Melissa G. Moore was having breakfast with her father, Keith Jesperson, at a diner when he almost exposed his secret double life.
The high school student was thrilled about the prospect of getting her driver’s license and the freedom that would come with it. She was eager to spend time with her father, a trucker who was no longer with her mother.
Almost turning 16, she reminisced about an unexpected visit from her father, where he proposed having breakfast together before school. Although her siblings were unavailable, she vividly remembers their conversation about her first car, with her father offering to buy her a Pontiac.
Reflecting on her relationship with her father, she expressed the profound sadness of growing up with him. She disclosed that the documentary accurately captures her deep longing for the father of her childhood, who seems to have vanished.
New episodes of “Happy Face” will drop Thursdays on Paramount+. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
