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I took a shaky breath and he kissed my hand again. “Do you understand?”

I nodded. I still felt so guilty, though. I guessed it would take time to work through my fears. I knew Bash was off today, as well as Smoke, but Kay had been on the schedule to work with a few others.

“I want you to understand something, though,” Bash said, looking very serious. “I don’t want you here alone because I don’t want you to get sick and have something happen. You could vomit again, fall, and hit your noggin. You could start running a fever again and get delirious. I am worried about your safety. Not about you being in my home alone.”

“Yes, Sir,” I said. I was thankful he’d explained that to me, though, because Iwasworried about it. It was so kind of him to care about me that way.

He stroked my cheek. “I am going to text Auntie Kay your medication times, and when you need to eat. I want you to be a good girl for her, okay?”

“Yes,Sir.”

“It makes me really happy to know that I’m going to come back to a home with you inside, Little one. I don’t know that I’m going to be able to let you leave when you’re all better.”

My tummy flip-flopped at his words and I leaned into his palm. I wondered what his other job was. I hadn't known about it before or that he and Smoke worked together outside of the shop.

“I’m here!” Kay yelled before slamming the door behind her.

“I’ll be back soon, Allybaby.”

I nodded, hoping he wouldn’t be gone long. My heart was already missing him and he hadn’t even left yet.

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“I don’t like this show,” Kay said, studying the television. “This detective is too sassy and she needs a spanking.”

I giggled. “She’s not a detective. She’s a forensic anthropologist.”

“I feel like that’s just a fancy word for sassy.”

Grinning, I lifted my sippy cup up to my mouth and took another drink of water.

Kay’s alarm sounded and she silenced it before walking over to the dresser and getting my next dose of medicine ready.

“Do you need more water, Allyson?”

“No, Ma’am. I still have lots.”

“Hmmm, you need to get on drinking that before Bash gets back and spanks us both.”

The idea of Bash spanking the Domme made me giggle so hard I started coughing.

She rushed over and patted me on the back until my coughing passed. “You really are trying to get me killed, aren’t you? Do you know what your Daddy would do to me if he found out I let you choke on my watch?”

Grinning again, I shook my head, not bothering to correct her about Bash being my Daddy. I kind of wanted him to be.

“I don’t know either, but I bet they’d never find all of the pieces of my body.”

“I promise not to die while you’re on duty,” I said.

“Thank you. That would be wonderful,” she said, clutching her heart. The corners of her eyes wrinkled, though, so I knew she was only kidding with me.

I took my medicines and she wrote down the times for Bash. It seemed like all the bossies in the group took taking care of us very seriously.

The doorbell rang and I looked at Kay. “Did you know someone else was coming over?” It seemed like Bash had a lot of company today.

“I didn’t. Stay right here, okay?” Her tone was serious and my tummy dropped.

“Yes, Ma’am.”

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