“No! That’s not fair!”
Something cold presses against my bottom hole, and I instinctively clench against the invasion. But Catharina pushes it further in despite my attempts to keep it out, twisting and turning it just like Milie told her to.
“Apologize to Millie or when this thermometer comes out of your bottom, you’ll be getting reacquainted with Mommy’s hairbrush, Alexis Paige.”
Not getting a trip to the toy store would be a bummer, but another spanking with Mommy’s hairbrush would leave me sore and aching the rest of the day. Eager to avoid that fate again, I rush to apologize. “I’m sorry, Millie.”
“It’s okay. I know this kinda sucks.”
Surprisingly, her words ease some of the humiliation still flooding my body. “It really does.”
“But it’s important. Daddy can seem kinda mean, especially during an exam, but he really does just want to make sure you’re healthy.”
“That’s right, little one,” a deep voice says from the doorway, and when I look up I find the silver-haired doctor there, smiling at his Little girl. “Now, let’s get these vitals finished up so we can begin Alexis’s exam.”
Chapter Eleven
Alexis
Fear and embarrassment wash over me as I lay across Catharina’s thigh, waiting for the timer to signal it’s time for the thermometer to come out while Doctor D watches from the doorway. When it’s finally done, Catharina pulls the thermometer from my bottom and helps me to sit up on her lap while Millie takes my blood pressure.
“A little high, but not alarmingly so,” she says with another of those bright smiles as she taps the numbers into the tablet in her hand. “We’ll keep an eye on it just in case, but it’s likely due to nerves. Otherwise, her vitals are good, and we’ll take some blood samples after the exam to check things like her sugar and cholesterol, see if she needs to be put on any vitamins, that kind of thing.”
“Thank you, Millie. You’re a very good little helper.”
Millie’s cheeks flush at the compliment, and again I’m left with that nasty twisting feeling in my gut.
“Auntie Cat is right,” Doctor D says, stepping forward to scoop his Little girl up and settle her on his hip, his nosenuzzling at her cheek while she giggles happily. There’s another twist in my belly at how easily he picks her up despite her lush curves. I know that’s something I’ll never have, and I can’t help but wonder if Catharina would be happier with a Little girl who was, well, morelittle.“You’ve been a very good little helper. Why don’t you go get yourself a snack and some water from the fridge while I finish our new friend’s exam.”
“Can I have juice instead?” Millie bats her eyelashes and smiles prettily, but her Daddy doesn’t seem to be buying her sweet Little girl act.
“Have you hadanywater since we got to the office?”
“Umm.”
“That’s what I thought. Two bottles of water, and then we can discuss you having another bottle of juice with lunch.”
“Yes, Daddy,” Millie says with a heavy sigh.
Placing her on the floor again, Doctor D swats her bottom. “Go on, sunshine. Daddy will be done soon.”
With another sweet giggle, Millie hurries off, waving over her shoulder as she disappears from sight.
Doctor D turns to me then, and I’m not sure if I’m imagining things or if his smile grows colder as he studies me. “Catharina, I’ll need your Little one to be naked for her exam.”
“Of course. Come on, little imp, let’s get these clothes off you.”
“Why?”
Catharina levels a steely gaze at me that has me fighting the urge to squirm on her lap. “Because Doctor D said so, and Little girls who don’t listen to their doctors don’t get to pick out presents at the toy store.”
I’ve already lost one toy, and for whatever reason I’m loath to lose another. “I was just asking a question,” I grumble as she pulls my dress up over my head, immediately crossing my arms over my chest and stomach in a vain attempt to hide my bodyeven though she’s already seen every inch of me naked. There’s something about the harsh lighting of the exam room that makes me feel more exposed than ever.
“No, you were looking for reasons to be defiant and I do not tolerate defiance. Do I, Alexis Paige?”
“No, Mommy.”
She gives a little hum of approval as she finishes stripping me down and then helps me up onto the exam table. Emotion settles heavy in my chest, tears stinging in my eyes at the knowledge I’m too heavy for her to just pick up and put on the table like Doctor D can with Millie. Even though she’s curvier and taller than Victoria, her Daddy is clearly stronger than he looks.
