Total pages in book: 51
Estimated words: 49530 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 248(@200wpm)___ 198(@250wpm)___ 165(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 49530 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 248(@200wpm)___ 198(@250wpm)___ 165(@300wpm)
At four minutes precisely, he called her from the corner. Especially with his Buttercup, he needed to act exactly as he had promised. She’d quickly top him from below and Talon couldn’t be a soft Daddy. His edges were as hard as his dance moves were smooth.
“Come here, Buttercup.”
She flew into his arms and wrapped herself around him. Talon lifted her to sit on his lap, allowing her weight to rest on her thighs with her punished bottom free. He kissed her hair before leaning back to look at her expression. Tear streaks lined her face and had played havoc with her makeup. She looked absolutely perfect to him.
“That hurt, Daddy.”
“And why did you get spanked?”
“Twenty swats for lying to Daddy, thirty for putting myself at risk, and ten removed for realizing I had a problem and calling you.”
“What are you going to do differently?” Talon ignored her massive eye roll and waited for her to talk.
“I’m going to tell you the truth.”
“And not put yourself in jeopardy?” he prompted.
“What could I have done? Ask you to drive me to the courthouse?” she demanded.
Her tone immediately changed as he raised one eyebrow and firmly tapped her bottom. That seemed to help her think.
“Oops. I could have asked you to take me to work?”
“That would have been better.”
“Okay. You’re right. I screwed up and now I have a hot bottom to remind me.”
She paused for a few seconds before peeking up to ask, “Can I have some lotion on my skin?”
“Yes. And I’ll let you wear leggings tonight so they’ll be soft on your skin,” Talon told her as he lifted her back to her feet.
“Oh, you mean instead of panties,” she said with a nod as he guided her into the bedroom.
“I mean instead of being bare bottomed and just wearing one of your dresses,” Talon explained and stopped when Elizabeth whirled to look at him in astonishment.
“I can’t go out there with all those people without panties or at least pants.”
“No one there is going to notice unless you turn cartwheels,” Talon pointed out.
“But I’ll know,” she hissed. “And you’ll know.”
“Exactly.”
Talon wrapped his arm back around her waist and guided her into the bedroom. When she was dressed, he washed her face free of makeup and took her hand.
“Hungry?” he asked.
“Starving.”
“Let’s go.”
“Are you sure they won’t look at me strange?” she asked, nervous they had overheard her crying during her spanking.
“They’re going to be concerned if you’ve recovered from the confrontation on the courthouse steps. They know you were punished for putting yourself at risk.”
“And they would have spanked me, too?” She needed to double-check.
“If you were their Little girl, yes.”
“Okay.” She linked her fingers with his and warned, “I’m sitting on your lap instead of one of those mean wooden chairs.”
“This time,” he allowed with a warning glance.
“Oh, you won’t have to spank me anymore.”
“Yes, I will. When you find out you have an appointment with Doc on Saturday for a check-up.”
“Doc? He isn’t a real doctor.”
Talon knew she wasn’t being derogatory. She liked Doc a lot and knew the other girls had discussed his care with her during their “private” time in the fort. Elizabeth was simply back pedaling.
“He’s something even better. He knows medicine and cares about you. And he’s aware how Little girls don’t take care of themselves and how their Daddies can help them.”
“We’ll talk about it on the weekend,” she suggested.
“We can talk all you want,” he answered in a tone that told her nothing was going to change as they walked out the door.
The aroma of taco night made them both speed up. Food would distract his Little girl for a short time. Talon knew there would be an emergency meeting of the Littles to discuss being treated by Doc.
“Can I ask you guys something?” Elizabeth whispered as she leaned into the gathering of Littles.
“Do we need to go to the library?” Remi suggested in an equally quiet tone.
“Yes, please.” Elizabeth nodded.
She looked over her shoulder to meet Talon’s eyes and pantomimed opening a book before pointing to the small room next to the kitchen. After he nodded his permission, she followed the other girls.
“Daddy said I have an appointment with Doc for a check-up on Sunday,” she whispered furiously. “I tried to get out of it, but I don’t think that’s going to be possible.”
“Nope. With a red bottom or without, if your Daddy warned you, he’s set on hearing from Doc what he needs to do to keep you healthy,” Remi warned.
“But… Doc is Harper’s Daddy.”
“That doesn’t matter,” Ivy stated bluntly. “Doc treats all of us.”
“What does Harper say about this?” Elizabeth asked, bristling.
When everyone turned to look at Harper, she blushed at being the center of attention. Stumbling over her words, she tried to explain. “My Daddy isn’t going to become your Daddy or anyone else’s Daddy just because he sees you naked. He sees a lot of people naked.”