An old man named Jeremy decided to travel to New York from Texas to meet with his daughter at a 5-star hotel.
He had traveled for over a day, as he had no means of buying a plane ticket after spending his money on an overnight stay at the hotel that he was in.
He didn’t pick just any hotel to stay in. He was in one of Manhattan’s most luxurious hotels, where diplomats, celebrities, and other influential people usually stayed.
While sitting in the lobby, the man stood out like a sore thumb. Guests and staff alike shot him looks as if to ask him what he was doing in the hotel. Some guests even walked over to the reception to complain about the old man being there.
“Have you downgraded your security? How can you just let anybody in here?” a man asked.
“The hotel lobby usually smells divine, but today, it smells like a dumpster,” his wife added.
The hotel receptionist decided to approach Jeremy to ask him to leave after hearing complaints from hotel patrons. “Sir, you are distracting our guests. Could you please leave the hotel premises and wait somewhere else?” she asked him.
“No, I have to wait right here. I have a meeting with my daughter,” the old man replied.
“I’m sure your daughter wouldn’t mind you waiting somewhere else. You must leave right away, or I’m asking security to escort you out,” the receptionist said again, growing impatient.
“I am waiting for my daughter. She works here,” Jeremy replied, desperate for the receptionist to listen to him.
The woman scoffed, shaking her head. “Sir, we’ve heard stories like that countless times. Please don’t make up such an absurd story. What is your daughter’s name?” she asked him.
When the old man replied, her eyes widened. Jeremy had insisted that he was at the hotel because of their director, Samantha Jennings.
Jeremy also argued that he had a room booked under his name. He tried giving proof, showing an album and a reservation slip, but the security guards were already lifting him out of the hotel premises.
“If you would just listen to me, I have every right to be in this hotel like everybody else!” Jeremy cried out. However, the security had already re-entered the hotel and warned Jeremy not to return or the NYPD would get him.
Banned from entering the hotel, Jeremy lost all hope and cried. All he wanted was to see his daughter, yet the cruel staff chose to kick him out.
That same night, Samantha Jennings arrived at the hotel. The receptionist told her that a man had attempted to wait for her, claiming to be her father. Samantha then remembered all the times she asked her late mom about her dad, hoping that she would introduce him to her one day. “Could it be him?” she thought to herself.
“Where did he go?” Samantha asked. Although she had no assurance that the man was telling the truth, she knew she wouldn’t be able to sleep that night without knowing for sure whether the man was her father or not.
“We had to kick him out because the other hotel patrons complained about his smell. The security guards might have a clue where he went,” the receptionist told her.