“None of it are lies. You need to be very careful,Pequeña, or Santa will leave you coal in your stocking instead of gifts.”
That would be terrible!
All of her friends would get gifts except for her.
How could she rectify this?
Tell the truth?
Nah, that didn’t seem like a good idea.
Maybe make up another excuse?
Also not a good idea.
Oh, she was definitely in a lot of trouble.
“This time it wasn’t just the elf reporting back, though. Both Rafael and Bernard caught you red-handed hanging off the banister. That was very naughty, wasn’t it? You could have hurtyourself really badly. What if you’d fallen? What if you’d hit your head or snapped your neck? Did you think of that?”
Okay. So maybe she hadn’t been thinking.
She’d gotten a bit carried away in the heat of the moment.
“I wasn’t thinking very clearly,” she told him.
He caught her chin and turned her head toward him. “No, you weren’t. You forgot that you’re the most important thing in Papi’s world and that he would be lost without you.”
Shoot. He sounded so disappointed and upset. And she hated disappointing Alejandro more than anything.
“I’m sorry, Papi.”
“So am I. I’m sorry that I have to spank you the day before your friends arrive.”
“Well, you could just not spank me,” she suggested.
“I don’t think so, I can’t have you thinking that you can risk yourself all the time. And this spanking will have to be more severe than the one I gave you yesterday.”
“Why?” she cried, trying to get away from him. “My bottom still hurts from that one.”
“Because it obviously didn’t make enough of an impression,” he told her firmly. “You need to learn. No putting yourself in danger.” He stood her up on her feet and drew down her yoga pants.
Then he stared at her panties.
“How many panties do you have on?” he asked.
“Um, eight.”
“Eight?” he said incredulously.
“Yes. It’s actually very comfortable.”
“You might as well wear a diaper instead,” he commented dryly as he dragged them down her legs, one by one.
“Papi! That’s not very nice. I’m a big girl. I don’t need a diaper.”
“No, what you need is a paddling,” he said once her bottom half was naked. “Go and get it.”
Oh noooo.
