SCENE OPENS on a vestibule in the early hours of the morning, where 18-year-old teen Veronica (Emily Willis) is trying not to make any noise as she sneaks through the door. After a night of partying, evident by her slightly disheveled look and party clothes, the teen is being careful not to wake her dad. She holds her heels in her hands to make less noise, and starts tiptoeing into the hallway. She makes her way into the kitchen, where she grabs some headache pills for her already developing hangover. Rounding the corner, she's shocked to see her stepfather Hugo (Steve Holmes), holding a cup of coffee. He has a stern look on his face and a rigid posture. Veronica is embarrassed to have gotten caught but tries to play things cool -- 'hi daddy,' she says sweetly, 'uhh, how long have you been up?' He says long enough to see that she didn't sleep in her bed last night. She tells him that she was studying at a friend's house and slept over. Skeptical, he picks up the bottle of pills, saying that apparently math gives her a headache. Veronica sticks to her story, but Hugo isn't having it, and slams the pill bottle onto the counter angrily as he demands to know what's going on. Reluctantly, Veronica admits that she was out late at a party. Uncomfortably, clearly not eager to say what she has to say next, she says that she needs a ride to the pharmacy. He asks what for. She winces. She confesses she needs to buy some morning-after pills -- she got a little wild at the party today. Hugo takes a deep breath, trying to keep his cool. Who was the boy? Veronica is very nervous, and admits she doesn't exactly know... some guy at the party, she didn't get his name. Hugo looks furious, and starts yelling at her - she lost her virginity at a party to a complete stranger?! That's incredibly irresponsible! Veronica begrudgingly corrects him, 'well.... not exactly... I sort of... well, I didn't lose my virginity tonight, that is.' Hugo looks at her stone-faced and incredulous. 'How many times have you had sex?!' he asks. She turns her head and doesn't answer. He grabs her by the wrist and insists she looks him in the eye. 'How many guys have you slept with?!' he repeats. Humiliated and close to tears, she reluctantly meets her step-father's glare. 'I've sort of... lost count.' Something snaps inside Hugo. He takes a deep long angry breath through his nose, and then exhales. He grips Veronica's throat and starts walking away, pulling her along with him. She resists being pulled -- 'what are you going to do to me, daddy?!' she cries out. Throwing her onto the living room couch, he leans in menacingly. 'I'm going to treat my step-daughter like the slut she is.'