Page 63 of Dirty Discipline, Vol. 1

“Whatever you say, dear. I see the way the two of you look at each other.”

Hallie is panicking. It was one thing for her to admit to herself that she might be falling hard. It’s another to have her aunt having them married off already. “I do like Troy, Aunt Gina, but that doesn’t mean anything. There are… things… that will make a relationship with him very hard.”

“Pish-posh. If you two care enough, you can make it work. He’s a good man, Hallie. Those are hard to find.”

Hallie is torn. Her aunt has given her the perfect opening to ask some hard questions she’s been wanting to ask but was too afraid. She decides with the Housing Board’s meeting less than two weeks away, there is no time like the present.

“Aunt Gina. I have some more questions I’ve been wanting to ask you, but… well they are personal and probably none of my business, but if I am going to stay in Eagle’s Pass, well… they are the questions I need answered to help me make my decision.”

Her aunt is smiling broadly. “I know we’ve talked about DD in generalities, but I’ve been waiting for you to ask the harder questions, honey. I knew you would when you were ready.”

“I’m not sure I’ll ever really be ready, but… well… Troy…” Damn this is hard. “We’ve never talked about it, but I think it might come up this weekend. I’m pretty sure he would like to live in Eagle’s Pass one day. Do you know what I mean?” Hallie is having trouble spitting out exactly what she means.

“Oh, I’m pretty sure you’re right about that, dear.”

“Well, then you know what I’m worried about. It’s one thing to live in Eagle’s Pass and accept how everyone here chooses to live their personal relationships. It’s an entirely different thing to be in a relationship with a man who believes strongly in the founding principles of the town.”

Gina’s smiles indulgently. “You can’t even say it, can you? Everyone in town believes in spanking. More than that, many of us believe that relationships should have one dominant decision maker and one submissive partner.”

Hallie has to fight the surge of anger. “And that’s okay with you? Really? I mean, I love Uncle Adam, but he can be a real bully sometimes. I don’t know why you put up with it, Aunt Gina? And more importantly, I’m not sure I ever could, even with a man like Troy.”

Gina’s laugh lines are lighting up her face. She looks more radiant than Hallie has ever seen her. “Oh Hallie, I’m sure that to many outsiders, yourself included, that it looks one sided or even abusive, but nothing could be farther from the truth. That’s the secret that every one of us here in Eagle’s Pass all share. There is an intimacy to a DD relationship that makes couples like your uncle and I close. The power dynamics in a relationship like ours requires a level of trust and communication most married couples never can achieve. I love doing things to make your uncle happy. That’s the easy part for me to talk about. The other part… well that is harder.”

“What other part?”

Gina finally looks uncomfortable, but she steels herself to forge ahead. “The discipline. The punishments. On one level, they are meant to keep order in our lives, but Hallie, I never feel closer to your uncle than after he has taken the time to discipline me and then hold me, hugging me tight, reassuring me of how much he loves me. Reassuring me that I’m forgiven.” Gina’s face has turned a bright red. “Oh, and the sex. Well, I won’t go into details, but let’s just say that your uncle and I may be getting older, but we still have a really hot sex life. This lifestyle lends itself to a kind of intimacy few outside of a DD relationship can understand.”

Hallie is sure she has turned as red as the Christmas hand towel on the nearby kitchen counter, but as long as her aunt has opened this door, she doesn’t want to waste the chance. “But… doesn’t it really hurt when Uncle Adam spanks you? How is that sexy?”

“There are a lot of different kinds of spankings, honey. Before we came to Eagle’s Pass, we pretty much only did the not-so-fun kind when I had done something dangerous or broke one of our marriage rules. I won’t lie, those spankings hurt… a lot, but I still feel better after they are done than I did before. But since moving here, well… Surrounded by so many reminders of spanking, we have experimented a lot more and let’s just say that most of my spankings these days are the fun kind that I really like. I know it may not have sounded like it, but even that harsh paddling you heard Carrie Ann getting brought her and Danelle closer. I’ve talked to Carrie Ann about it at length. I would bet they had sex soon after the punishment.”

“Oh, they did. I stuck around long enough to get an earful of that too.”

Gina is smiling. “I’m not surprised. Troy was right about you being subjected to the lifestyle if you stay here. If you decide to stay in Eagle’s Pass, you’ll hear a lot of talk about the kinky things our Heads of Household like to do to us Taken-In-Hands. Whether you decide to practice DD or not, you won’t be able to escape the implications.”

“What if Troy… I mean, I know for a fact that he believes in giving spankings. So, what if I just can’t get over this fear I have?”

“Interesting that you know Troy believes in spankings.” Gina pauses, waiting for Hallie to expound. Hallie doesn’t take the bait. Gina moves on. “Let me ask you a question. The last time you visited your uncle and me while we still lived in New England, your uncle spanked you a good one if I remember. You carried on something terrible, but I’m pretty sure you don’t hold a grudge or hate Adam because of it, do you?”

Hallie has thought a lot about that spanking since coming to Eagle’s Pass. “Of course, I don’t hate him. I don’t blame him at all. I totally deserved it. I was a brat and I shudder to think what could have happened if I’d gotten in an accident that night. It was not one of my finer moments.”

“How did you feel after? Not your butt, but your other body parts?”

“Well, besides being mortified and so sorry, I felt relieved. The thing I remember the most about that night is that I think you and Uncle Adam told me like ten times how much you loved me.”

“Oh Hallie, you already have your answer. That is exactly what a good DD relationship will feel like if your HoH is doing his job and taking care of you.”

“But what happens if you don’t agree with the spanking? What if you don’t feel like you deserve it?”

“I honestly never feel that way. Adam has done a very good job of laying out our family rules. I know what will and won’t get me a real punishment. Every family makes their own guidelines, but Troy is a levelheaded young man. I don’t see him making unreasonable rules just so he has an excuse to spank you, if that’s what you are worried about.”

Hallie still has so many questions she needs answers to, but the doorbell interrupts. Her heart lurches into her throat and she feels lightheaded.

Aunt Gina to the rescue. “Just breathe, Hallie. I don’t know how I know, but I do. He is a good man. You can trust him not to hurt you, honey. But…” Gina pauses. “If something happens that you want to come home, you just call me, okay? I’ll drive up to get you in a heartbeat if you need me. But try to give him a chance. Can you do that?”

The doorbell is ringing again, and Uncle Adam has joined them. “For Christ’s sake, ladies. You’re right here. Don’t you hear that doorbell? I heard it all the way from the bathroom.” He opens the door and Troy steps in, towering over Uncle Adam by a few inches. He looks like an Olympic skier, athletic and intense. His sunglasses hide his chocolate eyes, but lend a movie star quality to his appearance. Those butterflies in her stomach just flew lower as Hallie feels her core pulsing. When he takes off the glasses to flash her a sexy grin, she swears she can feel cream escaping to wet her panties.

“Good morning, Hallie.” Only after devouring her for a few long seconds does he glance at Gina. “Hello, Aunt Gina. How are you today?”

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