Charity spent the day touring Chicago with John. She rather enjoyed his company. He was extremely friendly and took her several places. They were standing by the river near the hospital.

"John today has been wonderful, I had a great time. Thanks so much for rescuing me from the hospital." She said to him.

"Charity it was really my pleasure. Having you as company today was great."

There was silence between the two of them. Charity looked out over the river, John leaned down and kissed her. Charity relaxed and kissed him back. She was melting into John's arms. She liked the feeling and didn't want to stop anytime soon. She didn't protest as his arms worked there way down her back.

"Let's find someplace a little more private." Charity whispered in his ear. "What I want to do to you I can't do standing here in public."

John pulled away. He just looked at her for a minute. She was beautiful there was no denying that, but she was Doug's daughter and he didn't know how that would fly with him. But he thought about it for a second longer. Doug had slept with Harper; he hadn't cared about John's feeling then, so why should John care about Doug's feeling right now. He had an intelligent, beautiful woman who wanted to sleep with him. Doug or no Doug he was going to act on it.

"Let's go." He said leading her back to his car.

He drove them back to his apartment. She was just as eager as when they left the river. It was almost as if she had forgotten about her dad. Charity knew that she was supposed to meet Doug when he got off work, but she also figured that if she was a little late that it would be no big deal after all she was an adult and things happened.

They walked up to John's apartment. He unlocked the door and she followed him it. She wasted no time throwing her arms around his neck and kissing him. He kissed her back, his tongue exploring her mouth, hands running up and down her back pulling her closer to him.

Her hands explored every inch of his body. She rubbed his neck and slowly moved her hands down his body. She reached between his legs and gently rubbed him. It didn't take long before John was hard. She reached up and pulled her shirt off dropping her breasts right into his face. She heard him moan with pleasure. The sound of him moaning excited her the more.

Before she knew it they were moving in rhythm, he firmly snuggled between her thighs. She was in seventh heaven. She had never felt like this before with anyone else. There was something about him that made her skin crawl. And his skills in the bedroom made him even more worthwhile.

Charity rolled over and looked at the clock. Doug would have been off for an hour now. She hated to fuck and run but that is what she needed to do. He would be pissed, she was sure, if she was any later than she already was.

“John honey,” she said.

“What,” He said reaching over and kissing her again.

“Oh god I would love some more of that but I really need to go and meet Doug,” She said, “I told him that I would meet him after he got of work. I didn’t plan on being with you.”

“So call him and tell him that you have other plans and that you will meet up later tonight. You can tell him that I am taking you out to dinner or something.” Carter said to her.

“Yeah I could, but I don’t know, I mean I do need to spend time with him.” She said, “It would be kind of rude to leave him in the lurch just to sleep with you again.”

“No it wouldn’t. But then again you can always sleep with me later again, that is if you want.” He said to her.

“Of course I want to. Don’t be silly. Why don’t you come with me to meet him? When he goes to Carol’s we can come back here. He doesn’t need to know that I didn’t sleep at his house.” She said to him grinning. “Besides last time I checked I was a adult and don’t need permission to sleep at someone’s house.”

“Alright. I‘ll go but only cause you promised me sex after we are done.” John said getting out of the bed, “but you might want to put your clothes on or we won’t make it to the front door.”

She couldn’t believe how good this man was. But there was something eating at her about why he wanted to spend time with her. She wasn’t sure if it was just the new relationship jitters, or maybe because she had just met the man yesterday and here she was sleeping with him already. God her mother would have a fit if she knew what her daughter was doing in Chicago. She would say that she was being just like her old man.

They headed out back to the hospital. She had a feeling that is where he would be waiting, if he was still waiting for her. She didn’t think that he would go off and leave her there with out letting her know where he was. Doug had left her a note saying that he had gone over to Carol’s and that she could meet him there when she got the note. John and Charity headed over to Carol’s to meet up with him. Charity was hoping that there wasn’t going to be some big fight when she showed up with one of the people that they worked with but Doug did seem to be pretty level headed and she didn’t think that he had anything against this guy.

“Ready.” Charity said when they pulled up in front of Carol’s house.

“Ready as I’ll ever be, let’s just get this over with.” He said.

“Is there something that I should know about between you and Doug?” Charity asked.

“Nothing. It’s just that it feels like I am being brought home to meet the parents.” Carter said to her. He wasn’t going to tell her that her dad had slept with his girlfriend a while ago and that he and Doug really didn’t get along that well.

“Okay.” She said doubting him. His words said one thing but his voice said another.

They walked up and Charity knocked on the door. Doug opened it.

“Hey there you are. I was starting to worry about you. Did you have fun?” He asked getting quiet when he saw Carter standing behind her, “Hello Carter.”

“Hello Doug,” He said, the two men glaring at each other.

“Damn did I miss something?” She said.

“No nothing sweetie.” Doug said letting his daughter in, “I just didn’t know it was Carter that you had spent the afternoon with.”

“I bumped into Charity while she was looking around the hospital, took her for coffee and then showed her around Chicago. I’m sorry that I got her back to you late. I would love to take her out for dinner and a movie if you don’t mind Doug. Unless you don’t want to spend time with Carol tonight.” He said.

“No that’s fine if that’s what Charity wants.” He said.

“If you don’t mind Doug, I would like to see some of Chicago’s night life.” She grinned at John.

“Go and have a good time. Carter if you don’t mind I’d like a word with my daughter before you go.” Doug said to him emphasizing that she was his daughter.

“No Doug go right ahead.” He answered. “I’ll be in the car waiting for you.”

“Okay give me just a couple minutes.” Charity said following her dad into the kitchen, “all right what the hell is that about.”

“Be careful.” Was all he said to her.

“What do you mean by that. Is he like mentally unstable or something?” She asked him.

“No, I just don’t think that you should form a relationship with him is all. And for gods sake don’t sleep with the man.” Doug said to her.

“Back the train up there. I just met the man, so there is no relationship there. And you might be my father but you don’t have the right to tell me who I can and cannot sleep with.” She said to him.

“Carter is trouble Charity plain and simple. I don’t want to see you get hurt.” He said to her.

She thought about what she was going to say next very carefully, she didn’t want to make him mad, but then she also didn’t want him going overboard with the parenting thing. She was a little too old for that.

“Dad, I’m a big girl and can take care of myself. You don’t have to worry about me getting hurt.” She said. “But I really don’t want you meddling in my sex life if and when I have one.”

“Just be careful with Carter please,” He said to her.

“All right. I will.” She said to him heading out the door. Too bad it was too late she had already had the man in bed. She didn’t know why Doug was so freaked out about her sleeping with Carter. I mean there really was nothing wrong with him that she could see but then there could be something underlying that she didn’t know about. She climbed in the jeep. “So are you serious about getting something to eat, or was that just a ploy to get us out of there.”

“Nope, I’m serious, let’s go get something to eat. Besides I can’t have sex on an empty stomach.” He said starting the car.

Carter and Charity went and got a bite to eat and then headed back to his apartment again. The sex was just as wonderful this time around as it was the first. She wondered if this was going to be a one-time thing or if he wanted to see if anything more would come from it. She could not get rid of the nagging feeling that there was something going on between Carter and her dad. The way that the two of them acted around each other made it seem almost as if they were fighting with each other over some thing.

Charity lay there next to John. She wanted to say something but didn't know what to say. She wasn't sure just where she stood.

"What are you thinking about?" John asked.

"Nothing really." She lied.

"Let me guess you are wondering if this is a one time thing or not." He said.

"I might have been." She casually responded.

"What do you want?" She was surprised to hear him ask.

"I like you John. If I didn't I wouldn't be here. I wasn't seeing anyone in Denver so I don't have any commitments but I can't say how long I will be in Chicago." She said.

"Is Doug the only reason you are here?" He asked.

"Until tonight, yes. I didn't plan on meeting you." She said quietly.

He leaned over and kissed her. "What if I told you I wanted you to stay?"

She got quiet again. Charity didn't know what to say to that. She had only come to Chicago to find her father. She didn't come here to find some man and settle down. "I'd say that I would stay."

"I want you to stay." He said.

She couldn't argue with him there. "Consider me here, but I do want you to tell me what is going on with you and Doug. There's something between the two of you and I don't know what. He told me to be careful when it came to you. That I shouldn’t sleep with you, it was more than just fatherly advice, and I want to know what that is about."

"It's nothing really Charity. What happened between Doug and me is in the past and I don't want to drag it up. It’s not some thing that is going to happen again. I can almost guarantee it.” He said.

Charity looked up at him, and gave him a look that said that wasn’t going to fly that she needed more of an answer than that.

“He slept with my girlfriend a few years ago before he got back together with Carol. I didn’t forgive her and I am not going to forgive him.” Carter said.

“Let me ask you this then, are you sleeping with me to get back at him?”

“Honestly to that I can say no. I am not getting revenge on him by sleeping with his daughter. There’s something about you that instantly attracted me to you and that’s why you are here with me now.” He told her going on, “I don’t pick up women, show then Chicago and then sleep with them out of the blue.”

“Well that’s good to know. I don’t want to be a ticket for revenge for anyone. I am sorry for what my dad did, but there’s nothing I can do about that.”

“No I know you can’t. Come here.” He said pulling Charity closer to him, “I’m not ready to let you go to sleep tonight.”

“You’re insatiable.” she said to him, “I hope you’re not like this every night.”