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It was at times like this where having a boss would have helped her. Someone to tell her to take a step back.Breathe. Do something else. Clock off for the evening.

Cassie needed the kind of firm but fair instruction that in an ideal situation a Daddy would provide.

But for Cassie, the topic of a Daddy was a bit of a sensitive subject.

Part of Cassiecraveda Daddy.

Someone to look after her, be there when she needed a snuggle. A dominant figure to also lay down the law when it was required too. And if that meant a firm spanking, then so be it.

But Cassie had been in that situation before.

And itdid notwork out well.

Cassie’s former Daddy simply couldn’t deal with the amount of time Cassie put into her comics. So much so it was like he was jealous of Cassie’s passion for her career. But instead of talking things through with Cassie in an honest and transparent way, the former Daddy had taken a different approach. He was negative about the work.

Constantly telling Cassie it wasn’t good enough to use professionally.

Always putting Cassie’s skills down.

In the end, Cassie realized that her old Daddy couldn’t possibly have loved her if all he did was criticize and berate her for caring about her work. That wasn’t the kind of environment that Cassie wanted to live in. Far from it. So in the end, Cassie decided to end the relationship. The Daddy hadn’t taken it well. There was no civilized goodbye. Just huge argument after huge argument.

It had taken a toll on Cassie.

In Cassie’s mind now, she had decided that maybe being in a relationship was simply out of her reach. Cassie knew that there was no way she was going to abandon her life as a comic creator. So why put herself through the stress and sadness of getting into another DDlg relationship.

It was a tough decision, but one Cassie felt was for the best.

Speaking of DDlg relationships, Cassie looked at her cell phone and saw a message from her friend Katie. Like Cassie, Katie was a Little. But the difference being that Katie was in a relationship with Cage. They were great together. Cage was Katie’s Forever Daddy and it filled Cassie with so much love to see how happy the pair were together.

Sure, Cassie sometimes sighed when she saw Katie and Cage walking home together, hand in hand. That was natural. It wasn’t a nasty kind of jealousy at all. More of a longing for having something comparable herself.

‘Okay, let’s see what Katie’s up to,’ Cassie said, opening up the message on her cell phone…

KATIE: Hey, Cassie! What are you up to? Don’t tell me… work? Well we’re going to the park in a bit if you want to join us? We can play with my new Big Bubble Machine! See you later (hopefully!) – K XoXo

Cassie’s eyes lit up at the mention of the bubble machine. Katie had been talking about it for ages and had been delighted when her Daddy had surprised her with it as a gift recently.

The prospect of fun in the park with a fancy-pants new bubble machine was certainly an attractive prospect that was for sure.

But Cassie wanted to make sure that she was happy with the comic first. She couldn’t enjoy herself properly if she felt there was still work to do to get it just right.

Perfectin fact.

The thing was, Cassie was a perfectionist. It meant that her work was always done to a great standard. And it explained why her comic was getting more and more popular. The readers could see that she cared and spent a great deal of time on it.

But the downside of being such a perfectionist was that sometimes it spilled over into something less positive. Cassie would spend hours poring over the smallest details. Things that probably in reality weren’t even noticeable to a single reader. But if Cassie knew something could be improved by even the tiniest of percentages, then she wouldn’t stop until it was fixed.

Cassie picked out a pineapple and peach juice box from this refrigerator and drained it down in three or four thirsty gulps. She hadn’t realized just how thirsty she had been. Working on the final stages of a comic was always intense and Cassie would sometimes totally forget to feed and water herself.

Before getting back to work, Cassie messaged Katie to tell her that she would join them all at the park as soon as she was done.

‘Okay, back to it, Bouncer,’ Cassie said, petting her stuffie before placing Bouncer back on the desk at the side of her computer monitor. ‘These edits won’t finish themselves!’

Three hours later and Cassie was finally done.

‘Urgh, I’m beat,’ Cassie said, leaning back in her chair and wistfully looking out of the window. ‘Will my friends even still be at the park? Cage is strict with timekeeping so may have taken Katie home by now. Sydney doesn’t have a Daddy, but she wouldn’t have stayed out on her own I don’t think.’

But all wasn’t lost.

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