The Wallet...a Twin Story
(M/f)
By SamPast
Copyright © 1999, All
rights reserved.
One day after school, Lisa
told Robin and Jennifer that they could play in the apartment building complex
playground until their father came home from work. Lisa asked Jennifer if she
had to go to the bathroom before they went down.
"No, Mommy, I just
went."
Lisa said, "Well, if
you have to go, make sure you come right back up. Understand?" Jennifer
nodded. Lisa said, "Robin, you remember for your sister, too, I don't want
any accidents, okay?"
Robin said, "Okay,
Mommy."
The girls went down to the
playground. There were a few kids they knew, and they went over to play with
them. After a little while, those kids had to go in. Robin looked toward the
parking lot, "Nope, still no sign of Daddy's truck. What do you want to do
now, Jenn?"
Jenn seemed a little
uneasy. "Um, I don't know."
Robin noticed that Jennifer
had her legs together, and said, "Jennifer, do you have to go to the
bathroom? C'mon, let's go. Mommy said 'no accidents today', remember?"
Jennifer said, "Okay,
I guess I should go. I really wanted to play until Daddy came home,
though."
Robin said, "Well,
after you go, maybe Mommy will let us come back here." Jennifer thought it
over, and said, "Yeah, maybe, let's go."
The girls started to walk
toward the gate when something caught Jennifer's eye. "Hey, look, Robin,
what's that?"
They walked over and saw a
little black pocketbook lying aimlessly on the ground. Robin said, "Hey,
somebody must have dropped it. Let's see if there's a name inside."
The girls opened the
pocketbook. There wasn't much in it: some candy, a couple of pennies, a hair
band, and a little wallet with silly little cards in it. Robin said, "This
looks like a little kid's pocketbook; someone probably dropped it here. I guess
we should just leave it. C'mon let's go."
Jenn said, "Wait,
maybe there's more, let's just look."
Robin said, "Jennifer,
you're going to have an accident, and then I'm going to get into trouble,
too."
Jenn said, "Just one
more minute." Jennifer continued to root through the pocketbook. Just then
the sound of a car door slamming made Robin turn to look.
"Hey, it's Daddy, he's
home. C'mon. Drop that dirty thing, and let's go."
Robin watched as Jennifer
dropped the pocketbook, then Robin started to run for the gate. Jennifer
watched her sister run into their father's arms. She hesitated, and then turned
back and grabbed the pocketbook. She hid it under her shirt. She walked slowly
to where her father and sister stood. She was in no hurry to get upstairs. She
knew her parents would be disappointed in her, for she had wet her pants, after
all.
As Jennifer got closer,
Charlie said, "Hi, honey, have fun playing?" Jennifer was surprised.
Her father didn't notice her wet pants, or the fact that she was hiding
something under her shirt. She was very quiet in the elevator ride up to their
apartment.
Finally, as the doors
opened, Charlie turned to her and said, "C'mon, honey, let's go."
Jennifer didn't budge. Robin looked at her sister. She realized that Jennifer
couldn't possibly still be holding it in.
She said, "C'mon,
Jenn, it's all right."
Charlie said, "What's
the matter, honey? What's wrong?"
He pulled Jennifer into the
apartment, and sat her down at the table. When Jenn still wouldn't answer, he
asked Robin, "Honey, do you know why your sister is upset?" Robin
looked at her twin and silently asked if she wanted her to tell or not.
Jennifer just looked down.
Charlie said, "C'mon,
baby, you can tell me."
Jennifer said, "Daddy,
I wet my pants."
Charlie said, "Oh, I
see. Well, then you'd better go change. Then Mommy and I will come in and talk
to you."
Robin watched Jennifer walk
slowly out of the room; she had her head down. Robin said to Charlie,
"Daddy, please don't spank her. It wasn't her fault. We were on our way
upstairs so she could use the bathroom, when we found a pocketbook."
Just then, Lisa came into
the room. "What's going on?" Robin said, "Mommy, don't be mad,
but Jennifer had an accident."
Lisa said, "Oh, for
crying out loud, Robin, I told you to keep an eye on her." Robin said,
"I know, Mommy, but listen, I was just explaining to Daddy what happened.
You see, Jennifer had to pee, and we were on our way up here, when we found a pocketbook."
Lisa said, "A
pocketbook? What kind of pocketbook? Where is it?"
Charlie said, "Yes,
where is this pocketbook?"
Robin said, "Well, it
was just a little kid's pocketbook. You see, we opened it up, to see if there
was anyone's name in it, and all that was in there, was some coins, toys, hair
stuff, candy, and other little junk. Then we saw Daddy, and I told Jennifer to
just leave it there."
Lisa was amazed, "You
just left it on the ground in the playground?"
Robin nodded. Suddenly she
thought maybe she was in big trouble. "Was that wrong? I thought the kid
who lost it would come back looking for it, and if it wasn't there, she'd be
more upset."
Charlie said, "Well,
if you lost something, and someone found it, wouldn't you want it to be returned
to you?"
Robin said, "Yes,
but..."
Charlie said, "Well, I
think you should go back and if it's still there, and bring it up. Then later
on, we could go around to some of the kids in the building, and see if anyone
lost it."
Robin said, "Daddy,
will you come with me?"
Charlie said, "Honey,
you're a big girl, you can go by yourself, besides Mommy and I need to have a
little talk with your sister." Robin nodded, and went out the door.
Charlie and Lisa knocked on
the girls' bedroom door. When Jennifer heard the knock, she pushed the little
pocketbook between the mattress of her bed.
"Come in," she
called. Charlie and Lisa came in and sat on the edge of Robin's bed, which was
directly across from where Jennifer was sitting on her own bed.
"Jennifer, we need to
talk about what happened just now."
Jennifer said, "I'm
sorry, Daddy, Mommy, it was an accident. Did Robin tell you? We were on our way
up when I saw something."
Lisa said, "Yes,
Jennifer, we heard about the pocketbook. Now why don't you tell us about you
having to go to the bathroom?"
Jenn said, "I don't
know what you mean, Mommy, I told you I had to go, and then..." she
fumbled for the word.
Charlie helped her out,
"then you got sidetracked by the pocketbook."
Jennifer said,
"Yeah!"
Lisa said, "And?"
Jenn said, "And
what?"
Lisa said, "Jennifer,
don't be impossible. You know, Daddy and I just want to find out exactly what
happened. We don't want to punish you, if indeed, it really was an accident,
but you know the rules."
Jennifer nodded. She knew
that if she had to go to the bathroom, and didn't go right away, and then wet
her pants, that she would be punished. But if she truly tried to go and get
there in time, but didn't make it, it was considered an 'accident', and she
wouldn't be punished.
Her parents were trying to
figure out what the case was this time. She could have made it easy for herself
and lied, but she knew that wasn't the right thing to do. Besides Robin knew
the truth. And even if Robin agreed to go along with it, Jennifer would feel
guilty.
Charlie said,
"Jennifer, we're waiting."
Jenn said, "I know, I
just, well, uh, um, I guess I'd better be punished." There, finally, she
had just said it.
Her father said, "And
why do you say that, Jennifer?"
She said, "Well, I
knew I had to go and I stopped to look at the wallet, and even when we realized
there was no name in it, I still wanted to look through it, even though Robin
reminded me I had to go, and..." Jennifer ran into her father's arms and
started to sob.
Lisa said, "Well, I am
kind of annoyed that you didn't come right up, Jennifer, but since you were
trying to find out who the pocketbook belonged to, I guess your accident was
for a good cause. What do you think, dear?"
And she looked over at
Charlie. He seemed to be thinking it over. "Hmm, well, have you learned
your lesson, Jennifer?"
Jennifer was too shocked by
her mother's comments to answer her father. Was it true? Was she really going
to get out of a spanking? Cool. Finally, she remembered her father's question.
"Yes, Daddy, I promise, it won't happen again. The next time I have to use
the bathroom, I will go right away."
Charlie said, "Okay,
honey, I'm glad to hear that. Oh, I think I just heard Robin come back
in."
The trio went into the
kitchen. Robin was glad to see that Jennifer did not look as though she had
been crying. Lisa said, "So, what happened? Any luck?"
Robin said, "Nope, it
was gone, I guess the little girl that lost it went back for it."
Charlie said, "Or
someone else took it." Jennifer looked down. She was sure her parents knew
she had taken the pocketbook.
Robin said, "Yeah, I
guess we should have brought it in. Oh well, at least there was no money in
it."
Lisa said, "That's
true. C'mon girls, go wash up, it's time for dinner."
After dinner, both girls
took a bath. Jennifer was in their room putting on her pajamas while Robin was
in her bath. Jennifer couldn't resist one more look through the pocketbook. She
played with the little toys, combed her hair with the little yellow comb, and
opened the wallet once more. She knew it was empty, but she liked it anyway.
All of a sudden, a twenty
dollar bill fell out. Jennifer grabbed it up, "Oh, my god, money!"
She then searched through the little wallet. There were many secret pockets
inside the wallet, and tucked into each of them were bills. Jennifer counted.
Together, there was 37 dollars. She couldn't believe it. Then she heard
footsteps. She threw the money back into the wallet, threw the wallet back into
the pocketbook, and stuffed it into her mattress. She would decide what to do
with it, later.
The next day, after school,
Jennifer told Robin that she had to stay after, and she would get a ride home
with Uncle Jack.
Robin said, "Okay, are
you in trouble, Jennifer?"
Jennifer said, "No, my
teacher asked if I could stay after and help her in the classroom. Okay, so
just tell Mommy when she comes." Robin agreed.
As soon as Jennifer saw her
mother and Robin drive away, she started to walk off school property. She knew
that what she was doing was really wrong, but she couldn't help it. She had
$37.00 burning a hole in her pocket. She went into several stores downtown.
Hmm, what could she buy with all that money?
Meanwhile, at home, Lisa
was worried that Jack had not dropped Jennifer off. After all, it was almost
6:00 and Charlie would be home soon. Dinner was almost ready. She decided to
call Jack at the office. "Hmmm, there's no answer. They must be on the
way."
About ten minutes later,
Charlie came home. He kissed Lisa, "Hi, honey, where are the girls?"
Lisa answered, "Well,
Robin's in the den watching tv and Jennifer's not home yet. I'm really starting
to get worried."
Charlie said, "Why?
Where is she supposed to be?"
Lisa said, "Well,
Jennifer told Robin she was staying after to help her teacher and that Jack
would give her a ride home. I just called the school and there was no answer,
so I figured they were on their way."
Charlie said, "That's
strange."
Lisa said, "What do
you mean, strange, honey?"
Charlie answered, "As
I was leaving work, I ran into Jack. He stopped at the store to pick up stuff
for dinner. He didn't mention that Jennifer was in the car. And why wouldn't he
have dropped her off first? My store is right near their house."
Lisa said, "Maybe I'd
better call Joan."
Jennifer was feeling proud
of herself as she came out of the last store. She had gotten herself some nice
toys and some for Robin. She had also gotten her mother some perfume and a
pocketknife for her father. As she stepped out of the store, she realized it
was getting dark. "Oh, no, I'd better get home." She ran home as fast
as she could.
When she got to the
apartment building, she stopped, and tried to catch her breath. "Ok, calm
down, remember, Uncle Jack dropped you off at the corner, and you ran up here,
okay, I can do this."
Jennifer rode up in the
elevator. When she got to her door, she reached for the doorknob. Before she
could find her key, the door swung open. There was her father and mother
staring at her.
Charlie said, "Where
have you been?"
Jennifer said, "I, uh,
um, Uncle Jack just dropped me off at the corner. I, uh, I, um, I ran the rest
of the way."
Her father just stood
there, and her mother shook her head from side to side. She said, "I don't
think so, young lady. I spoke to your uncle not 10 minutes ago; he didn't know
of any plans to drive you home; in fact, your teacher was absent today."
Charlie said, "So,
what have you got to say for yourself?"
Jennifer was scared. She
knew she had blown it. She was in very big trouble; her parents looked furious.
Charlie said, "Well? We're waiting."
Lisa went over and closed
the door to the apartment. Then she took Jennifer by the hand and brought her
over to the table, and sat her in a chair. She said, "Go on."
Jennifer thought fast. She
said to herself, "C'mon, think. What could I have been doing? Where could
I have been?"
Charlie said, "Okay,
I've waited long enough, let's go, into my bedroom and wait for me, I'll be
right in." He sounded furious.
"No, Daddy, it's just
that, um, well, I, uh, I wanted to buy you a present. Here." Jennifer
handed her father her packages. She said, "Yours, is in the little
bag." She waited until her father had found the pocketknife.
He looked at her and said,
"Jennifer, where did you get this?" Jennifer beamed. She thought her
dad would be happy with it. His pocketknife had broke and he'd wanted to get a
new one for a while.
Charlie repeated himself,
"Jennifer, where did you get this?" Something was wrong. Her father
didn't sound happy; he sounded angry.
"Don't you like it,
Daddy? It looks just like your old one." Charlie looked at Lisa, who
shrugged.
He said, "Jennifer,
Mommy and I have to talk. I want you to go to your room and start your
homework. We'll call you for supper. Go on." Charlie pushed his daughter
toward her bedroom.
Charlie dumped the contents
of the bags onto the kitchen table. He said, "Would you look at all this
stuff? Where do you think she got it from?"
Lisa started to look through
the stuff, as well. She said, "There don't seem to be any receipts. Oh,
Charlie, you don't think..."
Charlie said, "That's
exactly what I think. Our daughter stole all this stuff!" Lisa said,
"No, that can't be it. There's got to be a better explanation for it.
Maybe she bought it."
Charlie said, "Lisa,
be reasonable. This pocketknife alone costs almost twenty dollars. And how
about that perfume? Where would a ten-year-old get this kind of money?"
Lisa said, "What are
we going to do?"
Charlie said, "Well, I
guess we should eat dinner. Then Jennifer is getting a spanking for lying to us
and not coming home. Then we'll deal with 'this' later."
After dinner, Charlie led
Jennifer into his bedroom. He said, "Jennifer, do you know why you're
getting a spanking?" She shook her head yes. Her father said, "Tell
me."
Jennifer hated that part.
She said, "Um, I lied to Robin about where I was going, and then I didn't
come home until after 6:00, and then I lied to you that Uncle Jack drove me
home."
Charlie said, "That's
right. And your mother and I do not condone you lying to us, do you
understand?" Jennifer nodded. Then her father said, "We'll talk about
your 'presents' later, got it?" Jennifer nodded.
Then Charlie grabbed her
hand and pulled her over to him. He took hold of her pants and lowered them
down to her ankles. Then he did the same with her panties. "Now, step out
of them." Jennifer did as she was told. Then Charlie guided her across his
lap.
Jenn started to sob.
"I'm sorry, Daddy, I'm sorry, please don't spank me."
Charlie said,
"Jennifer, don't. Don't even try that!"
With that, Charlie's hand
landed right in the middle of her bottom, over and over again. He smacked first
one cheek, then the other, over and over again, until Jennifer was sobbing
uncontrollably. Then Charlie stood her up. He took her in his arms and patted
her back and her bottom, as she cried into his shoulder.
"Daddy, I'm sorry I
lied to you and Mommy."
Charlie rubbed her back and
her bottom for a little while and then laid her on his bed. He went into the
bathroom and got one of her overnight diapers. He laid it under her and
fastened it on. She would fall asleep after a little while. Then later, Charlie
would wake her up, change her, give her a bath, and put her into bed.
Half an hour later,
Jennifer was soaking in the tub. She liked being in the bathtub after a
spanking; the water felt good on her bottom. Her father had washed her hair and
told her she could play for ten minutes. She had all her dolls in the tub and
she was making up a story with them.
Then her father came back
into the bathroom. "Okay, honey, time to pull the plug."
Jenn said, "No, Daddy,
just five more minutes, please?"
Charlie said, "No, I'm
sorry, baby, we still have to talk about those presents you brought home, and
it's getting late. C'mon now, up you go."
Charlie helped Jennifer
step out of the tub. He grabbed her towel and helped her to dry off.
"Okay, go put your pajamas on and Mommy and I will come in, in a few
minutes. Go on, now." And he smacked her lightly on her backside and sent
her on her way.
While Jennifer waited for
her parents to come in, she looked through the pocketbook. She knew there was
no more money, but she figured she'd look through it again anyway. She was so absorbed
in what she was doing, that she didn't hear her sister come into their room.
Jennifer tried to hide what she was doing, but it was too late. Robin had seen.
"Jennifer, is that the
pocketbook we found outside the other night?" Jenn didn't answer. Robin
said, "It is, isn't it? I can't believe you've had it all this time. Why
didn't you say something? Come on, let's show Mommy and Daddy that you have it.
Then we can try to find out who it belongs to."
Jennifer jumped up,
"No, Robin, please don't tell Mommy and Daddy that I have it. Um, they'll
get mad."
Robin was confused.
"Why?"
Just then, Charlie and Lisa
knocked at the door. Jennifer looked at Robin and said, "Robin, please,
don't tell them," and she threw the pocketbook under her bed. There wasn't
even enough time to stuff it into the mattress. Robin told her parents to come
in.
Lisa said, "Robin,
your bath is ready, c'mon, I'll get you settled in the tub." Robin took
one last look at Jennifer and said, "Um, okay." She followed her
mother into the bathroom.
Charlie sat on Jennifer's
bed and motioned for her to join him. He had her ''presents'' in his hand. He
said, "Okay, Jennifer, it's time for you to tell me about these."
Jennifer looked at her
father. "What do you want to know, Daddy?"
Charlie frowned. He said,
"I would like to know where all this stuff came from."
Jennifer said, "Well,
let's see, I got the toys for Robin and me at that store next to Baskin
Robbins. I forget the name of it. And I got your pocketknife at..."
Charlie cut her off.
"Jennifer, what I meant was, how did you get all this stuff? It must have
cost a lot of money. Where did you get the money for all of it?"
Jennifer said, "Um, I
had it saved up, from my piggy bank."
Charlie looked at her,
"I don't think so, baby. Just last week you were complaining that you had
no money. All right, let's just say you did have the money and you bought all
this stuff, what made you lie to us about where you were going? You obviously
didn't want us to know, or you wouldn't have snuck downtown to buy
everything."
Jennifer said, "Um,
well, I wanted it to be a surprise."
Charlie said,
"Jennifer, you're going to have to do better than that. I want to know how
you got all this stuff. The only thing Mommy and I can think of is that you
stole it. Please tell me you didn't steal all these things."
Jennifer was shocked.
"No, Daddy, NO! I didn't steal anything, honest."
Charlie said,
"Jennifer, tomorrow is Saturday. I'm going to give you the whole weekend
to come up with a better story. You're grounded, so you'll have plenty of time
to think about what you've done. Do you understand me?"
Jennifer said, "Yes,
Daddy."
Then he said, "Now, I
want use to go use the bathroom and then brush your teeth. I'll get you all
ready for bed."
Jennifer came back a few
minutes later, and her father put on her pantsies. (This is the name Jennifer
gave her diaper-like garment that she wore to bed. She had been wetting the bed
since she was a little girl. She had a very bad bladder-control problem, and
often had daytime accidents, as well. The doctor kept assuring the Clementes
not to worry; someday she'd grow out of it. Jennifer hoped so; it was always so
embarrassing, and it meant that she couldn't enjoy sleep overs.)
The next morning, Jennifer
woke up and instantly put her hand under the mattress. The pocketbook was gone.
She jumped up. Then she remembered that she had thrown it under the bed when
her father came into the room the night before. Jennifer got out of bed and
looked underneath. Nothing. She went and turned on the light, and looked again.
It was still not there. Then she looked over at Robin's bed. Robin was not in
it.
"OH!" she said
aloud. She went running into the kitchen. Robin and her mother and father were
all sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast. There, laying on the table,
was the black pocketbook. Jennifer was shocked.
Charlie said, "Well,
good morning, sleepyhead." Jennifer went over to her father. She waited
for the yelling and the big lecture. She was in for a surprise. No one said a
word. Charlie just tousled her hair.
Lisa said, "C'mon,
baby, let's go change you." Jennifer was still shocked; she didn't move.
Charlie said,
"Jennifer, go with Mommy, to the bathroom. Go on."
Jennifer went with Lisa
into the bathroom. Lisa took off her wet pantsies and put them in the garbage.
Then Jennifer sat on the toilet and peed. Then Lisa took some baby wipes and
cleaned her up. Jennifer went into her room to put on clean underwear. Then she
went back into the kitchen.
Lisa came in and said to
Jennifer, "Do you want cereal or eggs, honey?"
Jennifer just looked at
Robin with a face that said, "how could you?"
Robin said out loud,
"What?"
Jennifer nodded toward the
pocketbook, "Where'd that come from?"
Robin said, "Oh, Mommy
met Mrs. Thompson in the laundry room this morning. Right, Mommy?"
Lisa said, "Yes, Mrs.
Thompson was telling me how Beth lost her little pocketbook, and I told her you
girls had seen it in the playground the other day, and she said, 'oh, well,
it's not there now, we've looked everywhere for it, Beth is really upset', and
when I came back up, I was telling Robin all about it."
Robin said, "Yeah, so
I took it out from under your bed. I thought you wouldn't mind now that we knew
who it belonged to. I thought you and I could bring it up to Beth after
breakfast."
Charlie said, "Well,
Jennifer is grounded. She's not going anywhere after breakfast. And may I ask
why you didn't tell us you've had this pocketbook all along, young lady?"
"Here it comes,"
Jennifer thought. She just looked at the floor. "I don't know."
Lisa said, "You don't
know? What kind of an answer is that?"
Jennifer started to cry.
"I don't know. I thought you'd be mad, I guess. I figured if we found out
whose it was, I'd give it back, but then we didn't, and I guess I liked it,
and..."
Charlie said, "You
seem to be doing a lot of guessing. Come here."
Jennifer hesitated, then
went over to her father. Charlie lifted Jennifer into his lap. "Why don't
you just stop guessing, and start telling the truth? You've already been
spanked, and you're grounded. I think you'd better come clean."
Jennifer debated with
herself. "Um, that's it, Daddy, I brought the pocketbook up the first time
we saw it, and I've had it ever since. I just liked it. That's all."
Charlie put Jennifer into
her own chair so she could eat her breakfast. He wasn't buying her story, but
figured he'd wait it out. He thought to himself, "She always comes clean
eventually."
After breakfast, Robin got
permission to return the pocketbook to Beth. "And can I stay and play with
her for a little while, too, Daddy?" Robin asked.
Charlie said, "Okay,
come back for lunch, though, okay, honey?"
Robin said,
"Okay!" She kissed her mother and father, grabbed the pocketbook and
headed out the door.
Two minutes later, she was
knocking on the Thompson's door. Beth opened it. "Hi, Robin." She saw
what Robin had in her hand. "Oooh, my pocketbook, you found it, oh, thank
goodness, come on in. Mommy, look, Robin Clemente is here, and she found my
pocketbook!"
Mrs. Thompson came into the
living room, where the girls were sitting. "Oh, hello, dear, my goodness,
that was fast, I was just telling your mother about that this very
morning."
Robin said, "Yeah, I
know, she told me. Hey, Beth, my Dad said I could stay and play, you want
to?" Beth was so happy to have her pocketbook back, she agreed to
anything. She would wait until Robin was gone to check her money stash.
Robin and Beth played
Barbies, and watched a little tv, and colored. Around 12:15, the telephone
rang. It was Lisa. She wanted Robin to come down for lunch. The girls said
goodbye and Robin went home. Jennifer was just waking up. She had fallen asleep
on the couch while watching tv. Lisa had to change her, because she wet
herself.
The family was just about
to sit down to lunch, when the telephone rang. Robin grabbed it.
"Hello?" she said. "Oh, hi, Beth, what's the matter? Money? No,
I don't know what you're talking about. My sister had it, I don't know, I'll
ask her. Hold on." Robin put her hand over the receiver. "Hey, Jenn,
it's Beth, do you know anything about there being money in the wallet? You
know, the one from the pocketbook?"
Uh-Oh, everybody looked at
Jennifer. Charlie looked at Lisa, and Lisa looked at Charlie. Charlie said to
Robin, "Uh, honey, ask Beth just how much money she's missing."
Robin said, "Okay,
Daddy." Into the phone, she said, "Beth, my dad wants to know how
much money you're missing? 37? Okay, I'll tell him. No, Jennifer didn't
say."
Lisa said, "Robin,
tell Beth you'll call her back after lunch." She did and hung up the
phone.
Robin turned to Charlie,
"Daddy, Beth said she had 37 dollars hidden in the wallet. She said it was
all separated into different little pockets of the wallet. She said she had
been saving up to buy her mother a birthday present. She was playing in the
playground, waiting for her grandmother to pick her up to go shopping. That's
when she lost her pocketbook."
Charlie said, "Hmm, 37
dollars, honey, don't you think that would be just enough to buy some perfume,
toys, and a pocketknife?"
Lisa answered, "Yes,
dear, that sounds a bit right."
Both parents looked at
Jennifer, but she would not meet their gaze. She was looking straight down into
her bowl of soup.
Jennifer knew she was in
big trouble. Not only did she take Beth's money, and spend it, but she lied
about it, too. And this was not the first time she'd lied this week. She knew
she was going to be punished very harshly.
After lunch, Charlie took
$37 out of his pocket and told Robin to bring it up to Beth. "Tell Beth
that your sister had it, and she will come by later on to apologize."
Robin was confused.
"Um, okay, Daddy." She went out the door.
Charlie turned to Jennifer,
"If you're finished eating, then you may be excused. I want you to go use
the bathroom, and then meet me in my bedroom. You, young lady, are in very big
trouble."
Jennifer went into her
parents' bedroom a few minutes later. Both of her parents sat on the bed
waiting for her. This could not be good, she thought. Charlie said, "Come
over here." Jennifer went and stood right in front of her parents.
Lisa said, "What were
you thinking, Jennifer Lynn? That you could just steal someone else's money, go
on a shopping spree, and we'd never find out? I'm ashamed and disappointed in
you, young lady." Lisa turned Jennifer around, and smacked her hard on the
behind.
"OW! I'm sorry,
Mommy."
Charlie said, "You say
you're sorry, now, because you were caught, but you're not really sorry. But
believe me, you are going to be very sorry, in a few minutes." Jennifer
started to cry. Her father said, "I'd save that crying if I were you,
young lady. You're going to need it in a few minutes. What I'd like to know, is
why you didn't come clean last night when we asked you where the money came
from, to buy those presents?"
Jennifer looked down. She
thought for a minute. What could she say that her parents would believe?!
Nothing. What she had done was wrong, and she knew she would be punished for
it.
"I don't know, Daddy,
I guess I should have just told you."
Charlie said, "No,
Jennifer, no more guessing, you know that you should have told us. You know my
policy."
Jennifer nodded. That meant
that it was better to come clean and tell the truth before it came out another
way. Their father always told the twins to tell him things before he found out
from someone else. The punishment was never as severe, if you came clean first.
But obviously Jennifer
never learned. She always told herself while she was getting a spanking, that
next time would be different, but it never was. Oh, when would she ever learn!
Lisa said, "Jennifer,
your Daddy and I are very sad, that you lied to us once again. We're also very
upset that you took this money that did not belong to you, and went out and
spent it. Now Daddy gave the money to Beth, and we're going to take away your
allowance until you've paid up the 37 dollars. As for spending that money,
you're going to get a spanking. And for lying again, you're going to get your
mouth washed out with soap. Now, I think your Daddy wants to be alone with you.
You and I have a date with a bar of soap later on."
Lisa got up and walked out
of the room. Jennifer looked up after her mother. She wished her mother hadn't left
her alone with her father. She knew he was very angry.
Charlie said,
"Jennifer, I don't think I have to ask you if you know why you are being
spanked, so let's just get this over with. Come here."
Charlie pulled her over to
him, as he sat down in his straight back dressing chair. He pulled her pants
and panties down and she stepped out of them. He lifted her up and placed her
across his lap. He smacked first one cheek, then the other, alternating cheeks,
slapping in the same place each time. It really hurt, and before long, Jennifer
was sobbing.
After about 50 spanks,
Charlie stopped. Jennifer was crying uncontrollably. That had to have been the
worst spanking she had ever gotten. Charlie stood her up, then pulled her into
his lap. He pushed her into his chest and let her cry it out. He didn't want
her to see the tears in his own eyes. He really hated to have to spank one of
his little girls.
Charlie rubbed her back and
her backside for several minutes. Then he laid her on his bed. She had already
fallen asleep. He went and got her pantsies and put them on his sleeping
daughter. He kissed her cheek and whispered, "I love you,
sweetheart."
The end.