can we learn from this story?

• Your children are not your possession. You do not have control over their lives, and they should be left to make their own choices. Jimmy wanted Caroline to break up with Henry and find someone else. In fact, Jimmy was so fueled by his hatred toward Henry that he didn't think twice before poisoning him. Unfortunately, he endangered Caroline's life in the process.
• Think twice before wishing someone ill, for it may come back to haunt you. After discovering Henry was having an affair with Caroline, Jimmy decided to kill him. Jimmy's ill intentions, however, came back to haunt him because Caroline drank the poisoned water and lost the ability to have a child in the future.

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