Page 38 of Mercy
“You do know you can talk to me about anything, right?”
Turning her head, she avoids looking at me, “I get spanked sometimes, when I’m bad.”
“Spanked? On your butt?”
My question rolls over in her mind. She narrows her eyes, “Well sometimes. But it depends on how bad I am.”
“Where do you get spanked when you’re really bad?”
I spot Liam outside the door, but Ivy doesn’t. He moves out of view when he hears our conversation.
“My face, other parts of my body, anywhere, I guess. Sometimes on my neck.”
“On your neck?” I ask. What the hell does that even mean?
“Not spanking, squeezing.”
She fucking chokes her? It takes everything in me to keep my expression stoic.
I stroke her hair, “That’s never okay, Ivy. Your behavior could never be bad enough to deserve that.”
“Can we watch the movie? I don’t like talking about this.”
“Yes, sweet girl,” I grab the tablet and press play.
A few minutes later, Liam walks in and casually says, “Can I borrow Mercy for a few minutes? I need her help.”
She glances up at Liam, “Can I finish the movie?”
I nod, “Of course, you can. You can watch anything onDisneybut that’s it, no other apps, okay?”
I get up and follow Liam to the on-call room. As we are walking, he chuckles.
“What?” I ask.
“You just don’t want her finding your kindle and all the smut books.”
I laugh, “Well true, although I don’t think she could read them anyway.”
“No but the covers.”
“What do you know about the covers of smut books, Dr. Lexington?”
“You really like those books, don’t you?”
I shrug and speak low, “I’m a smut slut, a total lover of the cliterature, what can I say?”
“Did you just say cliterature?”
I smile, “Why yes, I did, Dr. Lexington.”
He growls as we walk into the on-call room. “It makes me crazy when you call me that.”
“More than Daddy?” I ask while feigning an innocent expression.
“Fuck, Mercy. Behave, we need to discuss what she told you.”
I smile and nod, “Yes, I know. I need to contact CPS, but she’s never going to trust me again.
