What’s your random act of kindness that completely backfired?

The Discovery

My dad was secretly living a double life. So when I found out I exposed him to my mom. She forced him to take us to confront his second family.

The day that my life fell apart started with me trying to do something nice. My dad was leaving for work one morning. He was pretty angry that nobody had prepared him lunch.

So given that it was my day off I decided to surprise him. I cooked him his favorite meal and stopped by his office.

But as I was waiting for him in the lobby I saw something that completely broke me. The door to his office opened and out walked a woman followed by him as well as two kids I didn’t recognize.

One of them called him daddy. I quickly hid behind a corner. When the four of them walked outside I followed.

In the car park I saw my father hugging the woman and kissing her on the lips. Then he was taking the children in his arms and kissing their forehead.

It was at that moment I realized my father had a secret family. I wanted to go straight back into his office and confront him in front of everyone.

I wanted to demand an explanation and put him on the spot. But I figured that wasn’t fair. I made my way back home going straight to my room and locking the door.

I tried to make sense of what I had just seen. I kept coming back to the same question. How could my dad do this?

How could he have another family? I don’t even remember how much time passed before he came home that night.

All I know is that by the time he walked through the door I knew that I had to confront him. So when he gets home I’m waiting for him.

My mom is out so it’s just the two of us. He walks in all smiles and says hey sweetheart how was your day.

I just look at him and say who are they. His smile drops instantly and he looks at me like a deer in headlights.

He asked me what I was talking about. But I could see the panic in his eyes. I’m not playing games so I say it again.

I asked him who the woman and the kids were. He just stands there staring at me and I can see him trying to come up with something to say.

But before he could I kept going. I told him that I had seen him with them and that I had heard the little girl call him daddy.

I said I saw him kiss and hug their mom and asked him again who were they. At this point he knows he’s caught.

He doesn’t even try to deny it. Instead instead he just sigh and says it’s not what I think.

How could it not be what I think? What else could it be when you hug a woman and have a little child beside you to call you Daddy?

What other reason is there for a child to call you Daddy? Safe to say I was not having it.