Chapter 4
Warning: Spanking in this chapter!
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Morning came far too soon as the passengers were getting ready for the long trek to the way station. There was no breakfast and only a small amount of water to be shared, so it didn't take long for the group of travelers to start out walking. Adam took the lead with Frank at the back making sure no one lagged behind. The first few hours were rather quiet and no one said very much conserving their strength for the journey. Finally Adam told everyone to stop and take a few minutes rest and have some water.
"Well, it is about time! Do you think we are all a bunch of mules that can go forever without a rest?" Rebecca complained loudly, as she sat down in a huff on the nearest rock she could find.
She raised her hand slowly and gestured toward one of the canteens Adam had around his neck.
"Miss Langford, I need water immediately. I am so parched I don't think I can even swallow."
Then she leaned back and put her hand to her brow as if she was going to faint. Miss Langford immediately started to rise to go and fetch water for her spoiled ward, but Adam put up his hand and looked directly at Miss Langford.
"Don't you move, Miss Langford. She is perfectly capable of getting her own water if she is thirsty enough."
Miss Langford looked unsure of what to do as she looked between her ward and the angry look Adam had on his face. She quickly decided to do what Adam said and sat back down on the ground to rest. Rebecca had heard the exchange between her nanny and Adam and couldn't believe Miss Langford did what Adam said instead of her.
"How dare you talk to my nanny that way, cowboy. She works for my father and is paid to take care of my needs. Miss Langford… I am waiting!"
Looking over at Rebecca Adam's eyebrow arched as he threw her a challenging look.
"Well little girl, you are going to be waiting a long time because your nanny is not going to wait on you anymore on this trip. You are perfectly able to help yourself. So if you want a drink, I suggest you get up and come over here and get it."
Adam grinned deliberately as he took a drink of water from the canteen and took a seat on the ground. Rebecca's eyes widened in disbelief as she got up and came over and stood in front of Adam with her hands on her hips.
"Stop calling me, little girl! I will have you know that I am fifteen and not a little girl!"
Adam shrugged slightly as he grinned. "Could have fooled me. The way you have been acting I thought you were around six or seven tops."
Rebecca stomped her foot as she shouted, "Give me that water right this instant you annoying cowboy!"
Suddenly Adam stood up and got within inches of her as he leaned in close enough so only she could hear what he was about to say.
"Young lady, I suggest you change your attitude immediately and listen VERY carefully, because I am not going to tell you again. My name is Adam Cartwright…not cowboy. You may call me Mr. Cartwright. From now on you will use my name correctly or do not expect me to answer you at all. Furthermore, it is time that you stop acting like a spoiled child and start treating the people around here with respect and start pulling your own weight. Because if you don't, I will take you over my knee and give you the spanking that you so richly deserve. And that is a promise!"
Adam handed Rebecca the canteen as his expression darkened.
"Now take a drink and then go over and sit down and get some rest. We will be leaving in ten minutes."
Rebecca stood there with her mouth slightly open, not really sure she had just heard what Adam told her. It took her a moment to comprehend what he had just threatened to do before she felt her cheeks turn red.
"You wouldn't dare! My father would have you put in jail!" Rebecca declared, as she lifted her chin defiantly.
Narrowing his eyes Adam said, "Oh, I most certainly would! If my two younger brothers were here they could tell you that I certainly dared whenever they acted like brats. So don't push your luck, little girl! Of course they knew how to be respectful and speak to adults…something you still have to learn."
Adam and Rebecca stood glaring at each other until Rebecca saw the look in Adam's eyes and decided it might be in her best interest to go and sit down and not push him any further at the moment. Ten minutes later the travelers headed out making good time as the sun slowly crept up in the morning sky. By noon Adam had them sit and take another rest while he and Frank went out looking for some small game to eat.
Rebecca sat on a small rock and took off her shoe. She started to rub her foot hoping it might help the aching. Miss Langford had come over and was sitting down by the new bride as she struck up a conversation.
"So, you're on your way to Virginia City for your honeymoon? How wonderful that is. Where will you put down roots for your home, Miss Grace?"
Grace smiled as her eyes twinkled with all the enthusiasm of a young bride while she told Miss Langford of their plans to homestead just outside of Virginia City. They had only been married a couple of days when the stagecoach was robbed. So she truly was a newlywed and the excitement of a bright future spilled over the more she talked to Miss Langford. After awhile Rebecca got bored that no one was talking to her and came over and plopped down by her nanny.
She let out an exasperated sigh. "Miss Langford, I can't go any further. My feet are hurting and I have blisters on them from all this walking. I am not going any further and that is final!"
Miss Langford smiled as she shook her head.
"Now, Miss Rebecca, you are young and strong and you can do this. Besides, Mr. Cartwright says we should be at the way station by tomorrow afternoon so you only have to do this one more day. I just know you can, dear."
"Oh, Mr. Cartwright this and Mr. Cartwright that. I don't care what he says. You just tell him that I can't go any further, do you understand?"
Miss Langford shook her head again as she smiled.
"No, dear, I will not be telling Mr. Cartwright what to do. I would think by now that you know he is in charge and everyone is doing what he says. I expect he knows just what he is doing and will get us to our destination safely. If you want to tell Mr. Cartwright that you aren't going any further…then you tell him because I will not."
Rebecca thought for a moment and remembered what Adam had threatened to do to her and decided to keep quiet for the moment, just incase he was serious with his threat. But she certainly was going to give her father an earful all about Mr. Adam Cartwright when she saw him!
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The sun was starting to set as the weary travelers came to a group of large boulders where Adam had decided to make camp for the night. Everyone was exhausted and later on in the evening they sat around the fire Adam had built trying to get some rest. Adam and Marcus had gone out looking for some game for their supper. The rest of the group were listening to Mr. Washington talk about how excited he was to get to Virginia City to sell his buttons when Rebecca rudely interrupted him.
"Miss Langford, I really need some water to rub on my aching feet. Tend to it at once for I just can't go another step."
Rebecca had looked around to see that Adam was nowhere in sight before she made her demands on her nanny as she sat there rubbing her feet. Miss Langford started to rise to do her young ward's bidding and suddenly stopped when she heard a familiar voice.
"Don't even think about it, Miss Langford!"
Adam had just come into the camp and heard Rebecca's demand and now stood right in front of Miss Langford with an expression that would brook no discussion.
"First of all, there is barely enough water to drink let alone bathe her feet. And secondly, I thought we already discussed that she is perfectly capable of taking care of her own needs and that you were not to wait on her anymore."
Miss Langford looked at the frown on Adam's face and realized he was very serious and decided that he was right and it was time for a certain young lady to start pulling her own weight and grow up. So she just smiled at Rebecca and went over and sat back down by Grace.
Adam walked over and looked down at Rebecca who by now was fuming as she watched her nanny ignore her orders and go and sit down.
Rebecca glared up at Adam not hiding her annoyance in the least as she huffed, "I told you before that I am the only one that can give her orders! Just who do you think you are telling my nanny what to do?"
Adam's eyes abruptly narrowed as he leaned down until he was a few inches from Rebecca's frowning face as he firmly informed her, "I am the man who recently told you that unless your behavior improved, you and I may end up having a little talk, young lady. I can see now that you didn't believe me when I told you that your attitude needed to change or I was going to give you a much deserved spanking. Well little girl, my patience has reached its limit and the time has come for you to see that I am a man of my word!"
Straightening up Adam started to reach for Rebecca's arm, but she jumped up and let out a squeal as she took off running for the boulders that were off to the side of the camp sight with Adam right behind her.
"Don't you dare come near me, cowboy! I am going to tell my father and you will be very sorry!" Rebecca exclaimed, as she watched Adam come into the group of boulders looking very determined.
Realizing that Adam was not going to back down from his threat to warm her backside thoroughly, Rebecca started looking for a way to get around Adam and back to the safety of the camp. But the only way she was going to get through the opening in the boulders was to go by Adam first, and that certainly wasn't going to happen without some damage to her backside. So her next plan of action was to look around for something to use as a weapon to try and keep this very angry cowboy at a distance. Spying a small stick on the ground, she quickly picked it up and started swinging it around in front of her. Of course the only thing she managed to do was make a very angry Adam even angrier.
Adam's voice was dangerously low as he declared, "Little girl, swinging that at me is only going to earn you a few more swats, so I suggest you put it down right now!"
Ignoring Adam instructions, Rebecca continued to swing the stick around acting a lot braver than she really felt as she exclaimed loudly, "Stay away from me, you brute!"
Finally Adam had enough of this annoying brat as he lunged forward and made quick work of taking the stick away from Rebecca as he pulled her towards the nearest boulder and sat down and hauled her across his knees.
As he held her firmly around her waist he proceeded to flip up her skirt and petticoats and start giving this spoiled, little rich girl the first of many hard smacks to her bottom!
At first Rebecca was completely taken off guard that she had ended up over Adam's knees so quickly. But soon her position became quite evident as the first of several painful swats landed on her backside.
"Ouch! Don't you dare spank me," Rebecca cried, as she struggled to get off of Adam's lap.
"Oh, I dare this and a lot more, young lady. You are a spoiled brat and we all are tired of your foolishness. It is time that someone teaches you some manners!" Swat! Swat! Swat! Swat!
"You are going to apologize to Miss Langford…Swat…Swat…Swat...and then you are going to change this attitude that you think the world owes you everything and treat the rest of the passengers respectfully."
"I will not and you can't make me!"
Rebecca began to try to wiggle off of Adam's lap, but he held her firmly in place as he administered three more stinging swats.
"Oh I think I can persuade you to rethink this attitude of yours little girl, or you may find sitting the rest of this trip rather difficult."
"Oww, stop this at once!" Rebecca yelled, as she began kicking her legs furiously.
"I can continue this all night, Rebecca, so I suggest you change your attitude immediately."
Several more hard swats followed as Adam was determined to make this lesson count. Obviously no one had ever given any consequences to this young girl and her behavior certainly showed it.
After delivering two more particularly hard swats Adam stopped and said, "Well, little girl, are you ready to start behaving?"
With her bottom on fire and all thoughts of sitting comfortably a thing of the past, Rebecca stopped kicking and squirming on Adam's lap as she finally realized that Adam could continue this spanking a lot longer than she could throw a fit, and her tears began to flow.
"I am sorry and I…I will apologize to Miss Langford," she cried softly, as she wiped at the tears streaming down her face.
Adam delivered two more stinging swats. "And you will also change your attitude towards the rest of the passengers, young lady."
"Yes…yes…I will. I am sorry I acted the way I have been acting."
"Good girl," Adam said, as he pulled Rebecca's skirt and petticoats back into place and stood her up in front of him as he gently held on to her hands.
"I really didn't want to do this, Rebecca. But your behavior was way out of control and someone had to make you see the error of your ways. You can't go through life thinking that everyone is put on this earth to wait on you and treat them like servants without any feelings. You are old enough to know how people should be treated. Miss Langford has done nothing but be kind to you and the only way you repay her is to be rude and ill-mannered."
Adam reached over and gently wiped a tear that was falling on Rebecca's cheek.
"Hopefully after this lesson you can behave like young ladies should and I won't have to repeat this during the rest of the trip."
Tipping up Rebecca's chin so that she was looking directly at him Adam asked, "Well, do we have an understanding, young lady?"
Rebecca hiccupped and swiped at the tears on her face. She hesitated for a moment but eventually answered Adam when she saw his eyebrow slowly start to rise.
"Yes, yes I will behave."
"Good, I will give you a few minutes to compose yourself and then I expect you to join us at the campfire."
As she continued sniffling and wiping her eyes, Adam could tell she really needed a hug and pulled her into his strong arms and started to rub her back.
Suddenly the floodgates opened as Rebecca started crying on Adam's shoulder.
"I…I really am sorry," Rebecca sobbed, as she continued crying on Adam's shoulder until his shirt became wet from her tears.
"It's alright now…just let it all out, Rebecca. It is all over now and you can start a new slate," Adam said softly, as he continued to rub her back in a soothing motion.
After a few minutes of hard crying, Rebecca finally stood back from Adam and smiled slightly as she dabbed at her eyes with the hem of her dress.
"May I stay here for a few minutes more?"
"Of course, you take all the time you need," Adam said smiling, as he stood up and squeezed Rebecca's shoulder.
"I hope you are hungry because we got lucky and got some meat for supper," Adam declared cheerfully, as he grinned and gave her a quick wink before he turned and headed for the campsite.
As soon as Adam was out of sight Rebecca's hand darted back to her bottom and she started to rub her smarting backside hoping to make the sting go away. But Adam was always very thorough when administering a spanking, and Rebecca was certainly going to remember this discussion for the next few days every time she sat down. After dabbing her eyes and straightening her hair, she decided she was ready to go back and face the others.
"That cowboy sure has a hard hand," Rebecca muttered, as she started heading back to the campsite, all the while rubbing at her tender backside.
TBC
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I know this was a long chapter, but I just couldn't find a place to stop that wouldn't leave you frustrated and wonder how long Adam was going to take this girl's attitude. So now you know, he didn't take her bratty attitude any longer and Miss Rebecca now knows that Adam is a man of his word.
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