As promised, here is the second chapter of this month, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Enjoy!

Confessed

"Come here Ben," Ethan said.

He sat down in a chair and placed the child in front of him.

"I'm listening to you son."

"Papa, I took the toy from the store, I beg your pardon." Ben was already crying. His feeling of frustration and the fear of his action immediately flew away.

"Did you mean to take the toy? Did you steal it, take it without paying for it?"

"Yes Pa. I am sorry but I really wanted it now."

"Where is the toy?"

"Under my bed cushion."

"Go get it."

Ben left and brought the toy back, placing it in his father's hand.

"What punishment do you think you deserve Ben?" Ethan asked.

"A spanking. I know better but I did it anyway, Papa."

"Tomorrow we will take this toy back, you will take whatever punishment Mr Axelrod decides to assign."

"Yes Papa."

"You also lost the right to ask for this toy at Christmas."

"Yes sir."

"Well let's finish this."

Ethan stood up, unbuckled his belt, and slid it gently through the loops of his pants.

He saw Ben's eyes widen.

"Papa, no! Please! I'm sorry!"

"Ethan ... ? Amelia said softly, then seeing his gaze begging her to trust him, she remembered that he wanted her support, not her condemnation.

"Well, you deserve everything your Pa gives you! Theft is illegal." she said sternly.

"Yes, Aunt Amelia.

"I'll be waiting for you on the porch, Ethan. Join me when you bring Ben back to bed. Ethan nodded, appreciating her support and the privacy she gave Ben.

"Well, it's brave of you to come and confess what you did to me, I'm proud of you. But stealing and lying are two conditions with which I will take my belt off! If

you are old enough to do the behavior, you are old enough to take the punishment!

Of course, Ethan knew it was the feelings that mattered, not the pain of the punishment.

Ethan folded his belt in half, the buckle firmly in his hand. The little boy lay all on his own over Ethan's knees, accepting that he deserved to be punished. Ethan snapped

his belt once on the edge of the chair to make noise to impress his son. Then he threw the belt on the floor. The man pulled up his son's nightgown, baring his butt. He then

lifted his hand and applied six firm blows to the exposed little butt.

"OW! OW! Sorry, Pa!" Ben cried.

Then Ethan stopped, lifted the child and hugged him tight!

"No more theft my son! Spanking will be my answer every time!"

"Yes sir, I won't do it again! I promise!" He threw himself on his father's neck!

"Alright! I love you Ben! A little boy is going to do naughty things, that's okay, but my job as a Pa is to be strict so you don't do it again, Your young age saved you

from feeling my belt this time, but if you do it again, I'll forget your age!

"Yes Papa! I knew I would be punished the second I stole it!

"Alright let's go to bed, it's late, you can sleep now. You don't have a stomach ache anymore, do you?"

"No Pa! Why did it stop?"

"Because you told me and a spanking does wonders for guilty stomachs my son!"

With a final hug and a final kiss, Ethan brought his son back to his bed. "Good night Ben! I love you!"

"I love you Pa!" And the little boy fell asleep.

Ethan joins Amelia on the porch.

"I barely heard him cry, You knew you wouldn't use your belt before you even took it off, right? Was it just for show to impress him?

"Yes Amelia, you're starting to see my way of thinking, you have to trust me. I know what I'm doing! If I'm too angry I'll calm down before I punish them. I'll put

them in a place away from me. A corner, send them to their room while I calm down. When I raise my hand or if need be, my belt, I am always in control, always! I will never leave a

mark or a bruise, I promise you! I do not beat women or children!"

"Did you spank him naked?"

"Yes. I gave him six firm smacks with my hand. The reaction and the age of the child tell me how hard I spank." Ethan responds.

"It is a fair method." Amelia nods.

"Now what were you going to tell me before Ben arrived? That sounded important? Why do you say you liked James less?"

"What I'm going to tell you Ethan, nobody knows, I'd rather the kids never know."

"You scare me, but I promise you it is safe with me. He walked over and hugged her tightly, he knew the impression it was on her.

He listened to her without interrupting.

"Ethan, it was a forced marriage, his parents and my parents had agreed, James had a good situation, then Adam came so I was submissive, obedient, the perfect

wife, I was doing my marital duty. Then the twins were born, I thought I learned to love him ..., until I felt what I feel for you! It's so strong Ethan! you made me

know true love, unconditional, the affection I had for him has nothing to do with our teasing, our laughter and our allusions. The respect, the safety I feel with you!"

"Oh Amelia! I never would have guessed! Did he ever put his hands on you?"

"It happened ... rarely, if he never really got carried away in front of the kids. Even though ninety percent of the time he was nice."

"Ninety percent of the time? No Amelia, that's not normal! I will never do that! You have my word!"

Amelia was crying. "I know Ethan! That's why I love you! I know he was your friend, men like you are rare Ethan! It's okay for a man to punish his wife in a lot of homes."

"You're wrong, I know Dakota would never do that to Marie nor Tim! It shouldn't have happened! Not once! Never!" Ethan was angry! "If he were alive, I would give him a good beating!"

"If he were alive you would never have known! Ethan, don't be angry, please you have to understand. I loved him, but now that I love you, I realize that actually my feelings for him weren't love. I didn't know that before, it's hard to understand, I know." She says.

"I'm not mad at you Amelia, and if one day I happen to be, I'll never lift my hand to you! That's a promise!"

"I know that! And… I love you so much!

Would you like to do more than hug and kiss Ethan?"

"Of course Amelia! But I think we have to be careful. You sure want to, I get it! Already the first question is if you get pregnant again? Do you want more children?"

"I wouldn't mind and you?"

" No of course I wouldn't."

"Well, that's it then!"

"We will speed up the repair of the upper floors, as I said. If one day it happens that we are alone before, I will accede to your request. You have to be sure, but after what you told me, I will make you discover true love."

"I am! Thank you Ethan!" "Amelia had her brain working at full speed! She would find some one to babysit the children!"

The next day, Ethan took Ben to see Mr. Axelrod.

"I stole this toy yesterday, I'm sorry, sir!" Ben said.

"I punished my son severely, but I told him he would take your punishment too, even a spanking if you choose."

"Young man, knowing your Pa, I'm sure he did a good job with his punishment, so I'm not going to add anything this time around."

"Thank you sir!" Ben said.

"But, if you do it again, I'll stop you from entering my store and watch your Pa spank you! Do we have a deal young man?"

"Yes, sir! I won't do it again! I promise!"

"Alright, this is over. Ben go to school you're going to be late! "

After a hug and a kiss to his father, Ben rushed to school.

"Thank you Mr Axelrod." Ethan said.

"I got you sheriff." Ethan noticed that people were starting to see him as Paradise's sheriff, they felt safe.

Ethan then got Carl's father's agreement to deal with his son in the event of a problem stating that if that happened he would get a spanking from him as well.

"Exactly what I would do! This man is a good father." He thought.

The morning went off without a hitch. At noon Ethan returned to his house for lunch and was surprised to see Tess standing inthe corner. The child turned to see him.

"Papa! I ..."

"No sweetheart, I love you, but Aunt Amelia punished you so you stay in the corner until she tells you to get out. It's the rule of the corner, remember?" His voice was soft but stern.

"Yes Papa."

"You punished her? What did she do?" Ethan asked Amelia softly so the child would not hear.

"She's going to tell you herself." Amelia said before calling the little girl.

"Tess? You can get out of the corner, come tell Pa what you did."

"I… "Tess began looking at her feet.

"Look at me when you talk to me!" Ethan said. The child immediately obeyed and looked up. She was crying softly.

"I stuck my tongue out at Aunt Amelia."

"And?" Amelia encouraged.

"I hit her. I'm sorry!"

"Go to your room and wait for me on your bed!" Ethan commanded. The little girl obeyed, crying.

"I was shocked Ethan! I didn't know what to do."

"You are allowed to spank my children Amelia if you feel it necessary!" Ethan clarified.

"Yes but I know you've never spanked Tess before so I didn't dare!"

"You should have and she would have gotten a second one from me!"

"Come on," he said, "we're both going to talk to her." Ethan walked into the bedroom with Amelia.

Ethan pulled the potty out from under her bed and told the child to pee before putting her back on the bed.

"Tess, you owe adults respect, raising your hand is forbidden! We already had a conversation about your tongue staying in your mouth, remember?"

"Yes Papa."

"Apologize to your aunt," right now!" Ethan ordered.

"I'm sorry Aunt Amelia! "

"Apology accepted little girl." Amelia replied.

"You are going to have your first spanking Tess. Get up and get in front me." Ethan ordered.

"Why am I spanking you Tess?"

"For slapping Aunt Amelia and sticking my tongue out."

"This disrespectful behavior is forbidden! You will be respecrful and obey!" Ethan put the child over his lap, lifted her skirt and pulled down her underwear. He raised his hand and spanked the exposed little butt three times making sure to be firmbut not too hard.

"Sorrrrry Papa, owww!" The little girl immediately sobbed.

Then Ethan stopped, hugging her tightly in his powerful arms. "I love you Tess! But a spanking will be the resultevery time you act that way! If it happens again, Aunt Amelia will spank you and me too when I get home! Do you understand?"

"Yes Papa! I am sorry." Tess said, sniffing.

"Well, Ethan hugged her again, spending time rocking her. He needed it as much as she did. Spanking his baby was hard, but he had to follow through on his words, even with Tess. "I forgive you honey and I love you! Wipe your face so we can have lunch."

In fact Tess was asleep against his chest. Ethan gently put her in her bed and they left the room.

"Don't you want to wake her up?" Amelia asked.

"No, it tires them out after a spanking, it's normal. We'll give her something to eat when she wakes."

"So, we're having a one-to-one lunch!" Said Amelia, her smile from ear to ear!

As Ethan was washing his hands, Amelia ran over to grab a red tablecloth, placed and lit two candles on the table and quickly cut a heart out of paper, which she placed on Ethan's plate.

"Well, if I had been gone any longer you would have won me the moon! Ethan teased."

"I appreciate your solicitude my love, thank you!" He said, kissing her tenderly.