“She was listening after all.”
“I’m happy to see you, Samantha. I don’t expect you to forgive me for leaving you, but I went here to greet you a happy birthday. Last night, I booked a room here, but they wouldn’t honor the hotel reservation slip I was trying to show them when I was sent away.
Maybe we can celebrate together next time,” Jeremy said, holding his daughter’s hand.
Samantha shook her head. “I forgive you, dad. You had your reasons back then.
I would love to get to know you and spend more time with you,” she said, squeezing her dad’s hand in return.
After talking some more, Samantha and Jeremy walked towards the reception area, where she scolded the woman for kicking her father out. “We are an inclusive hotel! We don’t discriminate against customers based on how they look,” she said.
The woman apologized profusely after realizing she had messed up.
She apologized that the man was denied his hotel reservation, forcing him to sleep on the streets. To make up for her blunder, she re-issued his room reservation and gave him a complimentary upgrade to the presidential suite.
That weekend, Samantha and Jeremy celebrated her birthday together. They toured New York, ate at delicious restaurants, and stayed at the presidential suite together, where they slowly built on their relationship.
In the end, Samantha found out that Jeremy lived alone in Texas, so she offered to take him in so that she could take care of him.
His move to New York was the beginning of their beautiful relationship as father and daughter.
