He, her loving Daddy Dom, was out of town that weekend. She, his loving sub, couldn't help herself. He'd left explicit instructions for her to eat healthy, get enough sleep, and slow down on the alcohol while he was away.
She'd done none of those things. The morning after, she looked around the kitchen, with the half-eaten bucket of fried chicken, the chocolate cake with its thick frosting, and the finished bottle of expensive champagne. Prosecco, her favorite. She had a headache from drinking the whole thing down yesterday. She'd enjoyed herself, watching trashy TV movies, lying around, hugging herself as she defied her Dom. The broccoli salad was untouched. The water, well, she'd drunk one bottle but not the three he'd laid out in the fridge. The pale steamed chicken lay flopped in a plastic container. It looked more scrawny and pasty today than it had last night. She wrinkled her nose.
She downed some aspirin and drank a bottle of water. Then, she made herself clean up, toss the evidence. She threw the pale chicken away but tried to work up some enthusiasm for the salad. Fortunately, she wasn't very hungry. She teetered on the edge of tossing the salad and chicken out, when she could face neither of them.
Daddy always said she could eat peanut butter and jelly once a day if she didn't get full on her good food.
So she scraped them into the garbage along with the remnants of her feast. She bagged up the garbage and put it outside. He would never know. He trusted her. He wouldn't think to dig through a garbage bag. She'd gotten away with it.
And yet, and yet, it bothered her all day. That was not how they worked. That was not the deal. She'd signed an agreement allowing him, her loving Daddy, to make her eat healthy, to make her drink water, limit sweets, and alcohol. Defying him, even when he was gone, should be punished.
But he wasn't there. And she was feeling more and more guilty with each passing moment. He wouldn't be home until the next day.
On one hand, she could have another party and live it up before her doom. On the other, she might be miserable keeping it from him.
Fortunately, it was taken out of her hands when he Facetimed her.
"How's my girl?" he asked.
She broke down immediately. "Terrible, Daddy. I did terrible things."
His brows raised. "Like what?"
She laid out her sins and watched his face darken. "I'm-I'm so sorry, Daddy."
"Did you enjoy yourself?"
"Yes," she said softly.
"Well, good. Next time, ask me if you can have a cheat day. I might say yes." He looked at her sternly. "But you have to ask. Didn't we establish that in our rules?"
"Yes," she whispered. They had a pretty short list of rules but asking was on it. She hadn't thought to check with him. "I just thought you'd say no. You know, automatically?"
"So you broke the rules about eating and drinking because you thought I'd say no? Is that correct?"
"Yes, Daddy."
He sighed. "So you defied me on purpose."
"Yes, Daddy."
"You can expect consequences when I get home."
"Yes, Daddy." She paused. "But can I do something now?"
"Now? Are you feeling guilty?"
"I'm feeling extra guilty because I want more cake."
He out and out laughed at her. She blushed to the roots of her hair.
"You want to be bad again? So I'll punish you from here and then you'll go back and do it all over?"
"No, no. I want a punishment to help me remember not to do it."
"Oh, okay." He grinned. "But I can't stop you. I can only punish you."
"I know. But I like to be good, Daddy."
"Yes, Little One. I like you to be good, too. But it's nice sometimes when you're bad."