A parent set out to investigate the reasons behind his daughter’s habit of staying in the school bus after other students had left. It was not what he had anticipated to find. After she died, Benjamin Bruce, a single father, had to take on the role of mother to his child. Emily, their daughter, had been six years old at the time. Ben cherished his daughter since, in his eyes, she was his only surviving spouse. He also assured her that Emily would always have his whole attention.

In light of this, Ben did his best to balance his career and his daughter’s needs. He was responsible for everything because he had no other family members he trusted to take care of her. As a dad, the first few years were difficult for him, and things became much more chaotic when his daughter reached adolescence and he was still getting used to the rollercoaster. Right before his eyes, she began to exhibit bodily changes, and he understood that these meant the lads will soon be after her. How could they not? His daughter had the enigmatic red hair and profound green eyes of his late wife.

Ben had been repeatedly taken in by her gaze over the years, so even he was not immune to her scrutiny. Two years after reaching puberty, at the age of twelve, Emily made the discovery of boys.

She wanted to look well for her school crush, so she started to pay close attention to her hair and beauty. Ben was ready to use a stick to swat back males if necessary, but he was not ready to take care of his daughter’s appearance. Emily was forced to do it on her own, but as she had no one to emulate, she was awful at it. When she was younger, Ben would frequently just cut her hair short because he had no idea how to take care of it. However, as she grew older, he had to honor her desire to keep her hair longer.

He was a selfless father who would do everything for his daughter, so when her hair was long enough, he began brushing it. Despite his attempts to be compassionate, he was a huge man who occasionally let his guard down. As usual, he apologized right away, saying, “I am sorry, darling.” Every now and again she would tell him, “Daddy, you need to be more gentle.” At other times, she simply put up with the suffering because she did not want to let her father know how awful he was for creating it. Every time his daughter moaned about her hair falling out, Ben felt the pain of his failure and tried cutting her hair again. Sometimes they would quarrel about it, and he would say, “Just get rid of it all.” “Your mom looked amazing even with her hair trimmed short.”