“We’ll wait.”
“Thank you, baby.” He ran his hand over her hair. “I can’t just ignore the rest of it, though. Sweetheart, the last two nights I sat up worrying about you, scared you were in trouble and I couldn’t help you. If we keep going in this direction, things will end badly. I need to put a stop to it.”
Frankie nodded, taking a big breath. She knew what needed to happen. “You should spank me.”
Tom chuckled, surprising her. When she glanced up at him, though, his face was solemn. “Oh honey, this is going to be much harder than a simple spanking. Remember, y our grounding? It’s now up to a month .”
“But Tom,” she whined, unable to help herself.
He stared down at her sternly. “Argue with me, young lady and I’ll double it.”
“Tom, you’re treating me like a kid, can’t you just spank me and get it over with? Not that spanking me isn’t a kid’s punishment.” But at least then it would be over and he would forgive her, she could erase that disappointment from his gaze when he stared at her.
“You’re never too old for a spanking,” he told her, something he’d said over and over. Hell, and before that she’d heard it many times from her brothers as well.
“And you sure weren’t acting like an adult last night. An adult wouldn’t worry her husband the way she did. Wouldn’t act out to get attention. Wouldn’t get in a goddamned stranger’s car. I am seriously worried about you.”
Frankie gulped.
“No, you’re grounded for the next month so I can know where you are at all times. You go to work and then come straight home. I hate you traveling so far each day, I worry abou t you constantly. When you’re not at work, I want you here where I know you will be safe. I have to know where you are until I lose this tight, nasty knot inside my stomach. And you deserve this as a punishment. You’ve shown supremely poor judgment, so for a while I will be making all the decisions. Understand?”
She nodded, chewing at her lower lip.
“You’ll also be getting a spanking each morning and night for the next fortnight.”
Frankie gasped, shocked. “What? But I thought you were grounding me as punishment for worrying you? Why am I being spanked?”
“You’re being grounded because I think you should lose the privilege of being able to come and go as you please and because of your lack of respect for me and my feelings by not answering your phone or letting me know where you were going. The spankings are because of the very real danger you put yourself in. I’m very serious about your safety, Frankie, and by the end of the two weeks, you’ll know that well. And I’m not forgetting the spankings I owe you for hanging up on me and forgetting to eat dinner.”
Frankie knew she looked like a fish, her mouth opening and closing.
“You can’t do tha t.” She finally found her voice. “I won’t be able to sit at work.”
“Then it’s going to be an uncomfortable two weeks for you,” he said calmly, his voice very firm.
“ You’re so mean, I won’t stand for this,” she cried, trying to climb off him. He held her easily, subduing her quickly as she started to struggle.
“Just settle down ,” he growled. “You don’t want to add to your spankings.”
“You’re just a big bully, let me down!” Frankie knew she sounded like a little girl, but she couldn’t help herself.
Tom rolled her against him so she was on her side, her stomach against his. His hand landed rapidly on her exposed buttocks. Her skirt had long since given up on covering her. It wasn’t a long spanking, but it was heavy and made an immediate impact.
“Calm down and I’ll stop,” he told her.
F rankie settled against him with a wail, crying. He spanked her a few more times. All her fears and upset from the last few days poured out against his shirt as he sat her up, rocking her again.
He didn’t try to silence her, just held her and ran his hand up and down her back as she
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