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Back at home they were given an ecstatic greeting by Honey. She bent to hug her, getting comfort from the dog’s loving response.
“I want you stripped and standing in the corner on my return,” David told her.
“Why, where are you going?” she asked fearfully. The thought that he’d had enough of her made her voice tremulous.
“I’m taking Honey out. She’s been shut in all morning and I need a walk. I’m too darned angry with you right now. Do as you’re told and go stand in the corner and think about your behaviour today. I’ll be back soon.”
Gathering the dog and her lead, he left the house with Honey trotting beside him, tail waving to and fro jauntily. Penny watched them turn the corner then with a sigh she closed the front door.
Wandering into the kitchen, she fetched a glass of water. Once upstairs, she sank onto the bed and drank the fluid down in one go. Setting it aside, she began to strip. Once naked, she used the bathroom, and then with another heavy sigh, she moved to stand in the corner of the bedroom.
At first her thoughts were confused but as she calmed, the events of the morning played back through her mind. David had been so supportive of her when claustrophobia had overwhelmed her during the scan. She’d relaxed into little mode as he talked her through the process and sang to her. Things had gone wrong when she wanted that attention to continue after they left the radiology department. Why had she acted up over the blood test? It was a fact that she didn’t like needles but she had taken plenty of shots in the past. Clare had taken blood from her only recently, so why had she run away? She was an idiot.
Reviewing her behaviour, Penny felt overwhelmed with shame. Her actions had caused David undue stress and put him in an untenable position because she’d wanted drama and his attention. She deserved to be soundly spanked; in fact a good spanking would make her feel so much better and relieve her of this horrible feeling of guilt.
“Good. You did as you were told.”
She jumped and almost turned to look behind her, but caught herself just in time. The tread of his footsteps alerted her to his movement as he padded over to her. Body heat warmed her naked back, informing her senses that he stood behind her. His breath churned the still air at the side of her face as he leaned over her, his forearm resting on the wall above her head, crowding her.
“I have taken time out from work, our joint business, in order to make you feel secure and at home here. I felt so sorry for you cast adrift from another dimension. I imagined my wife, my version of you, alone and unsupported, which is why I wanted you to understand you were wanted and loved by me. Today you took my generosity and cast in my face, behaving like a spoiled brat. Do you realise that had the police been called they could have pressed charges against me...”
“But...” she began.
A stinging blow to her bottom caused her to squeal.
“Silence, I am talking, and for once you will listen until I am done speaking,” he told her tersely.
Nodding her head, Penny sucked in her bottom lip to stop the flow of words she bottled from escaping.
“I expect you were about to say you wouldn’t press charges and would have explained to the officers that we had a mutual agreement over spanking?”
Since he’d posed his statement as a question, Penny nodded an affirmative.
“The police have the right to bring assault charges regardless of a victim’s wishes.”
This was too much. “I am not a victim!” she protested vehemently.
“They wouldn’t see it that way. By running away and behaving the way you did, you risked me being charged with assault and that is unacceptable, Penny. I accept that I was the one who chose to punish you in a public place but I need you to understand that this is not a game to be played in public. Do you understand that?”
Nodding, she dropped her head in shame, and apologised.
“I am so sorry, Daddy, a-are you going to spank me?”
“You bet your sweet ass I am, but not until later on today. I need to calm down. I am angry with myself. I should have known better than to risk spanking you in that room. Until I am ready, you will remain naked and silent. If you have to address me it will be as Sir, and not Daddy. You may help yourself to water to drink, but you will not eat unless you ask first for permission to eat. Are we clear?”
His voice sounded cold and brusque. Tears filled her eyes. She hated that she was the cause of an emotional crisis between them.
“Understood... Am, am I allowed downstairs?” she asked in a small voice.
“Yes, but bring a towel to sit on. No TV. No computer games and no phone, hand it over.”
She squeezed past him and went to fetch her phone. He followed her and took it from her hand. Not breaking his stride, he left the bedroom without another word. Penny stood stock still. Drawing a shuddering breath, she hurried across the room into her own little girl bedroom where she closed the door before moving to her bed. Ripping back the covers, she quickly snuggled down under the duvet. Hot tears cascaded down her cheeks soaking the pillow as she sobbed her remorse.
