UNCONDITIONAL

FIVE

I walk into my father's office to find him hard at work. He might be the boss but he's always the first one here and the last one out. That is why he is number one in the country. At 65 he should be at home with my mom but he rather be behind a desk. I get my passion for business from him.

"Hey dad"

"Hey babygirl"

"Come on dad,how many times should we go over the fact that I'm too old to be called babygirl"

"Percy,you're my daughter and it doesn't matter that you're 30,you'll always be my baby"

"Fine,as long as you don't do it in public."

"I'll try to remember that baby girl"

I shake my head as he laughs at me. I really hate it when he calls me that. The problem is not that he calls me a girl,I'm a proud female who loves kissing other females. I just hate the baby part. I mean come on I'm 30 and he still refers to me as a baby.

"So how are the books looking? Anything suspicious going on?"

"So far so good dad but you know you've got like over 15 accounts here and it's only been two weeks"

"Yeah....I'll send some more files at the end of the week. There's more than 30 accounts we've taken on this month. That's why I hired more people"

"More files! Just when I thought I'd be done by the end of the week"

I sigh

"Sorry hun but when you're the best,everyone wants to work with you"

He says dusting off his shoulders and popping his collar. I swear my old man is a trip.

"Are you sure this is not your way of making me spend more time with you?"

I joke

"Well if my daugther spent more time with her father,I wouldn't have to turn to drastic measures to spend time with her now,would I"

He says making us both laugh. I really miss times like this with him but we both have other commitments and responsibilities and now I have to get back to those files if I plan to be done by the next coming week.

"Let me leave you to your work and head to mine dad"

"Okay,don't forget our lunch date"

I promise to not forget. I head out his office when I almost walk into his assistant with a huge pile of files in her arms. They are stacked so high,she has to tilt to the side to see where she's going. She's tilted her head to her left side while I'm on the right and I can't see her face. I assume it's Lisa,she's worked for him for about 3 years now as his assistant . I greet her as I open his door for her but get no reply. She always replies my greetings. Oh well!

...........

"How come we never spend time like this,have lunch and talk about women"

"Because we're both very busy Percy and you always got plans with your friends or whoever your squeeze is for the week"

"You make me sound like a hoe though dad"

I laugh as he puts his fork down,shrugging his shoulders.

"Okay in the past two years,how many girls have you been with?"

This is my dad and he knows me very well so I can't really lie to him.

"About 10"

"And you say you're not promiscuous. I don't know where I went wrong with you. I mean your brother is married and faithful and so is your older sister. I've been with your mother for 40 years. Don't you want to have someone to wake up to everyday and kiss goodnight."

It's my turn to shrug my shoulders. What he is saying though really hits home. I'm too old to be living recklessly.

"Talking about women,what's up with Lisa?"

"What do you mean?"

"I tried to greet her when she walked into your office but she never replied"

He looks at me like he's replaying today's events in his head.

"Oh that's because it wasn't Lisa. She's on leave. That was my account executive.... I just forget her name"

"Who ever she is she has a phat ass"

I laugh as my father sighs in defeat. We laugh and continue with our lunch.