Page 79 of Accepting Love

We’re all waiting for him to enlighten us as we glance back and forth between Lucy in the corner and Master Roman.

Master Roman sighs. “I can’t tell you precisely why Lucy is in timeout because she hasn’t shared it with me yet.”

Lucy flinches but doesn’t otherwise turn her head.

My curiosity is piqued.

Craig chuckles. “Been there. Done that.”

“I have the T-shirt,” Foster adds.

My Daddy looks perplexed. So does Kendric.

Master Roman shakes his head slowly. “Kendric and Zane haven’t been Daddies long enough to go through one of these tantrums.” He nods toward them. “Trust me. It will happen.”

“What sort of tantrum are we talking about?” Daddy asks. He’s smiling.

Everyone is oddly calm. Except me. I’m so confused.

“Basically, Lucy did something super naughty, and she doesn’t want to tell me what it is so instead she misbehaves in small ways for hours in an attempt to get me to punish her harshly to atone for whatever she did that she doesn’t want to fess up to. It never works because even if she succeeded, she wouldn’t feel better. But most of the time, I’m on to her, so she’s just wasting her time.”

Craig chuckles.

Leah gasps. “Daddy.” She glares at Craig.

It’s so convoluted that I’m hardly following.

Lucy turns around, head hung low. “I’m sorry, Daddy.”

“I know you are, Blossom. You wouldn’t be working so hard to earn a spanking if you weren’t sorry.” He sets his water bottle on the island. He nods toward the rest of us. “Why don’t you tell everyone what you did to deserve such drama, Blossom.”

Her eyes widen. “Tell everyone?”

He nods. “Yes. That will be half your punishment. I’m sure whatever it is, it will be embarrassing telling the entire room.”

She swallows and glances around at all of us before looking back down at her hands where she wrings them together. “I’m the one who hit the trashcan in the street and broke off the wheel, Daddy.” She lifts her gaze and continues. “It had fallen over after the trash was picked up and it was in the way of the driveway and I was too lazy to get out of the car and stand it back up and I thought I could get around it, but I broke it instead.”

“Good girl. Doesn’t it feel better getting that off your chest?”

She gasps, glaring at him. “You knew?”

“Of course I knew, Blossom. There are surveillance cameras all around the front of the house, silly girl.”

“Oh, yeah, right.” She fidgets. “Are you going to spank me now?”

“I am going to spank you because I know you need it in order to forgive yourself, but most of your punishment has been fretting over this for a full day. You barely even slept last night from all the tossing and turning.”

“I’m sorry, Daddy.”

“I’m not going to spank you until we get home though. Today isn’t about you. It’s about Hannah. You can wait until we get home to get your bottom blistered.”

I sit up straighter.Me? How is today about me?

Lucy runs toward Master Roman and throws her arms around him. “Thank you, Daddy.”

He hugs her back and then pats her bottom. “Why don’t you girls go downstairs to the playroom and spend some time together. That’s what we’re here for.”

She rises onto her tiptoes and kisses his cheek before turning toward the rest of us. “Coming?” She takes off for the stairs while the rest of us scramble to join her.

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