Chapter Two

Monroe

She scrambled off the bed and stared at Daddy with wide eyes. She hadn't realized how much time had passed.

"Shit. Daddy." She ran to the bathroom. "They are here! How are they already here?"

"Well, we did take longer than expected," he replied.

Monroe glared at him. "No shit!"

"Stop cursing. Do you want a hot bottom before we go let them in?"

"You wouldn't," she whispered.

He raised one of his eyebrows at her and crossed his arms. "Try me."

She shook her head. "No, thank you. I just… Do you think they heard?"

"No, they didn't."

Sighing, she quickly wiped herself clean and pulled her clothes on. She turned around and looked at Daddy.

"Do I look okay?" she asked.

"Put your hair up in a bun. The two cute buns that I like."

"Space buns?"

"I don't know the names. The two buns that are at the top of your head on either side. Do that."

She nodded her head and quickly parted her hair before putting them up.

"Perfect," Daddy whispered. "Are you ready to go let them in?"

"I guess? I'm worried they heard us."

"Everything is going to be okay. They didn't hear us."

But Monroe had a bad feeling. She was always loud when they had sex. There was no way they hadn't heard her. The door was open to their bedroom and the house wasn't soundproof.

"Come on," Daddy said. "Let's go let them in."

Monroe took several deep breaths as they walked down the stairs and toward the front door. She just had to act as normal as possible and everything would be okay. If she didn't, they would know something was up.

Daddy opened the door and she saw everyone. Charlotte, Sofia, Hedda, Janie, Bonnie, and Storm were all standing out front with their Daddies. Her eyes went wide as Hedda gave her a wink.

"You look like you just got fucked. All satisfied and calmed down," Hedda pointed out.

Her mouth fell open and she felt her whole face growing hot. So, they had heard them. Shit. This was going to be so awkward.

"You're in trouble when we get home," Leo said.

"But Papa!"

"No buts. We said not to say anything, yet you disobeyed," Oliver stated.

"I can't," Monroe whispered as she turned toward Daddy. "I can't do this."

She took a step back, turned her body, and took off running. But she didn't get far. Daddy's arms wrapped around her, stopping her from going anywhere.

"Shhh," Daddy whispered in her ear. "You're okay. Everything is okay."

All the girls came toward them.

"It really is okay. We didn't hear much," Charlotte said.

Monroe groaned. "Could we not talk about this? I don't want to talk about this. Please make it stop."

"You're okay. No one is going to talk about it anymore," Daddy said loudly.

"Got it. No talking about it. That should be easy."

"I'm hungry!" Hedda announced. "When is the food going to be ready?"

"When it's ready," Leo replied. "We've got to get the meat on the grill. All the sides are done. We just need to set everything up."

"Why don't you girls go sit outside and talk to each other."

"I wanna join!" someone yelled.

Everyone turned around to see who it was. Well, Monroe couldn't exactly turn to see since her Daddy's arms were still around her.

"Let me go," she whined. "I wanna see who it is."

Daddy let go of her and she turned around to see Echo standing in the doorway.

"Echo! You made it. I'm so glad!" Monroe said. "Come on in. We were just about to head out back and talk."

Sofia grabbed onto Monroe's arm and started walking toward the back door.

"I've gotta tell you something. To make you feel better," Sofia whispered.

"What is it?" Monroe was intrigued now. How was she going to make her feel better? The whole situation was embarrassing. Who wanted other people to hear them having sex?

"You know when your Daddy got a call the other day and had to leave abruptly with his medical stuff?"

"Yeah, I remember that. Daddy wouldn't tell me what was going on besides someone needing help."

"Well, it was my Daddy who needed help."

Monroe stared at Sofia in shock. "What happened? Is he okay?"

"Well, we were messing around and let's just say cookie dough got stuck down there where it shouldn't. Your Daddy had to help my Daddy get it all out safely. So embarrassing," Sofia gently said. "To make it worse, my Daddy was trying to save me and then your Daddy made a joke when he found out it was my idea the whole time. Super duper embarrassing."

"No way."

Sofia nodded her head. "Yeah, it really did happen. You can ask your Daddy when everyone leaves. One of the most embarrassing moments of my life."

Monroe started to giggle lightly before falling into a full-blown laugh.

"I'm sorry!" she gasped. "I really shouldn't be laughing. I just feel your pain. Oh, my goodness."

Sofia started to laugh with her and before they knew it, both of them were on the ground with tears running down their faces.

"Are you girls okay?" Daddy asked.

Monroe took one look at her Daddy and busted out laughing again. She could just imagine the embarrassing moment he had with Sofia and Jaxson.

"Bunny?"

"Sofie? Are you girls okay? What's so funny?" Jaxson asked.

"Nothing!" she replied. "Just an inside joke."

Monroe looked over at Sofia and could tell she was feeling guilty. She would have, too, if she was in her situation.

"Uhh, she was just telling me something that happened a couple weeks ago. With my Daddy," Monroe whispered. "Embarrassing stuff."

Realization swept across Daddy and Jaxson's faces.

"Ah, well, I'm glad both of you can relate to each other somehow," Jaxson said. "No more talking about it, though."

"Understood!" Sofia giggled.

Daddy helped them both up and they walked outside to where the other girls were.

"I'm glad I could giggle about that," Sofia whispered. "Thanks."

"I couldn't help myself and felt bad after I first started laughing, but I'm glad you were able to laugh as well," Monroe replied.

"Took you girls long enough," Echo said. "You guys took forever!"

"Yeah, what were you guys doing?" Charlotte asked.

"Uhh, talking to our Daddies," Monroe rapidly said before Sofia could say anything.

She could tell Charlotte and Hedda wanted to ask more questions, but she gave a slight shake of her head. They weren't allowed to talk about it.

"So, are we going to get into trouble today?" Echo asked.

"I would rather not," Charlotte whispered. "I don't want a hot bottom."

"Oh, come on. Hot bottoms aren't that bad."

Monroe gave Echo a weird look. "You haven't had a hot bottom yet."

"True, but they can't be that bad."

"How's your mysterious man?" Sofia asked. "Is he still following you around?"

Echo shrugged her shoulders but stayed silent. Monroe was going to take that as a yes.

"Has he hurt you?" Charlotte asked.

"No, he hasn't. He hasn't done anything since we went to The Little Farm. But I have noticed him still following me. Nothing too close," Echo gently said.

"And you're still okay with that? I can have my Daddy talk to some of his police friends," Sofia added. "He still knows a lot of people."

"No, don't do that. I don't think that'll do much anyways."

"Why do you say that?" Monroe asked. "Is he doing something illegal? Is he like Miles and Rogan?"

Echo shook her head. "No, he isn't like that, but I don't think he's innocent, either. I think he might be part of a motorcycle club. But don't tell anyone else! Please. I don't know for certain."

"Oh! I've seen some of them riding in town! I think their name is Springfield Sinners or something," Charlotte said. "One of them actually came into Heavenly Baked."

"Are they nice?" Monroe asked.

"Rough around the edges or at least the one who ordered was. He ordered a lot, no doubt buying for some of the other guys sitting outside the shop. Gruff voice but left a nice tip," Charlotte replied.

"I thought you worked in the back," Echo said.

"Yeah, I do, but every once in a while, I'll take an order. That and Amelia was being a brat and needed to get a spanking, so it left me to take over. To say I was scrambled was an understatement. But the guy barked at me to take my time and that he wasn't in any rush."

"Barked at you?" Sofia asked.

"Yeah, barked. Between a yell and a command, I guess. I don't know. It just sounded fitting to use. He basically commanded in a loud voice to take my time and not to hurt myself."

Monroe thought all of this as interesting. Springfield was getting more popular each day and now they had a motorcycle club moving in.

Were they good guys or were they bad guys? Should she fear for Echo's life? Was she in danger? There were so many questions running through her mind.

"Did you get a bad vibe from him?" Monroe asked.

Charlotte shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. I wouldn't say bad, but I also wouldn't say he's a cuddly teddy bear. It was all weird. Sometimes, I got the vibe that he was a good guy, but then somebody looked at him the wrong way and he wasn't a good guy."

"Echo, please be careful," Monroe couldn't help saying. "Just, I know you're an adult, but please be careful. We don't know these men and I don't want you to get hurt. Or get kidnapped."

"I know. I'm cautious. I never go anywhere that is deserted without somebody else because he's always following me," Echo replied. "I have no doubt he followed me here. He's probably somewhere on the street looking at the house."

"Do you think the Daddies have noticed?" Hedda asked. "I bet my Daddies have noticed. They notice every single little detail. Sometimes it can get quite annoying."

Monroe had no doubt some of them had taken notice. It was hard since he was a big man. Her guy wasn't small at all. He stuck out like a sore thumb.

"I bet they have," Echo replied. "He's always one hundred to two hundred feet away. Always close enough in case anything bad happened, he could get there. But don't mention anything to the Daddies because I don't need them on my case."

"We won't," Monroe said. "Well, that is unless you start getting into danger with him. Once it crosses that line, all promises are off. Your safety is important and if he starts putting you in danger, then we will tell our Daddies."

"Understood. Thank you."

They all fell silent for a couple of minutes. Monroe was trying not to be nervous and worry about Echo, but it was hard. Echo tended to be more on the reckless side of things.

It wasn't a bad thing, but she was worried this guy would bring that side out more and make it super unsafe. She already had to be talked out of doing things because of how dangerous they were.

Like jumping off a cliff and into the super rocky water down beneath. She could've hit her head and died. No one would have known if Monroe hadn't talked her out of it.

Monroe just wanted her safe. Echo needed a Daddy who would allow her to do some of her reckless things but would keep her safe from the really dangerous ones. Monroe didn't know if this guy was that person.

"Is everyone hungry?" Daddy asked.

"I've been hungry for hours," Hedda replied. "Literal hours. I could eat a horse at this point!"

"Hedda," Leo said. "You ate an hour ago."

Monroe held in a giggle at Hedda's hurt face.

"An hour ago was an eternity, Papa! My body needs food or it's going to slowly die of hunger!"

"You're being dramatic," Oliver said.

"Me, dramatic?" Hedda sounded shocked. "I would never, Daddy!"

Monroe couldn't help it anymore and busted out laughing.

"Sorry!" She waved her hand. "Forget I'm here!"

But their attention was already on her. So much for trying to hold in her laugh.

"Daddy, I'm hungry!" she said after she stopped laughing. "So hungry! Is the food ready?"

"Food is ready! Come and get it!"

Squeals were heard as they all got up and ran toward the food.