“The door was wide open when I walked past,” the man explains.
“Well, thank you for keeping an eye on her. I’ll take her home now.” Daddy smiles.
I don’t dare make eye contact with the man, his words still coursing through my mind. Who is he?
“Any time. If you need me to watch over her while you go out, let me know,” the man offers.
My grip tightens on Daddy’s shirt as I suck in a breath. I’m going to have to tell him that he can’t let me stay with the man, or else Daddy may never see me again. That can’t happen.
Daddy walks past him and back into the apartment, shutting and locking the door behind him. I don’t let go of him as he walks through the apartment, not ready to be away from him just yet.
“You called me Daddy for the first time.” Daddy smiles and sits on the couch, looking at me. “Are you sure you’re okay?”
I nod and stare at the door.
“What’s wrong?” he asks.
“I don’t want to see him again,” I mumble as I face Daddy again. “He’s weird.”
“I’ve never met him before, but I don’t think he is unsafe,” Daddy replies. “I think you were just scared. He didn’t want to hurt you.”
“I don’t know.” I shudder. “He said he wanted me.”
Nausea bubbles inside of me as I remember his words. The way he was looking at me was like I was his favorite meal.
“What do you mean?” Daddy asks.
I open and close my mouth several times before shutting my eyes and shaking my head.
“Talk to me, Little pet.” Daddy cups my face in his hands. “What did he say to you?”
“That he wanted to keep me. That I was cute. That he wanted to have his way with me and to keep me all to himself,” I whisper, tears racing down my face once again.
“He said what?” Daddy angrily asks.
I shake my head and place my hand over my mouth, trying to stop myself from puking.
“Did he really say that?” Daddy rubs his thumb across my cheek. “Tell Daddy.”
“He did,” I quietly say. “Check the camera footage. I wouldn’t lie to you about something like this.”
Daddy pulls me close to him, wrapping his arm around me so I can’t move.
“Hello, it’s Chale. Can you check the camera feed for the past hour and report back on what was said between an unknown male and my pet?” Daddy asks through the phone. “Thank you.”
Warmth spreads across my body. Daddy believes me. Part of me was worried he wasn’t going to trust the other Venkorian.
“They’ll let me know what he said, and we’ll go from there. But if he said that, he won’t get away with it,” Daddy tells me.“You are too precious to me. I don’t want anything to happen to you. I’m sorry you had to go through that.”
I snuggle into his embrace and take a deep breath, calming myself down.
“Why did you go outside? More importantly, how did you get out?” Daddy asks.
I pull away slightly and look up at him. “The door was open. I thought you were out there.”
His eyebrows pull together. “I shut the door behind me and made sure it was locked.”
Fear builds inside of me at his words. How did the door open? It was ajar when I walked up to it.
