double the trouble 2

“Punish them? How?” David asked his wife.

“Ground them, give them chores, or get creative… Just don’t back out of it if you do. I know you’ll handle it just fine and whatever you do you have my back. I really need to go. Love you.” She said and hung up the phone.

David still felt the anger inside him after his wife hung up. He couldn’t believe his baby girls tricked him like that. He knew he had to punish them for it somehow and tried to think how. David moved from the kitchen to his study and got a bit of reading done. A few hours later he heard the girls in the kitchen. He got up and headed for the kitchen, bracing himself for the fight.

“Good morning girls,” David said with a smile, “or should I say good afternoon.” The girls were both wearing short pool dresses and eating a bowl of low carb cereal with skim milk.

“Morning daddy” they said in unison and went back to their cereal.

“So what are you plans for today?” David asked.

“We’re gonna finish up here and head out to Alex’s pool” Ashley said. David knew what he was going to do and took a deep breath before he continued speaking.

“Your mother called this morning.” he started, and saw the girls exchange a quick glance at each other. “She arrived safely at her hotel and is just fine.” David said as if he finished speaking. He saw Brooke letting out a relaxed breath and continued talking. “Interesting talk we had,” David started again holding back a grin, “We talked about your curfew, and imagine my surprise when she told me your curfew hasn’t changed in two years.” David looked at his girls as they kept their head down. “I can’t believe you lied to me like that,” David said sounding genuinely hurt, “and because of that you’re not going anywhere today.”

Both girls looked up at him with puppy eyes as he gave them his verdict. “No daddy, please” they said with pleading voices, “We’re so sorry, we don’t know what we were thinking. It will never happen again.”

David looked down at his pleading little girls and his heart went out to them. They looked so sorry, so innocent. They looked up at him with tears in their eyes and he broke, completely forgetting his wife’s words

“Okay girls I’ll let you go this time. But this is the last time you lie or disobey me. Do you understand?”

“Yes daddy” they said obediently, “thank you so much”. They were both so happy David was sure he did the right thing.

The weekend was over and the girls returned to school. The next two weeks went by uneventful. David would wake up early in the mornings like he usually did. He would make the girls something to eat and then enjoy his peace and quiet by reading, getting things done around the house and working out.

Throughout the week, the girls would either come home or go to a friend’s house but in both cases they spent most of the time studying and caused their father no trouble.

David was glad the twins were behaving and told his wife so on their phone calls.

The first weekend passed by quietly, the girls keeping a low profile, but as the second weekend of their mother’s absence neared, the girls started making bolder plans which required their father’s permission.

It was Friday morning and all three of them were sitting around the table eating breakfast.

“Dad” Ashley started talking cautiously, “There is something we wanted to ask you.”

“Go ahead” David said between bites.

“There is this concert that our friends are going to this weekend, and we were wondering if we could go too?” Ashley asked for the both of them.

“Where is this concert?” David asked.

“It’s in Red Hills Park” Ashley answered quietly. It was a two and half hour drive to get there and she knew her dad would not like it.

“And when is it?” David asked.

“It’s Saturday afternoon” Brooke answered this time, “We’ll be home before curfew.”

“Any age limit? Alcohol?” David kept pressing.

“No alcohol, it’s an age 16 or older concert, most people there will probably be our age or younger” Ashley said. David didn’t like the idea of them going to a concert that far but couldn’t think of a good reason not to let them go.

“Ok,” he finally said after thinking it over, “you can go.” Both daughter cheered, and smiled, thanked him and gave him a kiss on the cheek before leaving for school.

Saturday came and the girls started getting ready for the concert shortly after waking up. Before they left they went to say goodbye to their father.

David eyed his daughters’ clothes closely. They were both wearing knee high leather boots, short black skirts and large shirts with what he assumed was the band’s name on it, Ashley’s shirt in red and Brooke’s in orange. David noted his girls looked much older than they were but was happy with the fact that the shirts they were wearing showed no hint of their teenage cleavage.

The girls left and David was left home alone where he passed the time until they returned.

A few hours later the girls were due back. David finished making them dinner and walked over to his study. He didn’t have anything special to do, so he decided to lookup the band his girls went to see.

David searched the internet for the band’s name and clicked on a link to their official site. He scrolled through the site and went over to their list of songs. He went over the list and did not recognize a single song. He tried listening to one and ended up stopping it in the middle. He kept reading about the band when he saw a link to all the band’s next events. David clicked on the events page and up came the list of their next concerts with the details next to each one.

David’s heart sank as he saw the details of the concert playing that day:

Playing at 5 pm at Red Hills Park

Admission: 21 and over

Free beer and shot with ticket purchase

David reread the lines 10 times and felt his anger rise. His daughters lied to him again, after they promised they would behave. This time he wouldn’t let them get away with it.

As thoughts started running through his mind, David heard a car pull up to the house and park. His daughters were back. David quickly got up and walked downstairs, intent on punishing the girls. He sat down on the couch in the living room and waited for them to enter the house.

“We’re home!” Brooke announced cheerfully as they walked in through the front door.

“In here” David called from the living room and the twins walked over to him.

“Hi daddy” Ashley said cheerfully.

“Hi” David said trying to calm down, “How was the concert?” he asked.

“It was really fun” Brooke answered and Ashley nodded.

“Good,” David said, “How was the crowd? You know with all the 16 year olds?”

“It was fine” Brooke said. She looked at her sister confused then back at her dad.

“Good, good,” David said, “I hope they didn’t keep you from enjoying those free beers you got with the tickets.”

“Whaaa…? Ho..?” the girls started mumbling as their faces turned red.

“You lied to me,” David said to his daughters, “Again! You went to a 21 and older concert with alcohol, even though I specifically asked you about it.” David was now raising his voice at his daughters. They kept their heads down and looked at the floor as their father yelled at them. “This time you’re not getting it easy.” he continued screaming at them.

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