"I don't care what you have to do. I want my money by this time next week and if I don't have it, I'll have your head!"
Aphrodite yawned softly as she slowly opened her smokey grey eyes, her father's voice carrying underneath her door as if he intended to enter and wake her up. He must be on the phone again. Just as she expected, her door slowly cracked open and her father entered, causing her to sit up in bed and watch as he sat down beside her. As she watched him, she couldn't help but notice how much she favored him as apposed to her mother. She had his naturally tanned skin and his grey eyes. She even had his face shape. Even though she had her mother's nose, she still was pretty happy that she favored him rather than the witch that left them.
"Good. You're awake," her father, Malachi, said with a smile as he leaned over and gave her a gentle kiss on her forehead just as she nodded slightly. He pulled out a few hundreds and handed them to her as he began to speak again. "Go out and have some fun. This should last you all day. I would take you out myself, but I have some work I have to attend to sweetie," he told her, his voice naturally firm though the sadness in his eyes told her that he didn't want to but it was necessary. Even though Aphrodite didn't agree with what her father did, she chose a long time ago that as long as he was alive at the end of everyday then she was happy. Taking the money from him, she smiled and kissed his cheek affectionately.
"I need to go birthday shopping anyway," she told him, as she threw the covers off of her, standing up and walking to her door. "Thank you, daddy, but I need to get dressed," she said with a smile and watched him get up and walk out. Closing and locking her door, Aphrodite walked into the bathroom in her bedroom, quickly removing her sleeping shorts and tank top as she started the water for a hot shower. Getting in and out rather quickly, she wrapped her long hair up in a small towel before wrapping a larger one around her body and heading to her closet. After only minutes of searching, she found one of her favorite white lace shirts and a black skirt before drying off completely and getting dressed. She did her makeup and blow dried her hair thoroughly, brushing it out before checking over herself and smiling at the outcome. Slipping on her black ankle high boots, she grabbed her purse and tucked the money away before heading downstairs with no sign of her father. Shrugging her shoulders, she headed outside, getting in her Dodge Charger and pulling out.
When she finally pulled into a parking spot at the mall, she smiled and got out, heading inside to beat the traffic before finally beginning to search for a birthday present for her father.