Facture

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«Juliiiiie ?

— Quoooooooi ?

— Viens par ici.

— Pourquoooooi ?

— Viens ici.

— C’est urgent ?

— Viens !

— Bon… Oui, quoi ?

— C’est quoi, ça ?

— Ben une enveloppe ? Mystère résolu ! Tu m’excuses, mais j’ai mon livre là et…

— Et dans l’enveloppe, il y a quoi ?

— C’est toi qui l’as, hein… »

Il soupire et retire les papiers de la fameuse enveloppe. Il les lui les tend.

« Ah… Ça…

— Oui, je t’écoute ?

— Ben tu sais, je t’avais dit…

— Tu m’avais dit ? Mais encore ?

— Ben… Lafacturedugazenretarddumoisdernier

— Pardon?

— C’est le gaz…

— Quoi le gaz ?

— La régularisation… Tu sais ?

— Encore ? C’est réglé depuis longtemps ça…

— Non… »

Elle baisse la tête, se mord nerveusement la lèvre. Elle n’ose pas le regarder, il est furieux et elle le sait.

« J’ai complètement zappé…

— Tu as zappé.

— Bah… Oui…

— Donc quand je te l’ai rappelé la dernière fois et que tu m’as dit « oui oui c’est bon »…

— Mais je voulais vraiment le faire… C’est juste que…

— Que quoi ?

— Ben j’ai été distraite…

— Julie, c’était déjà un rappel !

— Je sais… Pardon…

— Pardon, ça ne paie pas les factures…

— Non mais… euh… Les fessées non plus ?

— Bien essayé…

Il n’a pas besoin d’en dire plus ; tête baissée, elle remonte jusqu’à la chambre pour en redescendre sans son jean, sa brosse à cheveux à la main. Elle la lui tend avec un regard suppliant. La brosse, elle déteste ça, surtout celle-là, d’ailleurs. Le bois, comme ça, la rigidité, ça lui met les fesses en feu dès le premier coup. Et ça marque, de beaux bleus qui lui durent quelques jours. Mais ce n’est pas la première fois, et elle se penche sur le dossier du canapé sans broncher. Il pose la facture sur un coussin devant son nez.

« Lis-moi ce qu’il y a marqué.

— Tout ?

— Commence là.

— Rappel… »

*CLAC!* Il commence déjà.

« Régularisation annuelle… »

*CLAC!*  *CLAC!*  Il continue, ponctuant chaque mot d’un coup sec de la lourde brosse. Elle sent les larmes qui monte, et sa vision se brouille un peu.

« Je dois vraiment tout lire ?

— Lis-moi le chiffre en gras à la fin.

— Mais c’est un nombre…

— Quoi ?

— Ben… Les chiffres c’est juste de zéro à neuf et…

Une volée de coup l’interrompt.

« Lis *CLAC!* moi *CLAC!*  le *CLAC!*  nombre *CLAC!* à *CLAC!*  la *CLAC!* fin ! »

Elle hurle, « Aïe ! Aaaaaïe ! Pardon ! Pardoooon ! Trois cent aaaïe quatre-vingt-treeeizaaaaïe !

— Ah, bah voilà, c’est mieux !

— Tu ne vas pas faire ça, hein ?

— Ah si.

— Non non, c’est beaucoup trop, je ne suis pas maso à ce point-là !

— Tu comptes.

— Non… J’aime pas… S’il te plaît…

— C’est pas fait pour te faire plaisir !

— Mais je suis nulle pour ça… S’il te plaît…

— C’est comme pour les factures, tu vas apprendre…

— Juste les chiffres ? C’est bien, déjà, non ?

Il lève les yeux au ciel et ne répond pas. Il pose la brosse à plat contre ses fesses déjà rougies. Elle frissonne et ferme les yeux. Les dix premiers coups ne se font pas attendre ; elle les énumère un à un. Une pause. Dix de plus, tous du même coté. Elle serre les dents. Dix autres, il aime la symmétrie.

« Trente !

— Ça commence à rentrer ?

— Je ne sais pas exactement de quoi tu parles mais oui, oui, promis, c’est rentré…

— Elle part aujourd’hui, la facture.

— Oui… Promis… »

Elle s’essuie le coin des yeux du plat de la main.

« J’essaye, tu sais…

— Vraiment ?

— Mais… Oui… »

Les larmes reviennent, plus que la honte, plus que la douleur, c’est cette simple question qui la fait pleurer. Bien sûr qu’elle essaye. Elle fait de son mieux, elle veut qu’il soit fier d’elle. Dans ce « Vraiment ? », elle entend toute sa déception. Elle pleure, elle murmure des « Je fais ce que je peux …»

Il la relève et la serre dans ses bras, sans rien dire. Sa colère s’évapore ; il lui caresse doucement les cheveux. Elle pleure dans sa chemise. Son mascara soi-disant waterproof —bien trop cher— ruine sans doute la chemise pour de bon. Il s’en fiche.

« Je sais que tu fais des efforts… »

Elle ne répond pas. Elle n’y arrive pas. Il lui répète.

« Je sais que tu fais des efforts… Et je suis fier de toi, en général, tu sais ?»

Elle renifle.

« C’est vrai ? »

Il sourit et passe la main dans ses cheveux.

« Tu sais bien que tu es la championne du monde des sales gosses…»

Elle  lui donne un petit coup de poing sur le torse et sourit malgré elle. Elle est bien, là, contre lui.

Enfin, elle a mal au fesse, quand même. Pas étonnant que les factures, on appelle ça des “douloureuses”…

Out for a jog

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Two more laps, she was thinking. Two more lap and she would be done. She closed her eyes and exhaled, concentrating on her rhythm, her breathing. She could feel her heart beating fast, she could feel every muscle in her legs begging her to stop. Two more laps. Just two more.

She opened her eyes and gasped as she ran into the back of another jogger, making them both fall to the ground on the dew-covered grass.

“What the hell ?” she yelled as she got up, getting the grass off her small shorts. “Watch where you’re going, dumbass…”

He got up as well, he was tall, a good head taller than she was. Square jaw, dark hair, freshly shaven, grey eyes… Grey eyes that were glaring at her.

“You ran into me, lady”

She rolled her eyes and made a gesture with her hand.

“Whatever! Leave me alone, you creep.”

“Excuse-me ? Are you blind or something ? You hit me from behind !”

“Oh yeah, well I’m sure you’re used to that…” she said with a hauty smirk.

“Oh, so bratty and intolerant? Well you’re a treat, aren’t you ?”

She blushed instantly and looked down without even thinking, chewing her lips. She knew she had a temper, and sometimes the stupidest things would come out of her mouth before she even thought about them.

“Okay,” she blurted, “That was uncalled for…”

“Is that all?”

“What more do you want?” she said, aggressive once more. She didn’t like his tone. Patronizing and shit, who did he think he was, that Bruce-Wayne wannabe?

“An apology would be the least you could do?” he said in disbelief. What an arrogant brat, he thought.

She laughed. “Oh, the least I could do, huh? What, do you imagine I’ll blow you behind the bushes or something, you goddamn perv?”

He frowned and took a step towards her, pointing a finger

“That’s enough!” he said, menacingly.

She crossed her arms “Oh yeah? Or what? What are you gonna do, huh?”

“Obviously your parents never showed you what happens to disrespectful brats!”

She hesitated for a moment, and blushed under his glare. She felt a shiver running down her spine. Not only that but, looking at him, handsome, well built, and… very angry, she felt something else.

“W-what? You… You wouldn’t…” She felt very confused. How… dare he? How… Surely, he would not…

He didn’t answer and simply grabbed her arm and started walking her towards the bushes she had mentioned earlier. She barely protested. The thought that he would actually go through with it was ridiculous at best. She blushed as she realised she was imagining it. Her, draped across his lap, her bare bottom on display for him to punish like a little misbehaving brat… The sound of harsh slaps echoing through the woods… He would pause and caress her ass while she would sob and beg him to stop….

Her face was already as red as she’d ever been when he stopped and sat on a stump. He crossed his arms.

“Get your shorts off”

“What? Are you crazy?”

“You heard me. Get them off.”

“But… No!”

She was twisting her wrists. She got a finger to her mouth and nervously bit her nail.

“I… I don’t think that’s appropriate…” She was losing all her countenance. There was something about the steely gaze, that stern look.

“You don’t think you deserve it?”

“…”

She looked down and wordlessly pulled her shorts down to the ground, then stepped out of them. She crossed her hand before her white knickers. He indicated for her to come over his lap. She did, tears already forming in her eyes. What was she doing ? What in the name of… *SMACK!* The first slap caught her totally off-guard, and she cried out as much in surprise as in pain. The next one wasn’t far behind, and the next one, and the next. Before long, heavy tears were rolling down her cheeks, and, just as she had envisioned, she was begging him to stop.

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For a first time, he gave her the full experience. The panties came down, the slaps kept coming until he was certain that she had been properly chastised. Finally, he got her up and wiped the tears away with his thumb.

“I’ll be waiting for you here next Saturday,” he said, sternly. “If you haven’t behaved during the week, you’ll get another one. Clear ?”

She nodded. “Y-yes, Sir…” She didn’t know where the words had even come from, but she knew one thing: she would be there.

With a nod, he turned around and started running, leaving her to put her shorts back on, rubbing her bright red behind and wondering what she had gotten herself into. Her bottom was so warm she couldn’t believe it. As she stood there, rubbing it, she bit her lip and smiled. Well he was handsome, after all, maybe… Maybe she didn’t need to behave all that much…

Habitudes

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Pour une petite fée de passage

« Le problème, Julie, c’est l’attitude.

— Comment ça, l’attitude ?

— Eh bien, ton attitude, en général.

— Ouais bah qu’est ce qu’elle a, mon attitude en général ? »

Il soupire.

« Bah quoi ? » dit-elle avec un léger mouvement de tête.

« Ça, justement, cette façon de répondre, ça frôle l’insolence…

— Ça frise l’insolence, tu veux dire ? » Elle rigole, « En bon français ? »

Il ferme les yeux. Sa machoire se crispe. Elle lève les yeux au ciel.

« Pardon… Tu disais ?

— Tu sais très bien ce que je disais.

— L’attitude…

— L’attitude, oui, le comportement…

— Ah mais non, l’attitude et le comportement, ce n’est pas la même chose…

— Ne commence pas…

— Oui bah… Je suis déjà sur tes genoux, alors…

— Justement, oui, ça devrait t’inciter à rester sage.

— Mais je suis sage.

— Et donc c’est par hasard que tu es sur mes genoux, ta culotte a mi-cuisses ? »

Elle fait la moue et pose la tête sur le dos de sa main. Elle marmonne quelque chose.

« Quelque chose à dire ?

— Non…

— Tu es sûre ?

— …

— Pas un petit mot d’excuse ?

— Je suis désolée ? Ça va ça ? Niveau attitude ? Oui ? »

La claque la fait bondir, sèche, dure. Ses fesses sont déjà cramoisies, et malgré son air bravache, elle commence à bien la sentir, la punition. Il n’attend pas et lui en colle une autre, exactement au même endroit. Une troisième, une quatrième. Il est vraiment fâché, ce coup-ci. Sa main s’abat plus bas, sur ses cuisses. La douleur est cinglante.

« Non ! Pas là… »

Elle jette son bras en arrière dans le vain espoir de se protéger. Il le lui attrape et le lui coince dans le dos. Les claques pleuvent sur ses cuisses. Les larmes perlent au coin de ses yeux.

« S’il te plaît… »

Il arrête un instant et relâche son bras.

« Je t’écoute ?

— Je suis désolée… Vraiment…

— Et pourquoi es-tu désolée ?

— Ben parce que j’ai mal, là… »

Il lui flanque une dizaine de claques de plus à pleine main.

« De quoi es-tu désolée, Julie ?

— Ah tu vois, c’est mieux…

— Tu en veux encore ?

— Non ! Non, non… Pardon…

— Donc ?

— Je suis désolée d’être pénible…

— Et ?

— Et je ferai des efforts ? Pour mon attitude…

— Et ton comportement, tant qu’à faire…

— Oui oui… Promis…

Il a l’habitude d’entendre ça. Elle le dit sincèrement à chaque fois, il en est certain, ce qui ne l’empêche pas de se retrouver régulièrement sur ses genoux. Il jette un regard approbateur à ses fesses uniformément rougies, le regard averti d’un amateur du travail bien fait.

« Bon, je crois que tu sais ce qui t’attends ?

— S’il te plaît… J’aime pas ça…

— Et c’est bien pour ça que tu y vas.

— Mais je suis désolée ! Promis, j’ai bien compris la leçon…

— Et moi je veux qu’elle reste, la leçon que tu as compris… Alors, au coin.

— …

— Quoi ?

— La leçon que j’ai comprise, tu veux dire ? Non ?

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Pour une petite cigale de passage

“Non, Julie, j’ai dit non

— Mais…

— Non, c’est non.

— Oui mais…

— Non, pas «oui», non.

— Pfffff… T’es vraiment pas marrant.

— Ben… non, apparemment je ne suis pas marrant, non.

— Bon, t’as fini de dire non ?

— Hé ! C’est quoi ce ton, là ?

— Rien, rien… Pardon…

— Je préfère, oui…

— Ah bah tu vois…

— Julie… Arrête de chercher…

— Mais je ne cherche pas, pfff…

— Et arrête de soupirer comme ça… Tu sais bien que je n’aime pas ça.

— Oh là là… Mais c’est le goulag ici… »

Il lève les yeux au ciel, referme son livre d’un geste sec et la regarde droit dans les yeux.

« Bon, ça suffit maintenant. Je ne te le dirai pas une fois de plus. »

Elle fait la moue et se tait un moment. Il rouvre son livre et cherche sa page en se maudissant de ne pas l’avoir marquée. Silence, enfin.

« Oh allez, ça peut être marrant ! »

Tant pis pour la page, le livre retombe sur la table basse et il l’attrape par le poignet, la cale sur ses genoux.

« Non, non, attends ! »

Il retrousse sa petite jupe d’été, celle qu’elle aime bien faire tournoyer. La petite culotte est crème, fine, de la dentelle sur les côtés. Celle-là, il l’aime bien, et elle le sait.

« S’te plaît… C’était juste pour essayer…

— Et je t’ai dit non, Julie, tu ne me fesseras pas, tu ne touches pas à mes fesses !

— Mais c’est pas juste !

— La vie est injuste, ma grande ! »

Et sur ce, les claques pleuvent, ignorant les jérémiades. Ses fesses, à elle, rougissent de plus belle. La culotte reste en place, il aime bien l’effet que ça fait, il aime bien jouer avec. Elle gémit, elle se cache la tête dans un coussin. Il sait bien à quel jeu elle joue. Il aime bien y jouer aussi. Malgré lui, il sourit.

La fessée passée, elle se love contre lui. Il a repris son livre ; il a retrouvé sa page. Il lui fait un bisou sur les cheveux.

« Oui bah n’empêche que c’est pas juste, hein…

— Non, mais, au final, ça te va très bien comme ça. »

Elle fait une petite moue et se serre un peu plus contre lui. Silence, enfin. Elle lève la tête.

« Mais juste une fois, pour voir ? »

Exchange student

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“Stop!” she yelled, “Stop spanking meeeee!”

He didn’t. In fact, it only made him spank her harder. Left-right, left-right, heavy, punitive slaps. Her small bottom was bouncing and wriggling under his painful attentions, and tears were streaming down her face over her blushing cheeks.

“It’s not… oww!… it’s not fair!”

He said nothing, readjusting her over his lap and resuming the spanking impassively.

“I mean… Ooow! Stop!… It wasn’t that bad…”

He rolled his eyes and pulled her skirt up in a swift, sharp move. He couldn’t help but pause, not because of her outraged cries and pitiful attempts at getting her skirt back down, but rather mesmerised by the two perfect little pink globes he had revealed. She was wearing the smallest pair of panties —hardly any protection at all— and her fretting made her bottom wiggle and bounce in a most alluring manner. He lifted his arm up again.

 

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“Oooooow! How dare you! It was just— Oww!! It was just a little prank!”

He clenched his jaw at the memory, and slapped her tight bottom harder than ever. Just a prank… The nerves on this one…

“Okay… Okay! I’m sorry! It was… OoooOoow!!… just to welcome you… Ow, ow, oOOow! It’s tradition ! Don’t you have traditions like that in Europe?”

“Oh we have many traditions in Europe,” he said with a hint of an accent, “Most of which don’t involve humiliating other people…” he landed a couple more swats and went on:

“But first of all, the swastikas are really offensive,” he said, punctuating each word with a hearty slap, “And second of all, I’m not even German!”

“Oow! But Europe…”

“Is a continent, not a country. Consider this your first lesson, the first of many!”

Diner with his boss

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He had warned her once: “Watch your language, Nina.”

She had rolled her eyes and nodded. Yes she would, she was sorry. He’d heard it all before, but he wanted to believe her. He had invited his boss and her husband over, and he wanted her to make a good impression; a promotion was not on the table yet, but he wanted all the chances he could get. So Nina had been told to behave. So far, so good.

His boss was sat on the sofa, enjoying a glass of sparkling wine and enjoying a handful of almonds. Nina had gone to the kitchen to keep an eye on the roast and get another bottle of cava. He poured his boss’ husband a glass of red wine —finishing the bottle— and started talking about rugby. Scotland, he argued, was past due for a comeback and—

“Oh shit!” he heard coming from the kitchen with a loud noise of broken glass.

He blushed and excused himself immediately. He got to the kitchen, where Nina was squatting over the broken glass with a dustpan and a brush.

“What happened?” he asked

“What do you think?” she shrugged, “The fu… I mean, the glass fell, and it broke. It’s what tends to happen when glass falls…”

“Nina…” he warned “Watch your tone…”

She said nothing and pushed the last bits of glass in the pan, then got up to empty it in the bin. She adjusted her tight skirt and looked up at him shyly.

“I’m sorry…”

“It’s just a glass… But…”

She lowered her voice “But I’ll watch my mouth… Sir…”

“Good girl. You know what will happen if you don’t…”

They went back to the living room. and resumed the vacuous small-talk as if nothing had happened. The radio was on, some easy listening station, and a pleasant smell was coming from the kitchen.

He looked at her pouring herself another glass of bubbly and raised an eyebrow. She caught his expression and mouthed a “What?” while opening her eyes wide and shaking her head a little. She put the bottle down and emptied half of her glass in one gulp.

Distracted, he asked the husband to repeat what he’d just said when Nina spilled her glass all over her new, cotly dress.

“Shit, shit shit!” she cried, immediately getting up and patting herself down. His boss was looking at him quizzingly. He got up.

“Come here, sweetheart,” he said, “Go to the bathroom, I’ll get you some clothes…”

She did as she was told and he followed her to their en-suite bedroom after apologizing profusely and making sure his guests had all they needed. He got in and closed the door.

“Nina?” he called, softly.

She came out of the bathroom in a tank-top and her panties. She was blushing and kept her eyes down.

“I… I’m sorry, Sir…”

He sat on the bed and beckoned her over.

“No… Please… Sir… Love… Your boss, they…”

“Don’t make me ask you again, Nina,” he said firmly, and with a little nod, she came and wrapped herself over his knees. He immediately grabbed her pink panties and pulled them up in a painful wedgie, revealing the little that they covered. The slaps fell, hard and relentless, and soon she began softly crying and whispering little “sorries” in between sobs. Her bottom turned pink, then red, then a bright crimson as he poured spank after spank on it. Mindful of his boss waiting and the roast about to be cooked, he stopped and grabbed her hair, bending her head backwards and whispering in her ear.

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A few minutes later they were both back in the living-room, where no comment was made and the rest of the evening went by with no incidents.

A week later, he received an email from his boss, praising him for his people skill and how he knew how to handle troublesome elements. She praised him over the discipline he had been showing in his work, and the firm hand he showed in negotiation. She was offering him a promotion.

She had added a post-scriptum : Thank your lovely wife for the opportunity she gave me to appreciate your dedication.

The belt for Becky

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Her bottom already crimson from the warm-up spanking over her master’s knees, Becky walked to the glass desk and put her hands on it as instructed, her legs slightly parted at her knees. Standing on the tip of her toes, she pushed her bottom up, a perfect target for what she knew was coming. The glass was cold to the touch under her palms, and she wished she could sit on it and cool her sore bottom.

She shivered; she hated the belt. She hated its burning touch, she hated how it made her cry out uncontrollably, she hated how it meant she had pushed him too far. He would not hold back, how ever few times he would strike her. She screwed her eyes shut as she heard her master’s belt buckle coming undone. He caressed her offered bottom with the cruel piece of leather. She softly moaned.

WHACK!

One lick for her attitude that day.

WHACK!

One for talking back.

WHACK!

One for unfinished chores.

WHACK!

One for snacking.

WHACK!

One for disappointing him.

WHACK!

One to make sure she learnt her lesson.

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The babysitter

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“Daddy!” the little boy said with a giggle as the door opened, and he ran towards his very confused father. His equally confused mum came followed in and closed the door.

“James? Why aren’t you in bed?” she asked, worried.

James giggled and threw his arms up with a big , adoring smile. His father lifted him up in his arms after putting his own coat away, and began searching through the house for the babysitter. There was a half-eaten pizza still on the sofa, James’s toys were strewn everywhere, the TV was on, showing some cartoons. Jessica, the babysitter, was nowhere to be found.

“Jessica?” the father called, “Jessica, where are you?” There was no answer but a noise upstairs caught his attention. He gave the boy to his mother and went up the stairs immediately, at once angry and worried. Was it a burglar? Had something happened to Jessica? The lights were on in the upstairs corridor, the doors all closed.

He paused and listened. A giggle came out of the spare bedroom and he moved in closer to the door, quietly. Another giggle. His worries burned away, leaving only anger, and he almost kicked the door open. As he’d suspected, the girl was there, with whom appeared to be a very surprised young man.

“Oh my God!” Jessica screamed, startled, as her boyfriend tried desperately to pull his jeans up. The father spared him but a glance.

“Out!” he said, pointing a finger at him and then at the door. He was trying his best to keep his voice down so as not to worry his young son. “Out now!”

The boyfriend hurried himself out without a word, leaving Jessica on the bed, mortified, looking down at the floor.

“I…” she started, then closed her mouth, not knowing what to say.

“Yes?” he said with a glare, crossing his arms over his chest.

“I’m sorry Mr. Jones, I…”

“How old are you again, Jessica?”

“I… Nineteen, sir, wh—”

“And you think that leaving a four year old on his own in front of a TV is a responsible kind of behaviour? Do you think that’s acceptable? Is that what we pay you for?”

Her blush intensified and she mumbles a little “No sir…”

“What was that?”

“No, sir… I’m sorry…”

“Sorry… You’re going to be sorry. Come downstairs. Right now,” he said, and took a step back against the door, freeing the doorway. She blushed and chewed on her lip a little.

“Yes, Mr Jones… It’s just that… I…” She paused, “I’m not wearing any trousers…”

He sneered, “Don’t worry about that, Jessica, you won’t need them, believe me…”

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What followed was a long, hard lesson taught firmly over Mr. Jones’ knees. Mrs Jones, having finally put James into bed, came back to scold her while the slaps continued to pour down on her already crimson buttocks. Tears streamed down her face as she cried pitiful sorries to no avail.

When her bruised cheeks were finally given a rest, she was sent to the corner of the living room and told that she would have to clean up all the mess that she had left with her red, punished bottom on display before she’d be allowed to get her trousers back. She did as she was told, still sniffling and rubbing her round buttocks until she was finally handed her jeans. She winced and moaned softly as she pulled the rough fabric over her tender behind.

She stood by the door, about to leave, her head bowed.

“I’m really sorry, Mr and Mrs Jones…” she said coyly.

“A lesson only has value if it’s learnt, Jessica,” the father said.

She unconsciously rubbed her backside with a pout. “I’ve learnt my lesson, sir…”

“We’ll see, Jessica. Be there at six next Saturday, no delay, understood?”

She opened her eyes wide and nodded forcefully, “Yes, sir!”

Caned

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She looked back at me, her crimson bottom almost glowing in the subdued lighting. Tears were still rolling silently down her cheeks, even now that the sobbing had stopped.  She had her hands against the wall, her tender, round, and bruised bottom on display. The cane strokes had left clear marks on it, straights line on the curves of her buttocks, whiter at their center where the rattan had struck. I could almost still hear the dry, cruel crack of it against her pale skin, a fraction of a second before her cries of pain.

She had not protested when she had been told to bend over the back of the sofa, her hands flat on the cushions, her pale orbs high up in the air. She had shivered and moaned as I had caressed her with the cane —a prelude to the pain to come— but she hadn’t said a word.

The cane had risen and fallen again and again, coming down hard, criss-crossing her behind in fiery lines of pain. She was in tears by the second stroke, bawling by the sixth, stomping her feet in between each hard stroke in the vain hope that it would make the burn go away. She had clenched her cheeks, shut her eyes, gritted her teeth, and withered the storm like the good girl she knew I wanted her to be.

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