"Daddy's home!" he bellowed, slamming the door shut behind him.
I'd been napping on the sofa in one of the tunic & leggings sets he'd bought me to wear 'round the house. I had a bra on, but no panties. Having been awakened to bellowing and the slamming door, I startled and let go a small stream of pee that quickly soaked through my leggings and the couch cushion under me. "Dammit, Daddy," I wailed, jumping off the sofa, "you startled me and I wet, I hope the cushion's not ruined." I started to tear up as he looked at me quizzically.
"I startled you, girl? Were you not expecting me to come home?" He laughed.
"Of COURSE I expected you to come home, Daddy," I moved to hug him, pee-stained leggings and all, "I NEED you to come home. You know that. I just..." I buried my face in his chest and sobbed openly, not caring if I soaked the front of his dry-clean only baby blue button down shirt that looked so good with his dark blue suit.
"You've had a trying day, huh?" he asked. I didn't even bother to move my face out of his chest, I only half-muttered something about not having his after-work drink, a Limoncello martini, ready like he liked me to. He didn't seem to care, though, as he walked me upstairs to the bathroom to get me cleaned up. First he started the bath. Then, while the water was running, he undressed me. He knew I like the soothing sound of water running, liked to be undressed to that sound. My outfit went straight into the hamper, and when he threw it in there, he noticed my previous outfit from that same day, a similiar tunic & leggings getup, in there. "Two outfits in one day?" He asked, helping me into the tub. "What happened?"
"Yeah, about that," I said, easing into the warm water, "see, after you left for work I realized I didn't have anymore cigarettes. So I walked up to the avenue," the avenue, third avenue, was only two blocks from home, Daddy didn't mind my going up there alone, "to get cigarettes, only when I was on my way home from there, this guy was walking his dog," I started to cry again, but Daddy said nothing, he didn't have to...he already knew I was terrified of dogs, "was a big mean dog, Daddy," I continued.
"And that explains the first outfit," he said, soaping up the loofah to wash my back. "Tomorrow on my way to the train, I'll stop at the store and reimburse Abdul," Abdul was the Middle Eastern gentleman who owned and operated the tobacconist shop, "for your cigarettes," he said. Daddy knew I didn't like to carry money, and he was good about taking care of that stuff. He continued washing me, that felt very soothing.
I felt so much more relaxed after my bath, and Daddy chose a kimono for me to wear. It was very pretty, he'd picked it up in Japan's harikuju district while on business over there. Then he brushed my hair, oh good god I loved when he brushed my hair. Religious people talk about going into a trance during services. Well, I'm not religious, not in the least, but I go into a trance when Daddy brushes my hair. The outside world ceases to exist. But he's a man, not a machine, so he didn't brush my hair all night...it just FELT like all night.
Dressed in my kimono, my hair tied in a ponytail at the nape of my neck, my feet bare, I let Daddy lead me downstairs. "We'll deal with that later," he said, waving towards the sofa cushion I'd peed on. "I don't care if it is ruined, I'll buy you a new couch. I'll accommodate you in my study for now." I didn't usually GO in Daddy's study. That's where he worked on days when he worked from home, taking meetings via Skype on his giant TV screen, or going over contracts while seated behind his massive mahogany desk. Other times his brother would come over and the two of them would bury themselves in there, talking about whatever men discussed amongst themselves. Tonight it was her turn to go in there.
"Here you go, my dear," he said, sitting me down in the leather armchair.
"I didn't fix your drink," I started to chide myself, "I didn't start dinner, "I was asleep on the couch when you got home. I'm such a fat, lazy-"
"NO," he said firmly, taking my face gently in his hands, "you are not fat. You are my voluptuous princess and I adore every inch of your opulent physique. And you are anything but lazy. I will forgive you for speaking badly of yourself, THIS TIME, because you've had a trying day. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Daddy,".