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Jealousy

When they arrived at the ranch, they changed their clothes for chores. Johnny and Sam hurried for their work. Johnny taking care of the stalls and Sam taking care of the troughs.

"Sam, did you give Scott's horse a drink?" Johnny asked.

"No, he forbade me to approach it without him."

"He will be furious if you don't water his horse! But he will be so proud of you if you take care of him!"

"You think so? Okay Johnny, I'm going."

The little girl entered the stall of "Thunder", Scott's horse. The animal whinnied, backed away suddenly, nervous, making Sam fall.

Scott came running, after hearing his horse whinny, grabbed Sam by the elastic of her pants, hugging her!

"Are you alright? You have nothing hurt?"

"No, Scott, it's okay."

"What were you doing in there in the first place? I forbade you to go near him! You disobeyed me!

Go to your room, I'll be there soon!" Scott ordered, furious. "I have to calm down before I can talk to you."

"But Scott ... .." she sobbed.

"Now Samantha!" Said Scott, pointing the door with his finger.

Sam ran to the house, up to her bedroom and threw herself on her bed, crying.

Scott gave himself ten minutes to calm down before joining her, still sobbing.

He sat down next to her, pulling her into his lap and hugging her.

"Calm down Samantha, it's not like you, putting yourself in this state there, even if you have to be punished, explain this to me".

"I ... I didn't mean to ... disobey you Scott!, Johnny told me that I had to give your horse a drink , that you would be angry if I didn't, so I did. He said you would be proud of me!"

"What? ... what are you talking about? Are you sure you understood what he was saying to you?"

"Yes Sir, I'm sorry! Are you going to punish me?" She said crying even more.

"Let me tell you again, young girl, that my horse is forbidden territory! Whatever the reason! Am I clear?"

"Yes sir!"

"Well, I'm not going to spank you for disobeying me, since you obeyed Johnny, but your will be staying in your room tonight. I'll bring you your dinner. And you're going to write lines for me." he said taking a sheet of paper from her writing tablet, "I'm writing it for you first; 'I must never go near Scott's horse,' twenty times."

"Yes Scott, I will never listen to Johnny again!"

"Sam, come here," said Scott sitting back down on the bed. You always have to listen to Johnny, he's older than you and he knows best, but, you have a conscience and know right from wrong. If he tells you to hold his hand to cross a road, you do it, if he tells you to jump out the window, or to approach my horse, you do not. Do you understand? Your choices are your own, that's why I punished you. I promise you that Johnny will never do anything like this again. I forbid you to leave your room, use the pot under your bed if necessary, you are being punished."

"Yes Scott," she said, throwing herself in his arms. He hugs her tightly, kissing her on the head.

Johnny had finished the barn chores and was about to return home when Scott arrived.

"Come here," he said, sitting on a haystack and placing Johnny in front of him.

"Look at me,… why?" Scott asked, disappointed.

Tears immediately rose in Johnny's eyes and he looked away. Scott didn't let him go, grabbing his chin and forcing him to look at him.

"She could have been seriously injured, even killed Johnny! Do you realize this? "

"Anyway, you don't care about me!" Snapped Johnny.

"What are you talking about?"

"Since she's been here, you've only been taking care of her, I'm invisible!"

"Johnny, I seem to have paid attention to you just last week, why are you saying that?"

"This morning at school, you kissing her and wishing her a good day and not me!"

"John! ... are you jealous!? ... but wait a minute ... the ink at school, was it you? You wanted her to have problems with me!"

" Yes!" Johnny shouted!

Scott was fighting to manage his anger and temper. He pulled his little brother into his lap, hugging him hard with his strong arms, Johnny crying all the tears from his body.

"Listen to me Johnny, you are my only little brother, I love you! Nothing will ever change that! The heart gets bigger as life goes on. You will one day have a wife and children. Do you think you will stop loving Dad? Or me? Do you understand what I am trying to say? I love Sam, yes, like my own daughter, but I also love you John, one doesn't prevent the other, my heart just grew."

"Yes Scott, I'm sorry!" the child sobbed into his shirt.

"Well, if you understand that, you also understand that I cannot let pass what you did". Scott felt the boy nod on his chest. "Stand up please." and he repositioned Johnny between his knees.

"I'm sorry for this morning, I should have kissed you too, but I didn't want to kiss you in front of your friends. It's a mistake I won't make anymore, I promise. Tomorrow morning, you'll apologize to Miss. Sims and take whatever punishment she wants to give you, except a spanking. Since I'll deal with that now, I won't let her physically punish you."

"Yes Scott."

"You will also apologize to Sam, I told her that she should always trust you and listen to you, because you are older and you know more. I need to trust you to protect her, not put her in danger. I want your word that what happened today will never happen again! No more jealousy! Can i trust you Johnny?"

"Yes Scott, I promise you."

Scott put out his hand and unbuttoned Johnny's pants, lowering them and his underwear to his ankles. He then pulled the child onto his lap exposing his butt as high as possible, he raised his right hand and lowered it again and again, right, left, middle, with strong hard and firm slaps.

"Ow ... I apologize!, Ow ... Scottttt!"

"Doing stupid things is not the best way to get my attention young man!"

Scott made sure to put enough force in to get the message across, and after twelve good spanks and an exposed pink butt, he stopped.

"We haven't finished, this spanking was for the ink escapade at school. I'm now going to spank you for deliberately putting Sam in danger. Put on your pants and underwear." he said.

As Johnny got dressed, Scott unbuckled his belt and passed it through the loops of his pants, folding it in half, the buckle secure in his hand. He put his left foot on the haystack and rocked his brother over his knee, securing him with his left arm around his belly.

"Johnny, I want you to count each lick." He raised his right arm and slapped the belt on the covered bottom again and again before stopping. Holding the sobbing child by the shoulders, he still had the belt in his hand.

"Look at me, how many belt licks did you count?"

"Eight"

"Eight, exactly. A lick for each year of Sam's life, the life that you almost foolishly took from her out of pure jealousy! If you start again, I will take my belt on your bare butt for all of the spanking! it's a promise! Am i clear?"

"Yes sir, I will not do it anymore, I promise"

Johnny threw himself into Scott's arms! Apologizing and promising to be good. Scott tightened his arms, offering him with pleasure, the comfort and love the boy asked. He promised himself to pay more attention to the child.

"I love you Johnny, never doubt it! You're going to your room until morning. I'll bring you your dinner. Think about your behavior and why I was so hard on you."

"Yes sir."

Scott put on his belt and with one hand on his little brother's shoulder, they went back inside.

"Scott? Can I go see Sam for a few minutes before I go to my room please?"

"Yes, go ahead but not long!"

"Sam?" Said Johnny, knocking on the door.

"Yes?"

" Can I talk to you?"

"No, I'm being punished!"

"Me too, but Scott has given me permission."

"Oh well, okay then."

Johnny stood by Sam's bed where she was seated.

"I would like to apologize Sam. It was me who did the ink at school and what I did with the horse, it was nasty. You should know, Scott spanked me for all this, severely."

"You deserved it!" she said.

"Yes, that's right. I was jealous of the attention Scott paid you, but I was wrong. Scott says that his heart has grown since you lived with us, and that he loves you as much as me."

"Did he truly say that?"

"Yes!"

At his words, Sam rushed out of her room, down the stairs, and arrived in the kitchen where Scott was preparing the meal trays.I She threw herself into his arms, clinging to his neck crying!

"Did you ... tell Johnny that your ... heart had grown, that you loved me?"

Scott sat down, pulling her to his knees.

"Yes sweetheart, that's what I said! I really mean it!" He said, hugging her tight!

Scott struggled not to tell the little girl that he intended to adopt her, but the child's disappointment if there was a problem, no, it was better to wait until certain.

"Come on, go back to your room, you're still being punished until morning. I'll bring you your dinner."

"Oh Scott, can't I stay with you?"

"No Sam, I punished you. I'm not changing my mind, consider yourself her lucky that I don't add more punishment for coming out of your room!" He said sternly but teasingly, sending her back to the stairs with a tap of love on her bottom.

Scott sighed, he loved this child, unconditionally. His father would be home soon, he would keep Sam, even if he had to leave the ranch.

Scott mounted the stairs, taking the dinner trays to the children. Sam was proud to show her lines to Scott! He congratulated her on the effort and the handwriting.

After having put each of the children to bed, Scott lay down and fell asleep.

Sam woke up in the night, slowly entering Scott's room.

"Sam? What's going on?"

"I had a nightmare, I'm afraid! Can I sleep with you?"

Scott pushed himself over and lifted the covers for her to come in. She slipped against him, he put his arm around the little girl to reassure her. "I'll protect you sweetie, nothing can happen! I promise you!"

Snuggling against him she fell asleep. Scott closed his eyes until another voice woke him..

"Scott? Can sleep with you?" Johnny asked softly.

Scott lifted the cover at the opposite side from Sam.

"Sure, come on." said Scott.

"Scott?"

"Hmm?"

"I am sorry."

"I know, I forgave you John, it's over, good night."

And John fell asleep in turn, snuggled up against his brother.

'I wonder where I would put a Mrs. Lancer!?... on the carpet?` Laughed Scott to himself.