1. Shattered Confessions
Her hand trembled as she picked up her cell phone, its screen illuminating her tear-streaked face. Her mascara was smudged and running down her cheeks, her dress was torn and rumpled, and she sat hunched on the bed, her posture a defeated slump.
How was she going to tell Daddy?
She pulled up Daddy's number and couldn't help but wince seeing his handsome smiling face on the caller ID photo. Daddy was such a handsome man. His face was angular and chiseled like a model's. His smile was warm and welcoming and he had piercing blue eyes. Despite his 45 years, Daddy was still tall and broad-shouldered, his muscular frame filling out his tailored suits perfectly. But these were thoughts for another time. Now he was about to be nothing more than a detached voice on the phone.
She clicked dial. The phone--which Daddy had bought her just as he'd bought the dress, shoes, and even panties she had on--began to ring.
"Babygirl?" said Daddy, picking up after a few heart-wrenching rings.
She couldn't bring herself to answer back, even though she'd called him. Her breath stuck in her throat. What she'd done was unforgivable, disgusting, proof she was just the kind of girl she always knew she was.
Candy was a slut. Plain and simple. No sugarcoating it. She was so ashamed, but almost accepting now. Like she'd found herself at the bottom of the rabbit hole she'd just gone down.
"Babygirl?" said Daddy again.
"D-Daddy," Candy finally choked out, her voice barely above a whisper. "I... I messed up."
There was a long pause on the other end of the line. Candy could almost feel the tension building, imagining Daddy's jaw clenching, his knuckles whitening as he gripped the phone.
"What happened?" His voice was low and controlled but with an undercurrent of anger that made Candy's stomach churn. "Messed up how, Babygirl."
She swallowed hard, her throat dry and tight. "I... I went to Last Call. It's this bar in--"
"I've heard of it," Daddy said warily. He had apparently not heard good things, and Candy well understood why after tonight. "What happened?
"I... I just... There was a guy."
She could almost hear Daddy's expression change.
"What. Fucking. Guy?" said Daddy bitingly.
"Daddy--"
Daddy's voice was now icy with a hard edge. It felt like a slap. "You call me Sir until I change my mind." Frankly, she would have preferred a slap. It's what she knew she deserved right now.
She looked down at her feet like a schoolgirl being told off. Truth be told she wasn't that much older than a schoolgirl. She was just a sophomore at The New School, studying gender and sexuality. Candy even looked the part: her little black dress clashed with her blonde bob held in place with a little pink plastic headband. The black of her running mascara contrasted with her light blue eyes.
Even her little thong panties fit the part, soft white and frilly. Though now they were... stained. Inside and out. She closed her eyes in shame. She felt the tears coming again.
"Candy, you start talking or I hang up this phone. And that's the end. Forever."
"No!" she practically screamed. "I'm sorry."
She needed him. She couldn't imagine this being their last conversation. They had been together in this sugar relationship for almost 6 months and it have been magical. He'd given her everything she desired except-- She couldn't even bring herself to admit that what she wanted, truly wanted deep down inside, was so depraved.
How could she have done what she did after all Daddy had done? she wondered.
"Tell me what happened. NOW!" he screamed, losing control in a way he rarely did.
Candy swallowed hard, her throat constricting as she struggled to find the words. The memories of the night flooded back, vivid and sordid.
"I... I missed you so much, Sir," she began, her voice quavering. "You've been gone on your business trip for two weeks, and I just felt so alone. My roommate Nell, she... she suggested we go out for a girls' night. I know you don't like me going out without you, but I thought it would be okay. Just us girls, you know?"
She paused, her fingers twisting in the torn fabric of her dress. The silence on the other end of the line was deafening.
"We started at this little wine bar, but Nell kept saying we should go somewhere... more exciting. That's when she mentioned Last Call. I knew I shouldn't, Sir. I knew you'd be angry, but I... I'd had a few drinks, and I let her talk me into it."
Candy's mind flashed back to the gritty dive bar.
"I don't know--" she'd told Nell when they reached the alleyway the bar was located at the end of, a mix of fear and curiosity hitting her. They were in a part of Brooklyn Candy didn't know well, and there was hardly anyone around. Without proper lighting, it was so, so dark with just a half-lit neon sign to beckon her on.
"Oh, come on, it'll be fun!" Nell had replied, her voice slurring slightly from the drinks they had already consumed.
Candy had hesitated, sure, looking back over her shoulder at the interminable alleyway she'd just walked down. She knew she shouldn't be here. She knew Daddy wouldn't approve. But Nell's words were like a siren call, tempting her to forget all of that and just let go for one night.
"Just one drink," Candy had agreed reluctantly.
"Well," interrupted Daddy suddenly, bringing her back to reality. "Did you stick to just one drink?"
"...No, sir."
"Then go on. And don't leave out one single detail. I want to know what it is you did that made up call me up at 7 am on a work trip."
"I know your trip is important, Daddy--"
"You are trying my patience, Babygirl. Keep going."
Inside she'd been struck instantly by the smell of stale beer and cigarettes, the pounding beat of aggressive punk music. Even here in Daddy's bedroom, she could almost feel the sticky floor beneath her feet, see the leering faces in the dim, smoky light, eyeing her like prey.
"It was awful, Sir. So dirty and loud."
"Then why didn't you leave?"
"Nell was having fun, dancing with these guys. And then... and then he approached me."
She squeezed her eyes shut, remembering the stranger's face. Tall, dark-haired, with a dangerous glint in his eye that should have warned her away. She'd loved his tattooed arms and the smaller tattoos that crept down his strong hands.
"He bought me a drink. I shouldn't have accepted it, I know, but I did. We started talking, and he was... he was charming, Sir."
"How so?" asked Daddy.
"Well, he was..." she struggled to find a word that would hurt Daddy but the best she could do was: "Aggressive... He made me feel... desired. Like he was in control."
"And I don't?"
"No of course you do, Sir. But..." she couldn't believe what she was saying. "You weren't there."
Candy's voice broke on the last word, shame washing over her anew. She could picture Daddy's face, his jaw clenched in anger, his piercing blue eyes cold with disappointment.
"Before I knew it, we were dancing. At first, it was just, you know dancing. I mean--" she winced in embarrassment--"I could feel him against me."
"Tell me what you mean. Say it."
"His cock. I could feel it against my stomach."
"Was it big?"
Candy hesitated, her eyes darting nervously around the room. "Yeah," she whispered, her cheeks flushing. "It was."
"Bigger than Daddy's?"
"Daddy--"
"Sir!"
"Yes. Sir."
"How could you tell?"
"At first I couldn't. And then--"
She squirmed on the bed, wanting to find some excuse, some way to explain herself. "I... I touched it. Through his pants."
"You little slut," Daddy growled, his voice low and dangerous. "After everything I've given you, this is how you repay me?"
Candy flinched, tears welling in her eyes. "I'm sorry, Sir. I didn't mean to--"
"Shut up," he snapped. "You didn't mean to touch his cock?"
Candy took a deep breath, steeling herself for Daddy's reaction to her next words.
"No. I meant to, but it was just the alcohol and it was so late. I was so confused. I'd lost Nell."
"What happened next?"
"He started kissing me, sir. His tongue went into my mouth and I could taste beer and cigarettes. I knew I'd gone too far. I tried to say no--"
"You tried?"
"I
I couldn't bring myself to push him away. He was so strong. He wrapped his hand around me and just pulled me in.
"And you just let him?"
"Yes, sir. At first, I thought I said nothing because I was afraid he wouldn't stop, but... But it was because I was afraid he would stop. I'm so sorry, Sir. I was drunk and stupid and lonely."
She paused, dreading what she had to say next. The tears were flowing freely now, her mascara leaving dark trails down her cheeks.
"Where were his hands?"