Page 21 of Forever His Brat

Katie snickered. “Sure, reasons.”

“Anyway—” Charlie continued in a prim tone, “— Sam had learned about kinky stuff from his own sources. Probably adult magazines. I never actually asked. But one day we were talking about it, and everything sort of just poured out. I was interested in the spanking thing mostly. He was interested in bondage more at first, but I liked the idea of being restrained too so it just went from there.”

“You guys got a much earlier start than I did then. I didn’t really know anything about all this lifestyle stuff until I found Nick.”

Charlie tilted her head. “So, you’ve never done this with anyone else then?”

“Nope. Just Daddy. I think we’d been on like three dates before he told me he had a cure for my smart-ass attitude. I dared him to show me and… he did.” She grinned, showing a dimple in her right cheek.

“I’ve never done this with anyone but Sam either. After we broke up, I was too broken for a while, and then too busy.”

Katie straightened. Her eyes lit with eagerness. “You’ve never been to a club to play then? Or a party?”

It was Charlie’s turn to shake her head. “Sam has. I mean I know he went to some with Nick, but he’s never taken me.”

She’d thought about it a few times, even mentioning to Sam that she’d like to. The idea was intriguing, but there weren’t any around that she knew of. Small towns made for a lot of gossip too, so she’d hesitate to go anyplace nearby, and there was never time to get to the city where she knew there were clubs.

“Ohhh! We should go! It’s fun even if you don’t play. I like to watch the scenes, but when Nick’s with me we do play. Getting spanked in public is so much fun! All those eyes on you.” She shivered, but the smile said it was from delight.

“I wouldn’t mind going with Sam sometime. Maybe we could all go together… though I don’t know where. We’d have to go to the city to find a place.” It would be fun, but hard to schedule.

“Or you and I could go, just to watch.”

Charlie met Katie’s eyes and hers widened. “Nick would let you go alone?” Somehow, she hadn’t expected that. The cowboy seemed too protective of his wife to allow it.

“Well, I mean ‘allows’ isn’texactlyhow I would put it.” She giggled and there was a mischievous glitter in her eye. “What he doesn’t know doesn’t hurt my ass. If you get my meaning?”

Charlie blinked. She wasn’t sure what to say and the first attempt at speech felt judgmental, so she closed her mouth again. Finally, she came up with, “But isn’t a big part of a relationship like this trust and honesty?”

Charlie had hidden things from Sam before. But it was usually because of conflicting emotions or nerves. Sometimes because she knew it was the right thing to do but also knew he wouldn’t agree. She tried to picture keeping a big secret from him just for fun and couldn’t.

“Yep, but for me part of the fun is getting caught,” Katie said. “I’m a brat. Being naughty on purpose to risk getting caught is exciting. And then if Idoget caught there’s punishment, so it’s kind of a win either way.”

Charlie had never found keeping secrets fun, especially if it was Sam she was keeping them from. The punishments it brought definitely weren’t something to look forward to either.

He called her his brat all the time. It had come originally from when they were both too young for it to have anything to do with kink. But it fit her now because as a submissive she enjoyed sassing and teasing him into spanking her, but that was lighthearted play. This was something else.

She wasn’t entirely sure how he would feel if he found out she went off exploring kink events without him. Of course, he’d had the chance to have those adventures. He’d been able to go to parties and even play at them. She never had.

Maybe this would be fair. If he didn’t kill her when he found out. “I don’t know… I think Sam would be mad.”

Katie shrugged. “So? What’s he gonna do, spank ya?” Her wide grin was infectious and so was her giggle.

Charlie realized she was laughing too. “Okay, you do have a point. And it would be fun to go and look, I guess.”

“See, perfect. I’ll hop online and find out where we can go that’s within driving distance, and we’ll make a night of it. We’ll tell the guys were going to have a girl’s night in the city or something. I bet they’ll be happy we’re bonding.”

Sam would be. He really wanted a friendship between her and Katie to work out. And he’d probably love to hang out and drink with Nick while they talked about old times too.

It seemed harmless. “It’ll be safe, right? I mean, these places … they are safe for women? With all the rules about consent and all?”

Everything she knew about BDSM clubs and play parties came from fiction and from online research. There was always a big emphasis on safety in any kink discussion around play spaces.

“Oh sure. Definitely. They usually have monitors and everything. I’ve been to these places alone and nothing has ever happened,” Katie assured her.

Charlie left feeling that her friendship with Katie was off to a great start. They had tentative plans to go out as soon as everyone had settled in and the weather improved. Charlie found herself eager for the adventure.

The excitement of the plan carried her back out into the cold as she trotted over to the barn. Sam noticed the makeup, but she didn’t tell him about her visit with Katie. There was no reason at all to keep it secret it was just …

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