The Client
Nikki © 2005

Chapter 2 -The training begins

As Darrell and Anika back out of Jared’s driveway, Anika comments to Darrell that she hopes Vicky won’t be Jared’s first failure. Darrell asks, “Why would you even think such a thing? Darling. Not only are we paying him good money we had him checked out and his track record is perfect.” Anika tells him that she knows but that Vicky is so willful and defiant. Darrell tells her that he heard Natalie was quite a handful and look how well trained she is now. Anika tells Darrell “that is true and to see a slave take twenty strokes of a cane without moving was a beautiful sight to behold.” Darrell smiles at Anika – “A beautiful sight indeed.”

Jared returns to the living room to find Natalie kneeling on the cushion watching Vicky struggle against her bonds at the cross. Natalie hears him enter and turns towards him, still kneeling, eyes lowered, hands clasped behind her back in her attention position. “Well, baby girl lucky for you that your temporary lack of manners did not cause Me My client.” Jared states his voice deceptively low with just a hint of base. Natalie opens her mouth to speak. “Hush, girl – I have no wish to hear our excuses this night nor am I angry with you. You took the cane wonderfully well so I think that is punishment in full for you tonight.” Natalie is much relieved because she knows that often there are stages to her Daddy’s punishments and she was sure stage 2 would have been the least pleasant of possibilities and is very grateful that she does not have to go beyond stage 1 tonight.

He snaps his fingers 4 times which Nat knows means stand so she stands shoulder’s straight, head straight ahead, hands clasped behind her back, eyes lowered. Vicky is struggling more since she believes no one is paying her any attention. “Stop that squirming, Vicky before you injure yourself, “Jared’s deep voice rings out and causes Vicky to cease her struggles just for a moment. Jared smiles wide and thinks to himself the girl is trainable she responds well she just needs to be taken in hand. He then gives Natalie a deep French kiss, slaps her on the welts on her behind which causes her to gasp and them to sting and then instructs her to clear the dishes, etc. from the living room and to prepare a table with two place settings in the sitting room of the lavender room for her dinner and Vicky’s dinner. While Natalie does as she was instructed, Vicky realizes that she has stopped squirming at Jared’s request and begins her struggles to free herself anew. Jared walks up behind her and gives her a single swat across her rear. His caramel colored hand leaves a nice size hand-print on her light-skinned behind. Natalie winces as the sound of the smack reverberates thought the now silent living room. The only sound heard other than His hand hitting flesh is Vicky’s gasp from the sting, He swats her once more for good measure. Natalie glances over and sees Vicky cease her struggling again and thinks to herself that it looks as if the training has officially begun. She has retrieved her first load of dishes and goes through the doors to the right side of the room through the dining room to the kitchen to put the first load in the dishwasher. As she enters the kitchen she smells the spaghetti sauce simmering on low heat on the stove. The smell makes her stomach growl and she remembers she was too nervous to eat more than some yogurt at lunch. Natalie begins to think to herself with Daddy occupied with Vicky maybe I can sneak a taste just to take the edge of my hunger until Daddy allows me to eat. Although Nat knows better there is still a bit of the rebellious brat that lurks just beneath the surface. That brat surfaces from time to time to cause trouble. She knows if she is caught punishment can and will be severe. She also knows that if she is patient as her Daddy instructs her to be then she will have dinner in due time. While she is thinking this through she begins rinsing the dishes and places them in the dishwasher.

Jared begins by running his fingers through Vicky’s ebony hair lightly massaging her scalp. “Ok, little one – it is time for you to calm down,” he says to her softly and quietly but firmly. Vicky begins to relax under his soothing touch. She feels her anxiety fading for the moment. Jared feels her begin to calm so he strokes her for a few more minutes telling her that she is being a good girl and he is proud of her. He feels her relaxing into his touch so she reaches and releases the straps on the ball gag and removes it from her mouth. She takes a deep freeing breath. He leaves her for a moment and walks over to the bar and removes bottled water. He helps her drink the water much like he did with Natalie earlier in the evening. After she has had what Jared feels is enough water for now. He puts the bottle on the coffee table. “Now, pet,” Jared says, “You will find that I am strict but fair, I believe that my word is my bond so if I say that I am going to do something then you can believe it will be done – understand?” Vicky nods her head yes and promptly receives a hard swat on her bottom which causes her to push into the cross as if she could escape that blow or any other thing Jared has planned for her. “Now as long as there is no impediment in your mouth blocking speech, you will give verbal answers when you are asked a question.” He swats her bottom again hard and she jumps. “Understood?” He sees her getting ready to nod her head and raises his hand getting ready to swat her at the first half of a nod. She quickly says “Yes, Sir” and he lowers his hand. “Good girl,” Jared says quietly. Vicky does not know why she feels suddenly “warm and fuzzy” from him saying those simple words to him but she does. She feels him move away from her but is not overly concerned. He knows that she cannot see him as he goes over to his crop cabinet and removes a black, flexible, slender crop from the cabinet. He walks back over to her and places the crop on the coffee table. He walks around her checking her arms and hands to for distress from lack of circulation. He sees that her fingers are a healthy normal color. She is fair complexioned and her arms show no sign of distress or trauma nor do her hands. There is light bruising on her wrists but he knows that is the bruising caused by her pulling against her bonds trying to get loose. Just as Jared is finished checking her restraints, Natalie walks back in with her tray to pick up the remaining dishes. As she is removing the remainder of the dishes from the coffee table she sees the crop, which causes her to pause. “Oh no,” she thinks, “He knows what I am thinking!” Watching as she is removing the dishes, He sees her pause and seeing the play of emotions over her face including guilt and confusion. “Baby, girl,” Jared asks “Is there a problem?” Startled, she looks up at him and then quickly lowers her eyes back to the floor. “No, Daddy,” she responds, “There is no problem.” “Ok, then finish cleaning up in here and set the table as you were told so that in a little bit you and Vicky may have your dinner – You are hungry aren’t you?” “Yes, Daddy” Natalie hurries to gather the remaining dishes and starts to leave the room. Jared’s voice stops her in her tracks, “Oh and baby girl?” “Yes, Daddy” Please buzz Adam on the kitchen intercom and tell him that I need to see him” Natalie who is already facing him because one of the rules is that she is never to have her back toward her Daddy. She drops a quick curtsey and says Yes, Daddy. She watches him turn back toward Vicky and she hurries to back through the door then turns and walks to the kitchen.

Vicky who has been listening to the exchange starts to fidget a bit and begins to pull against the restraints again. She is reminded that this is not acceptable with a hard swat on her ass which causes another handprint to appear. “Didn’t we discuss this Vicky? – You are to stop struggling and fidgeting not do it because you do not think you are being watched.” “Yes, Sir” Jared is ready to get back to the business at hand. “Now,” Jared says “earlier this evening I said that I do not tolerate insubordination in my house. You do recall me making that statement - don’t you?” “Yes, Sir” “Very good, pet. Insubordination is always punished. Is that understood?” “Yes, Sir” Vicky meekly responds. “Good then something else you need to realize and start realizing now is that prior to punishment you will be asked if you know why you are being punished. In this instance I believe the why the reason why taken care of. So let us begin.” Vicky starts pulling against the restraints again and wriggling around. Jared tells her that he believes her first lesson is going to be a well-remembered one. This scares Vicky even more and she intensifies her struggle to get loose. Jared brings the crop down hard on her right buttock. She stops struggling to get away lets out a startled squeak and does a little dance on her tiptoes into the cross. She trembles as she hears Jared’s voice informing her that it is early in her training so this time he will count for her. “That my sweet was one,” Jared says. “Only seven more to go.” He watches her eyes widen as her mind processes his words. He sees her lips part and knows that the begging is about to begin as it always does. Begging has its place but he is in no mood to here it now. He gives another hard crop stroke to her left buttock. Now she has two welts showing red on her light skin the welts are identical in placement to Natalie’s the only difference is in the way the show up on her skin as opposed to Natalie’s darker skin. “That my sweet, was two – only six more to go.” Vicky thinks to herself there is no way I can take six more of these. A little voice answers in her head and just how are you going to avoid it? No sooner is that thought complete than the next stroke elicits a startled scream and starts her on what he thinks he will refer to as her tiptoe ballet. “That was three – only 5 more to go, pet”

Natalie puts the dishes on the counter and goes over to the intercom and presses the button for the guest cottage, which is located at the rear of the property. She hears an deep voice say “Yes?” “Sir, this is Natalie, Daddy asked me to buzz You because he wishes to speak with you now.” Adam tells her he will be right up and Natalie buzzes off and turns and begins to rinse the remaining dishes to put in the dishwasher. She hears a scream come from the living room and knows that Vicky is being punished. She looks around the kitchen and quickly picks up a fork and goes over to the pan of simmering sauce. One quick taste – just to take the edge of the hunger she thinks. She removes the lid from the pot and dips the fork in. She is bringing the fork to her lips when she hears Adams voice behind her. “What do you think you are doing now?, girl” She drops the fork and turns towards Adam. Her eyes are wide and she knows she has been busted. Adam snaps his fingers twice and she automatically drops to her knees – eyes lowered. “Don’t move,” Adam tells her, “I will be right back.”

Jared now begins working on Vicky’s thighs just as he did Natalie’s. Tears are now streaming down Vicky’s face. Jared strikes the right thigh and says “five, little one – you are doing well – three more” Jared has his arm raised for the sixth stroke when Adam appears. Jared strikes the sixth stroke and counts it for Vicky letting Vicky know that there are just two more before he turns to Adam. Hey, Adam, I see Natalie did as instructed. I am almost finished here but need you to watch Nat for me for a little bit. I think she thinks she is trying to be sneaky. “A little late for that,” Adam says. “I just caught her in the kitchen attempting to sneak a taste of the spaghetti sauce”. “The little minx,” Jared says. “I thought our last lesson in patience had helped but I guess not.” He delivers the last two blows to Vicky one to each thigh. “Is she kneeling in the kitchen?” “Yes, Jared”, says Adam. “Good”. Jared strokes Vicky’s hair and tells her she did well. He releases her from the St. Andrew’s cross and helps her to the cushion in front of the sofa. “ Adam can you watch pet for a moment while I go take care of something in the kitchen?” Adam walks over to where Vicky is kneeling and sits on the couch. “Of course, Jared – my pleasure” Vicky’s eyes get wide. Jared looks at her and tells her to be calm she is safe.

To be continued (Chapter III – Natalie’s lesson in patience and the training continues)