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“Yes, Daddy. It won’t happen again, I swear.”
“Two more, darlin’. These are going to be harder than the rest, so hold on.”
It was all the warning he gave before the strap connected with her ass once, twice more. Harder, faster than the rest of the ones before, enough to completely shatter the dam. Everything she’d been feeling for the past few days poured out of her in great big gulping sobs. All of the doubt, the fear, the loneliness. Still holding Allie’s hands, she dropped her head to the comforter and let the tears flow.
“You took your punishment so well, darlin’,” Nick murmured, his hand rubbing comforting circles over her back. “Daddy is so proud of you.”
Even more than saying the words herself, hearing him refer to himself as Daddy filled her heart in ways she hadn’t even realized she’d been missing. And hearing he was proud of her… god, when was the last time she’d heard those words from anyone?
“Shelly? Are you okay?”
Allie’s quiet, worried voice had her lifting her head to offer a watery smile. “I’m okay, babygirl. I love you so much.”
“I love you too.” Allie sniffled. “I’m sorry I was such a bitch about the whole thing.”
“Hey.” She gave her girl’s hands a firm squeeze. “Nobody talks about my babygirl like that. Just because I’m getting my bottom roasted now too doesn’t mean I won’t wash your mouth out with soap when you need it, little girl.”
“Yes, Ma’am.” Allie offered a shaky smile before quickly sobering again. “But I am sorry I made you feel so guilty. And I’m sorry you were feeling lonely. I wish you would have talked to me about it.”
“I know.” Pausing, she searched for the right words to explain herself. Oddly enough, they came much more easily now, as if the spanking had cleared her mind of all the junk so that she could access the important stuff. “I guess it felt like burdening you. I’m supposed to be your Big, the person you lean on and depend on. I didn’t want to ruin your vacation just because I was struggling.”
“Well, that’s just stupid.” Some of the fire had returned to Allie’s eyes. “How would you feel if Daddy was upset about something and he didn’t tell us?”
Leave it to her girl to cut straight to the heart of the matter. “I’d feel hurt. I’d probably feel like he doesn’t see us as a team.”
“Exactly. I may be your Little, but I’m still your girlfriend. Your partner. You don’t get to shut me out because you think you’re supposed to protect me, or whatever. Got it?”
“Yeah. I got it, baby.”
“Hmm.” Nick patted her bottom, hard enough to reignite some of the pain that had begun to fade during her sobfest and her talk with Allie. “That doesn’t explain why you didn’t tellmewhat was bothering you, pet.”
“Same concept, I guess,” she said with a small shrug. “You’re busy, and I didn’t want you to have to put your whole day on hold just because I was having a bad moment.”
“I want you both to listen to me.” Cupping one burning cheek, he squeezed, sending a flash of pain through her core. “You are both, from now on, the most important thing in my life. If I find out either one of you has kept anything from me because you ‘don’t want to be a burden,’ you’ll get double the strapping Michelle just got. Have I made myself perfectly clear?”
“Yes, Daddy,” they said in unison, and the rest of the weight seemed to lift from Michelle’s shoulders.
“Good. Now, Allison, we still have that matter of the cookie heist to deal with.”
Chapter 25
Allie
Swallowing hard, Allie nodded. “Yes, Daddy. I’m really sorry.”
“Why would you even think of such a thing?” Michelle asked, her red-rimmed eyes filled with confusion. “Being a little bratty is one thing, but stealing is very serious, Allison.”
Guilt sat like a rock in her tummy. When Michelle put it like that, it really did sound bad, and suddenly she felt like she deserved more than just the fun, playful spanking she’d been counting on when she’d agreed to the heist in the first place. “It didn’t seem that serious, honest. I’m not just saying that to get out of trouble, it just sounded like a fun prank.”
With a heavy sigh, Nick rubbed at the back of his neck. “Honestly, if it hadn’t been for everything else this afternoon, I’d be tempted to let you off with a fun spanking. But I don’t think that’s what you need, is it, little one?”
It was almost eerie how his words mirrored her own thoughts. “No, Daddy.”
“I bet a good, hard spanking would help get rid of those yucky feelings, huh?”
“Maybe.”
“Yeah, I thought so. You can stay right there.”
