Welcome to Saturday Spankings! I’ve been away a while and now I’m happy to be back. If you’ve read here long you know that I mostly write about Cassie and friends – and I have been. A new book will be out in March. But today I want to put up a snippet from my Corbin’s Bend book, Return to Us. This book became very personal for me as I really explored my thought on the spanking lifestyle.
Hal and Susan are a middle-aged couple, married for decades who realize that they have totally drifted away from one another. Hal has thought of leaving, but he wants to give their marriage another try. Can he convince Susan?
“Would you close the computer so we can talk?” Hal asked.
Susan hesitated, then slowly closed her laptop. Setting it aside, she saw that her hands were trembling and she felt vulnerable with the computer off her lap. The computer had become a security blanked to her. She turned to face Hal.
He began at once. “Susan, our marriage isn’t working. I think we’ve both known this for a long time. We’re leading separate lives. I’m feeling like we’re both here out of habit and that’s no reason to be married. Have you felt that way too?” Hal felt like he was talking too fast and took a deep breath trying to calm his nerves.
Susan stared at him. “This is your conversation, Hal. I have nothing to say,” she answered coldly.
Hal could feel his heart racing. Dammit! he thought, as he looked at Susan. She looked so cool and composed. He felt like nothing he was going to say would affect her. But he was going to tell her what he was thinking anyway.
Clearing his throat, he began again. “We used to be so good together. I still love you. But I know I haven’t been the husband I should have been.” He saw the tiniest flicker of interest in Susan’s face. “I’ve thought a lot about the old days lately. We’ve changed so much that I don’t know if we can get it back. But what I want to know is, are you willing to try?” His heart was still beating fast as he awaited her answer.
“You’re not leaving? I thought you had already made up your mind.”
Hal hoped he was getting this right. He’d thought of little else in the past few months. He’d practiced what he wanted to say, but he didn’t want it to sound rehearsed. Hal not only wanted Susan to listen, he needed her to hear him.
“I admit, I’d thought of just leaving by myself,” he told her. “I don’t want to leave you, but we can’t go on like this. I want to try to get back what we’ve lost and I think we can. Are you willing to listen to my ideas and at least think about them? Don’t you think our marriage is worth that?”
Hal seemed sincere, but what ideas could he have that would change their reality?
“I… I don’t know,” she answered truthfully.
It wasn’t a ‘no’ and Hal took that as a good sign. “I’ve moved some things into the guest room. Come with me, please.” He held out his hand. Susan hesitated as anger flared again. He wants to work on the marriage by moving into the other bedroom? Perfect.
Hal stood looking at her steadily and repeated, “Please?” Susan breathed deeply and took his hand. At the guest room, Hal opened the door for her and stood back as she entered the dark room. Stepping in and closing the door behind him, Hal flipped on the light.
Susan gasped and stood stock still. Where? What? How? The bed was covered with items. Many were from their past, but some were obviously brand new. Her eyes couldn’t take it all in at once. Some she remembered vividly. The paddle with the holes in it. The wicked hairbrush. She remembered it often left bruises. His old black belt. She thought it had been thrown away long ago. There were spatulas, wooden spoons, ping pong paddles, paint stirrers – her ass tingled as her eyes passed over each one. But that wasn’t all that was on the bed. There were restraints, several new plugs and a few items Susan couldn’t even identify.
After thirty-five years, Susan thought her marriage was over the morning after their last child's wedding. Hal, her husband, said he needed to talk about something important. She knew it couldn’t be good. They rarely even spoke anymore.
In the beginning they’d been so close, so passionate. Practicing domestic discipline had been a wonderful part of their lives - sometimes. But over the years it had all drifted away, even when Susan asked for what she needed. He would occasionally give her a mild, sexy spanking, but the real discipline she craved was a thing of the past.
Now, Hal suddenly wanted to talk about moving to Colorado to live in Corbin's Bend, a community where spanking was not only accepted, but encouraged. Could this bring back the closeness and passion they’d once had? Could Susan trust that this time Hal would truly step up?
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Great snippet, PK. Sometimes the old ways are better, and I think Susan is beginning to think that way, too.
ReplyDeleteThis lifestyle is often lost in a marriage. Going back to the old way and starting over can really help.
DeleteLove this snippet PK! Love Corbin's Bend. Somehow I think Susan might just come round to giving it a try :)
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Roz
She's always been willing - Hal has been iffy. They may both be back on the same page.
DeleteI've so missed Casey- and you! :I)
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