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“Sorry, Daddy. I’ll be quiet.”
His concentration returned to the tool kit, but Alexa found it hard to stand still and keep quiet as promised. Maybe she should go for a walk. Of course Daddy probably wouldn’t allow it, but she wouldn’t go far. She would even return by the time he finished in this aisle and her brief absence would go unnoticed.
Creeping to the end of the aisle, she glanced at Daddy to find him still busy reading the back of the small tool kit. The lines on his forehead were creased in concentration. She spent a moment admiring how handsome he looked today. His hair appeared mussed, even though he’d washed and combed it this morning. When he went too long in between haircuts, his locks, though short, became as unruly as hers in the morning. Her fingers itched with the desire to rake through his hair, but she paused halfway to him.
He was concentrating awfully hard on the back of that darned tool kit. She frowned and crossed her arms, feeling sullen that he was taking so long in the hardware store. Standing at the end of the aisle, she tried to be a good girl and wait patiently, but her adventurous spirit soon got the best of her.
Alexa escaped around the end of the aisle. Once out of his vision, should he look up from the tool kit, she paused and waited to hear her name.
The silence indicated he hadn’t noticed her absence. She grinned, feeling her boredom slip away. She had a whole store to explore and she didn’t have to follow Daddy around and keep stopping every two seconds to stare at an item. That was even worse than sitting in the car while Daddy ran errands. It was Saturday and she decided weekends were meant for fun, not for boring grownup stuff.
She skipped down an aisle filled with how-to books, her petticoats bouncing underneath her skirt. Halfway down the aisle, she noticed a bright orange sale sign hanging from the ceiling. She jumped, stretching her arms above her in an attempt to touch the bottom of it. No luck. She gazed up at the sign, suddenly determined to jump high enough to touch the sign and make it swing from the ceiling. Slipping her shoes off, she kicked them aside and stood beneath the sign again.One, two, three…
She jumped again, but her fingers didn’t come close to grazing the sign, and upon landing she stumbled into a display of gardening books. The display toppled over with a crash, the books spilling to the floor. It was at that moment she spotted Daddy standing at the end of the aisle, his face a mask of worry and anger.
* * *
William couldn’t believeLexie had wandered off, let alone made such a mess in the store. He approached her as she scrambled to right the display and place the last of the fallen books back into place. She paused and gazed up at him fearfully when his shadow fell upon her.
“Where are your shoes?” he snapped.
From her spot on the floor, she pointed across the aisle. He fetched her slippers and knelt to place them on her feet, then pulled her up to stand in front of him. He’d been worried to discover her missing from his side. Now that he’d found her, apparently up to no good, agitation bubbled hot underneath his surface.
“I’m sorry, Daddy!” she cried. “I didn’t mean to knock the books over. It was an accident.”
He grasped her upper arms and leveled a stern look on her. “Young lady, you knew you weren’t to wander off. Why did you walk away from Daddy?”
Biting her lip, she peered up at him with unshed tears glistening in her eyes. “I-I was bored is all. Then I was jumpin’, tryin’ to touch that sign,” she said, gesturing to a sale sign that hung high up on the ceiling, much too high for a little girl to reach. “I didn’t mean to knock over the books.”
“Alexa Marie Benson, you were very naughty.” He positioned her at his side and forced her to bend forward.
“Oh, Daddy, please no! No spankin’! Someone might see!”
“You should have thought about that before you were so naughty. Now keep still.”
He started spanking overtop her dress, warming her bottom with a series of quick swats. Then, flipping her skirt and all the layers of her petticoats up, he slapped her panty-clad bottom while she squirmed and whimpered.
“Daddy, please don’t lift my skirt up!”
Ignoring her protests, he swatted her bottom a few more times before yanking her underwear down to rest at her knees.
“Daddy, noooooo!”
“Panties come down for all your spankings, Lexie. It doesn’t matter where we are. Naughty little girls always get spanked on their bare bottoms.”
As she continued struggling, he caught sight of the butt plug seated between her cheeks. Apparently it hadn’t been enough to ensure her good behavior. He should have given her a harder spanking before leaving the house today. Once he determined her backside was a sufficient shade of dark pink, he yanked her underwear back up and smoothed her skirts into place as he brought her upright.
Holding her out by her shoulders, he said, “Now we’re going to check out and then go home. When we get home, you’re going to stand in the corner with your little red butt on display.”
She sniffled and wiped at her tears. He hadn’t spanked her too hard and he wouldn’t be able to for another few weeks, and he suspected it was remorse and embarrassment that had caused her tears to fall. Staring up at him, she rubbed her backside and nodded. “Okay, Daddy. I really am sorry.”
William led her back through the aisles, selecting a few gardening items and a set of wrenches before heading for the counter. Lexie kept pace with him and didn’t try to wander off again. Occasionally she rubbed her bottom or wiped at her eyes. Once they reached the front counter and Andy began ringing up the items, she remained a few steps behind him, her head lowered.
“Is everything all right, Lexie?” Andy asked as he handed William the large bag containing all his purchases.
“She’s probably not in a talking mood,” William explained. “Miss Lexie wandered off and got herself into a little bit of trouble in your store, I’m afraid.”
“Is that so?” Andy asked. “I thought I heard a commotion earlier. It sounded like a little girl was being taken to task.”
