But Daddy stays right where he is as I watch Leah disappear from my sight.
“What are you doing?” I ask as I turn to Daddy. “Please, she is my friend. I need to see whether she is okay and if she needs anything. Please, go to her.”
“What did Daddy tell you when you first came here?” he asks.
“That isn’t important right now!” I raise my voice. “I need to make sure that she is okay. Let me down, and I’ll walk to her to see if she is okay.”
“You won’t be able to walk if you won’t even crawl in the apartment. You aren’t used to the gravity on Venkoria. I don’t want you to fall and hurt yourself,” Daddy says and starts walking in the opposite direction.
“Please, let me go,” I whisper.
“What did Daddy tell you when you first came here?” he asks once again.
“What’s so important about it? I want to see Leah,” I tell him.
“Daddy told you that you won’t see any of your friends until I say that it is okay. You haven’t acclimated to Venkoria yet. You will not be meeting them until I say that it is okay,” he states.
NINE
Tears pool in my eyes as I stare at Daddy. He can’t be serious right now.
“But she is my friend. She’s right there. Why can’t I go see her when she is over there?” I raise my voice as the tears run down my face.
“Because Daddy says so, and my word is final.” He puts me down in the kennel in his office. “Now, be a good girl and stay there while I grab some papers.”
“Take me with you. Then I can see Leah,” I tell him.
He shakes his head. “No. If you ask me again, I will put you over my lap and spank you. Don’t test me on this. I will do it even though we are in the office and not at the apartment. Everyone will be able to hear me spanking you.”
“Wait! You can’t be serious. There is no harm in me asking. Leah is my friend, after all.” I rise to my feet and hold onto the bars.
“No standing when you are in the kennel. This isn’t at home, and there aren’t as many blankets and padding to cover you if you fall. I don’t want you getting hurt.” Daddy gently guides me to sit on my bottom.
I stand up once again and look up at him. “Please, let me go see Leah. I haven’t seen her in a while. I want to make sure that she is okay and not hurt in any way.”
Daddy gives me a look. “What did I say about standing up?”
“That’s not important. Right now, we are talking about Leah,” I remind him.
Daddy rises to his full height and places his hands on his hips. “Are you ignoring what Daddy has told you?”
I shake my head. “I would never. I am just saying that we are talking about Leah. I need to go see her. Please, let me see her to make sure that everything is okay.”
“Daddy told you not to stand up in your kennel. You know that it is a rule, and yet you are ignoring what I said. Do you want to get spanked today?” Daddy asks.
I sit down slowly. “Now, can we talk about Leah?”
He shakes his head this time.
“Why not? Please, I really want to see her.” I’m practically begging him at this point.
I got to hear her voice and see her face. I want to make sure she is okay after not hearing about her. No one has seen or heard from any of the girls who have left the space station. That is how our minds have come up with them wanting to torture us and eventually kill us, or send us back to the space station once we are almost dead. It definitely solidified that thought when we saw Leah getting dragged away and injured.
Daddy ignores me and turns around, walking out of the office.
“Wait!” I yell and stand up in the kennel. “Come back!”
But Daddy doesn’t turn around. My heart sinks, and tears pool in my eyes. Why am I feeling like this?
