Chapter 3. The tea party
At lunch break the next day, Richard again asked Veronica to come to his office.
"I have spoken at length to Jack Leonards," he said, "He thinks you should be
let off after apologising to the class and personally to them but his wife isn't
so sure you ought to get off as easily. Apparently they argued about it long
into the night. In the end they decided to invite both of us to tea tonight so
we can discus it informally. Will you agree to that?" She didn't have a choice
and he knew it.
On a Friday, Jack liked to finish work early have a meal about 5.30 and get out
to the working men's club by about 7 p.m. Sarah was used to having a the meal
cooked ready for him.
On that Friday, with the two apprehensive guests, the meal went surprisingly
well. Even Jeremy behaved himself and was polite to everyone. Afterwards as they
sat in easy chairs drinking tea, Jack raised the subject of why they were here.
It turned out that none of them, again including Jeremy, wanted to see her
forced to leave the school. Jessica put a particularly good case for her to
stay. It was mainly Sarah, the boy's mother that was reluctant to let Veronica
off without further punishment. She thought she had to atone for wrongly hitting
her son but couldn't decide what such punishment should be. She had accepted
Veronica's apology to them. She realised it was a heat of the moment action in
the face of provocation but that didn't make it right. It didn't appear that
anything would be resolved and the subject lapsed into general conversation.
Jack sat near Veronica and discussed Jessica's History project while Sarah
engaged Richard in a quiet but seemingly animated discussion. After a while
Sarah stood up to clear away the meal and wash-up. She invited Veronica to give
her a hand.
At the sink, Sarah washed the dishes while Veronica dried. "Veronica, I feel you
should receive the same sort of punishment that Richard gave to my son. In fact
I think you should have double what he had because you are supposed to be a
responsible teacher and set an example to others. As you saw, I was talking to
Richard and I asked him if he would do the caning and finally he agreed
providing you agreed to accept it. We also agreed that it was never to be made
public."
Veronica went very pale and almost dropped a plate. "You can't mean it!"
"Look Veronica, I like you and I think you are a good teacher. Jessica obviously
likes you too but that doesn't alter the fact that what you did was very wrong.
I could take the matter to the board of governors. At best that would put a
blight on your career, possibly they would remove you from the school and you
would then find it extremely difficult to get another job. The caning would be
over quickly and the marks would go in a fairly short time."
"You're blackmailing me?"
"Not really. But I saw my son's bottom last night and can attest to how painful
it is even now. If he had deserved it, then I could have accepted it but I don't
believe he did. I think you should get to feel some of what he is going
through." Veronica just nodded. She understood that she was not being given a
choice. Sarah went on. "What I suggest is, when we have finished here, you and
Richard go to your place and change into something comfortable and collect
anything you need for an overnight stay, just in case you don't feel like
returning to your home. You then travel in Richard's car to his house. Using his
car means if you decide to return home you won't have to drive. Jack goes to his
club about 7.30 and I often visit a friend about 8 or 8.30. Jessica is old
enough to keep and eye on Jeremy and she seems well able to cope with his moods.
I will come over to Richard's and watch you receive the caning. This way I will
be certain it has been properly carried out. As soon as the caning is over I
will leave and you and Richard are free to do whatever you like. Monday is a
bank holiday so that works in well and gives you more time to recover. On
Tuesday when you get back you will apologise to the whole class like the others
want."
"You're going to watch! I don't believe it!"
"Yes, and you are going to get it on the bare so I can see your bottom is
coloured like my son's only more so. But you don't have to go through with it.
If you are not at Richard's when I arrive, I will know you don't feel guilty
enough to take your punishment so I will go ahead and file the complaint.
Perhaps that will purge your guilt!"
Sarah finished drying the plates herself and then the pair went back into the
main room. Veronica and Richard said their good-byes and left. "She told you
then?" Richard asked. Veronica nodded. "What have you decided to do?"
"I have to do it. The disgrace and humiliation of going to the governors would
be too great and I would never get another decent teaching job. She said she
wasn't blackmailing me but she was. I don't have a choice."
It didn't take long for Veronica to change into a loose fitting skirt and blouse
and get the things she needed for an overnight stay. She hoped she would be able
to return home and Richard promised he would drive her back if she wanted but
there was a spare room if she wished to stay..
On the 20 minute drive to Richard's place he said, "Look Veronica, I can't say I
am not looking forward to seeing your naked bum in front of me, I can't even say
I am not looking forward to caning it. I have fantasised about you quite a lot
but after the caning I won't do anything you don't allow me to do. Before you go
back I will try and ease the pain with cold towels and a bath, and then put
cream on. Whether we have sex after that is up to you. Are you on the pill?"
"Yes," there were tears in her eyes already, "I didn't stop after Mark left but
I didn't expect to get fucked as well as caned. Is Sarah going to watch that as
well?"
"No. No. She is leaving when the caning is over. She promised that."
"Will you be doing it really hard?"
"I will be doing it hard, yes but not excessively so. I will strap you down as
well, more to prevent you getting hit in the wrong places because you move at
the wrong time. So once I start there will be no changing your mind. I shouldn't
have to gag you because the neighbours aren't too close and I will do it down in
the cellar. Even if you beg and try and call it off, once I start you will get
the full twelve - unless Sarah decides to reduce the number and I don't think
that is likely. I think she will get off on seeing you being punished and I
think she got off from looking at and putting salve on Jeremy. Here we are."
