Welcome back! In this week’s snippet from Suspicions on the River, Jenny and Ryder use his dad’s drone for a little peek into Pat’s apartment. Unfortunately, the police are there to take them in. The police chief lets them off with a warning and Jenny is frantic to get out of there and hopefully beat Cal home. Sadly, it’s not to be.
“I’ve called Cal to come pick you two up. I’d like to talk this over with him.”
Shit, shit, shit! Jenny wailed in her mind. She would have been more than happy to go to jail instead. She had no doubt Cal was going to bust her ass, but what about Ryder? She was feeling panicky for him. She knew the whole Bennett family believed in spanking, even the children occasionally. This was completely her fault. But there wasn’t a damn thing she could do about it now.
Chief Waters had them wait for Cal in separate areas. It was nearly forty-five minutes later when he arrived. He stalked past Jenny without speaking and directly into the chief’s office. They talked for a good while before Cal came back out carrying the drone. He nodded to Ryder to join them and put out his hand to Jenny. They left the station and rode home in total silence.
Cal led them in when they got home and then turned to look at them both. “This was my fault completely,” Jenny began.
“No, it wasn’t,” Ryder contradicted. “I mentioned the drone and what we could do with it.”
“Is this your drone?” he asked Ryder.
The boy shook his head. “No it’s Dad’s.”
“Does he know you have it?” Cal questioned.
“No, sir,” Ryder answered.
Jenny whirled to face him. “I thought…” but she trailed off as Ryder looked down.
“You were trying to see into Pat’s apartment tonight. Is that correct?”
Without looking at one another both Jenny and Ryder nodded.
“I appreciate neither of you trying to lie about it,” Cal told them. Turning to Ryder he said, “You took your dad’s drone without permission. Then you used it to illegally spy on someone. Do I have that right?”
“Yes, sir,” the boy answered.
“If your dad was in my place, what would he do?”
Ryder’s heart was beating fast. He didn’t want to answer. He’d had the occasional spanking growing up, but the idea of his Uncle Cal whipping him was causing his heart to race.
Reluctantly he answered Cal’s question. “I think he’d probably give me a whipping.”
“Cal, no! You can’t do that. Ryder’s just a boy and I’m the one who got him into this.”
The look Cal shot Jenny gave her the shivers. “You need to take a seat, get off that ankle and hush,” he told her. “Right now this is between me and Ryder. I’ll talk to you later.
So, did he? Didn’t he? You’re going to have to read the book.
Suspicions on the river (a Cassie’s family story)
Book three in the On the River series
Cal and Jenny have a nearly idyllic marriage. There are rare trips across his lap for minor problems, but most of those trips are just for fun. Could that be changing? Pat, Cal’s former lover, has moved back to town and she wouldn’t mind giving it another try with Cal. She feels he can’t be serious about this little twit that he married so quickly. Pat feels that once Cal realizes she offers him a better option, he’ll choose her. But soon mysterious things begin happening to Pat. Is someone trying to run her out of town? Could that someone be Jenny?
Cassie and the whole river family try to keep Jenny occupied and out of trouble, but suspicions just go from bad to worse. Both Jenny and Pat want Cal and they’re willing to fight for him. How dirty will this fight get?
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That's so not fair! You stopped just as things were getting good. I'd personally be surprised if Cal whipped Ryder. I have no doubt he intends to scare the kid into never doing something so foolish and deceitful again, but I don't think he'd whip the boy. Again, that's just my thoughts given what I've read about Cal so far.
ReplyDeleteCal may be a little torn at this point. He and his family feel an occasional well-deserved spanking is good discipline. He's doing a lot of thinking.
DeleteYou are such a tease PK!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same as Kathryn. I think Cal would intend to give Ryder a good fright, but not actually spank. Then again...?
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Roz
Cal's not one to let something like this go. I have no doubt what's going to happen to Jenny but a sixteen-year-old... interesting.
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