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Chapter 1
Michelle
Someone was in big trouble.
Stepping through the front door of her apartment, Michelle Forrester surveyed the mess covering her living room. Coloring books were strewn across the floor, along with the accompanying crayons. A tea party, complete with a pitcher of bright blue juice, had been abandoned at the small, round table at the corner of the kitchen.
With a soft sigh, she shrugged the heavy winter coat from her shoulders and draped it over the hook by the door. Her purse joined the coat as she slipped out of her shoes and picked her way through the mess to the middle of the living room. “Allison Rae McClane, get your bottom out here right this second!”
Nothing, not even a squeak met her command, a fact which had her brows drawing together. “Little girl, you have until the count of three. If I have to come get you…”
She let the threat trail off, partially because she knew the unknown would be just as threatening as anything she could come up with, if not more. And because she was honestly too tired to think of something properly motivating off the top of her head.
“One.”
Still nothing. If her Little girl was looking for a nice red bottom, she was well on her way to getting one.
“Two.”
Silence.
“Three.” She paused just long enough to give Allie one last chance to come running.
Nope, still nothing.
Silently planning out her naughty girl’s punishment in her head, Michelle went in search of her wayward babygirl.
It didn’t take long, since Allie was exactly where Michelle had expected to find her: stretched out on the twin bed in the guest bedroom that doubled as her playroom. They’d chosen a two-bedroom apartment specifically for this reason, to give Allie space to be Little whenever she needed it.
As always, the sight of her babygirl had Michelle fighting back a grin and a happy sigh. Everything in her softened at the sight of Allie in nothing but a t-shirt, panties, and striped, colorful socks pulled up just over her knees.
Tiptoeing closer, she realized why Allie hadn’t come when she’d called. Her ears were plugged with the white AirPods she’d gotten for her birthday, her head bobbing up and down in time with the music as she added even more color to the bright picture in front of her.
Shaking her head, Michelle reached down and plucked one of the pods from Allie’s ear.
“Hey!” Allie glared up at her for a second before the annoyed expression cleared. “Shelly! You’re home!” With a squeal, she jumped up onto her knees and threw her arms around Michelle’s neck. “I missed you!”
All of the aggravation of the day seemed to melt away. Burying her face in Allie’s neck, Michelle returned the embrace. “I wasn’t even gone a whole day, babygirl.”
“It seemed likeforever.”
“Well, it was certainly long enough for a naughty Little girl to make a mess of our living room,” Michelle teased, reaching down to swat her girl’s bottom.
“Whoops.” Allie at least had the grace to look sheepish when she grinned.
“Uh huh. Whoops. You can go march your butt in there and clean up while I go change.”
“Yes, Ma’am.”
She sent Allie off with another swat, this time hard enough to make her squeal and cover her bottom with her hands. Shaking her head, Michelle made her way to the master bedroom, where she stopped dead in the doorway, her mouth falling open at the sight of their luggage packed and waiting in the middle of the room.
“Allie?” she called over her shoulder.
“Yeah?”
“Care to explain what’s going on in here?”
“Oh, crap!” A moment later, Allie was wiggling past her to stand in front of the luggage, her arms and legs spread as if she could block Michelle’s view. “You weren’t supposed to see that yet! It’s a surprise!”
