Author's note: This story contains elements of the BDSM, Daddy/little relationship and as such will not be to everyone's taste. If that is not your kink please don't read any further. For followers of Calliope's story, I hope you enjoy this chapter. ~ellie
Change had come slowly to Calliope's world, so much so that she barely noticed that Jamie was spending a lot more time with Padraic and seemed to be a constant presence as the new play room neared completion. Padraic did not even seem to mind when Jamie became authoritative with Calliope and when she bristled at his tone Padraic would often chide her rather than him. It seemed like a wedge had been pushed between them, and she felt sad at the loss of her friend.
One day, when Padraic had been called away by a telephone call, Calliope had pouted at Jamie. "You never just hang out with me anymore," she had complained. "We used to talk all the time, now you just seem to grouch at me," she looked at him as she pushed the last bites of her lunch around her plate.
"Geez, Calliope, I am not a kid anymore. Padraic is mentoring so I can have a little girl of my own soon. Then you will have to call me Uncle Jamie," he said seriously, pausing to study her face, "Uncle James sounds better, and if you continue to pout at me, I will spank you," he said with authority although a wicked grin slid over his face.
"Paddy wouldn't let you!" Calliope gasped.
"You would be surprised what your Daddy would let me do, I think," Jamie continued his wicked grin waggling his eyebrows. He was enjoying teasing Calliope; she had been the motivation he needed to tell Mama Bea he wanted to grow up and become a Daddy himself. Calliope was the perfect mix of brat, angel and whore, and she had featured heavily in his fantasies since their first meeting.
"Paddy, tell him he can't do it!" Calliope wailed as he walked back into the room.
"Do what, baby?" Padraic looked at the pair on hearing the obvious distress in Calliope's voice.
"He says I have to call him Uncle James now and," she pulled her pouty lip back in, "And..." she paused dramatically, "If I pout at him anymore he will spank me." Calliope blinked her big green eyes up at Padraic realising she sounded like a whiney baby.
"Jamie is growing up," Padraic said reasonably but on noting the self-satisfaction in the young man's demeanour added, "But he is not grown up yet." He waited a moment as the two eyed each other and looked back at him expectantly. "I don't think starting to call him Uncle Jamie would be a bad thing, it would be good practice for when Bea decides he is ready."
"Fine," she sighed, "But he can't spank me, can he?"
"For pouting? No. You are my baby, if you are being disrespectful or naughty, on the other hand, then he needs to speak with me. I may let him spank you if it's necessary, or I may just do it myself, but baby, you need to be a good girl for everyone not just for me," he leaned down and kissed her forehead before taking his seat again. "But you are always such a good girl for me lately it's hard to believe you were not always my angel."
"Did I ever tell you how Calliope came to be mine?" Padraic asked Jamie with a wink.
"Not all the details, no," Jamie smiled seeing the look of surprise and shame come over Calliope's features. "There was something about needing to help her because you were a lawyer?" he said uncertainly. He actually knew much more than he was letting on, but the wink from Padraic had told him to play dumb for the moment.
"Oh, she was so precious, I think I fell in love with her within the first few minutes," Padraic smiled down on her surprised face. "I didn't realise it at the time though, and it was a bit of a battle to get her to listen to me but well worth it. Come let's help Calliope clear the lunch dishes and I will tell you all about it."
They cleared the table as Padraic recounted the story, "It all started with a phone call from Calliope's mother begging me to help her wayward daughter who had been arrested and was sitting in the city watch house."
"Arrested? What on earth for?" Jamie's voice held an air of incredulity and he looked at her with feigned astonishment.
"She was dancing at this men's club, and the owner had tempted her to earn more money and tips by giving private lap dances. Calliope escalated after that in what the police claimed was prostitution though they could couldn't prove more than giving a man a blow job." Padraic watched as Calliope blushed deeply and pretended to be scrubbing at a stubborn spot on a plate before putting it into the dishwasher.
Jamie whistled in appreciation of the seriousness of her crime, "Not quite the innocent angel she appears to be now was she?"
"You should have seen her when I picked her up, you wouldn't have recognised her. Badly dyed hair that hung over her face, cheap and nasty school girl uniform that needed a good wash, she definitely needed some work let me tell you." Padraic was enjoying Calliope's embarrassment as she fussed in the kitchen cleaning up. "And the language! You wouldn't believe the nasty things that came out of her mouth. She ate a lot of soap that first night."
Calliope pulled a face remembering that first night, when she thought a bad blow job would gain her the freedom she wanted. She had seriously underestimated Padraic in the beginning, but he had always seemed to know what she needed and did not hold back in making sure she followed his rules.
"I wish I could have seen her, its sound just too weird, hearing the description," Jamie said thoughtfully.
"What a good idea," Padraic enthused, "Let's dress you up baby, it will be a good reminder of how far we have come from that scrawny little foul mouthed brat."
"But Paddy!" Calliope started to complain, but she could see the eagerness in his features and stopped herself.
"Come on baby it will be fun," Padraic grinned and swooped her up into his arms. "There is nothing to be ashamed of in how we met and fell and love," he kissed her and held her to him as he walked to her room followed by Jamie. Putting her down in the middle of the room, he went to his toy cupboard and unlocked the door taking a large box from the top shelf. "I am not even sure why I kept this," he said over his shoulder as he pulled it free.
He placed it on the edge of the bed and lifted the top pulling out the costume she had been wearing the day he had bailed her out of jail. He had had it cleaned of course but other than that it was unaltered.
Calliope moved closer memories of a time when she had no one in the world to rely on, but herself surfaced in mind and she looked up at Padraic who now stood beside her watching her reaction. She felt safe and loved with him for the first time in her young life, and she knew this was a lesson he was trying to teach her. She didn't want to go back to the life she had before Padraic saved her, she knew that, but if they both needed this stroll down memory lane to remind them of that, she decided she was okay with it.
"Can I get dressed by myself please, Paddy?" She asked quietly; I promise I won't be long. He gave her a concerned look, and she added, "I just want to surprise you, you know make my hair all messy and stuff like it used to be." He continued to study her, so she smiled showing she was not unhappy about the costume.
Finally, Padraic nodded but said equally quietly, "If you are not out in fifteen minutes I will come n and get you." He nodded to Jamie and the two men left the room.
Calliope immediately sat down at her dressing table and pulled out all the make-up she had. She wasn't allowed to wear it very often, but she had it there from when they went into the big city to court in the early days of their relationship and a few other select times they had been to the city since. She used it not only to paint her face but also to colour small streaks of her hair so that it hung in limp strands as it used to before tying it up in bunches.
Watching the time carefully, she finally went to get dressed. The costume was even tighter now after being looked after so well by Padraic, and she breathed into do up the skirt worried as she did so that the buttons on her blouse would pop. They were press studs rather than real buttons, and she was grateful the garish tie that matched the tartan of her skirt hid the bulges the fabric now made as it strained to keep her covered.