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She walked to the door, breathing quietly as she waited to see what Gene was going to do next. She didn’t want to open the door and talk to him. She didn’t want to see anybody from the farm ever again.

Had the news already spread that Gene had spanked her? Was she going to be the talk of the work or even the town?

“Little One, open the door right now. We need to talk,” Gene said. “Ezekiel told me that you called out because you’re sick. Open the door so Daddy can take care of you.”

Sammi unlocked the door and barely opened it so he could only see a sliver of her face. His eyes roamed her face, probably trying to see if she was sick and how bad she was feeling. But he was going to find out that she was not poorly.

“Hi, Little One,” he cooed at her. “How are you feeling?”

“I’m okay,” she replied.

She wanted to make this as short as possible. She didn’t need him lingering and figuring out that she wasn’t sick. What was he going to think then? Was he going to punish her again?

“Ezekiel said that you’re sick. What’s wrong, Little One? How are you feeling? What’s wrong?”

She bit her lip and looked away. She could feel the guilt starting to settle in the pit of her stomach. How was she going to live like this?

“Is it your period? Do you have bad cramps and can’t work? I haven’t noticed you being gone for the past couple of months. Have you been working through your pain?”

Heat rushed to her cheeks at his words..

“There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. It’s a natural thing for women. I honestly think it should be acceptable to talk about it anywhere.”

“It’s not my period. Can we please stop talking about that,” she begged.

“Then what’s wrong? Why did you call out?”

Tears formed in her eyes, and she blinked several times, trying to get rid of them. She could not cry in front of him. She had already cried in front of him yesterday when she got spanked. The sobs that came out of her were weird and had never happened before. Not even when her parents died.

“Oh, Little One. Let me come in? Can I? What can I do to make everything better? Do you have the medicine you need? Do I need to go out and get some or call one of my doctor friends to come check on you?”

She barely shook her head and wiped away the lone tear that had escaped. Gene looked tortured standing in front of her because she had the door almost closed. Did he really care that much?

“Little One, please. I’m worried about you. I want to make sure that you’re okay. Can you tell Daddy what’s wrong?” he gently asked.

Was she really going to tell him what was going on? Or was she going to try and come up with some lie? Just the thought of lying was making her sick to her stomach.

“Everyone knows,” she whispered.

Gene’s eyebrows pinched together. “Everyone knows what?” he asked.

She shook her head and glared at him.How did he not know?

“Everyone knowswhat?” he asked again.

Was he just playing dumb? Did he want to see whether Sammi would say it out loud?

“Everyone knows that you spanked me.”

“They do? How?” His eyebrows raised.

Her mouth hung open as she looked at him. Did he really just ask that?

“Baby, how do they know? I didn’t say anything,” he gently said. “I know you didn’t say anything either.”

“I thought you told Nolan.”

“I didn’t. I knew that you were worried about people finding out. I wouldn’t tell people. Not unless you were okay with it, and I knew you weren’t. I wouldn’t break your trust like that.”

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