everyone blaming her for what those men did? They were the ones in the wrong! Yet, she was being scolded over and over for simply going for a walk! It wasn't fair! In fact, it wasn't one bit fair. "Did you tell Lefty that what he did was wrong?" she demanded, her temper surfacing and making itself known.
"Miss Jenny, you need to calm down. Lefty has paid for his crime. He won't be able to use that left hand of his for a long while, and his boss is going to fire him when he has to explain what he did to get himself shot and Mort dead. You are safe now and that is all that matters. Let's go and eat some supper. I don't know about you, but my belly is empty as can be."
Jennifer couldn't recall one other time when she felt so utterly disgusted. Lefty and Mort would have harmed her in the most heinous matter possible and he wasn't even sitting in jail! "My belly is none of your concern, Marshal, and for your information, I do not feel that losing his job is adequate punishment for what Lefty attempted to do to me. If you and these other so-called lawmen will not see justice done, then I will simply have to see to it myself!" She attempted to flounce off, but Alex wasn't having it. He put his hands on her shoulders and stopped her before she took more than a few steps.
"Miss Jenny, that comment was uncalled for. Apologize to the Sheriff, and then we are going to have a serious talk."
"I am not going to apologize!" she stubbornly declared.
"It's alright, Marshal. Miss Jenny is just upset right now; she is a real sweet girl."
Alex nodded. "I'm sure you are right, Sheriff, and I am sure that once she has had time to think she will be anxious to say 'sorry' to you."
The Sheriff and his deputies moved on, doing their job of making sure the town was secure for the night. Alex wished he dared to take Jenny to his room at the hotel, but her reputation would be ruined if he did. If he took her to the boarding house she lived in, they would have no privacy. The only place he thought they might be alone was in the jail while the other lawmen were on their rounds. He walked Jenny through the door and then locked it behind him with the thick wooden bar.
"What are we doing in here?" Jenny asked, her green eyes full of apprehension.
Alex ignored her question to check the cells for prisoners and was satisfied they were alone, and that the back door was also locked against intruders. He returned to Jenny and put his hands on his hips. "Young lady, that last comment you made just got you into a heap of trouble with me. You can't go after Lefty. He's bigger than you are and he's stronger. He's also meaner. You are in a dangerous mood, and for your own good, I'm going to take you in hand."
"What are you going to do?" Jenny asked, taking a couple of steps backward.
"I am going to give you a sound spanking, Miss Jenny, and I won't spank you over your skirts, either. You need to settle that temper of yours before you get into trouble you can't handle." He reached for her and she slapped at his hand.
"No! Don't! I am not a child! I don't know why Mr. MacGregor and you both think to punish me in the same day. It is humiliating, and I won't stand for it!"
"You need your bottom warmed, young lady, and you might as well realize that it is going to happen right this very minute." Alex was through talking. He pulled Jenny over to where he was seated on top of one corner of the desk, one foot planted firmly on the floor. He lifted Jenny and dropped her over his left thigh and then he tossed up her skirts to reveal her lace-trimmed drawers. They were tied with a blue ribbon, but he hesitated to untie the ribbon and bare her bottom. She would be shamed enough with this much exposure. He raised his hand and spanked her with his open palm, once, twice, and the third time his hand fell, Jenny cried out in pain. Alex realized that her boss didn't do a bit of damage with the tawse, and he smiled. That was the problem. The Scotsman failed to make her sorry
"Miss Jenny, you need to calm down. Lefty has paid for his crime. He won't be able to use that left hand of his for a long while, and his boss is going to fire him when he has to explain what he did to get himself shot and Mort dead. You are safe now and that is all that matters. Let's go and eat some supper. I don't know about you, but my belly is empty as can be."
Jennifer couldn't recall one other time when she felt so utterly disgusted. Lefty and Mort would have harmed her in the most heinous matter possible and he wasn't even sitting in jail! "My belly is none of your concern, Marshal, and for your information, I do not feel that losing his job is adequate punishment for what Lefty attempted to do to me. If you and these other so-called lawmen will not see justice done, then I will simply have to see to it myself!" She attempted to flounce off, but Alex wasn't having it. He put his hands on her shoulders and stopped her before she took more than a few steps.
"Miss Jenny, that comment was uncalled for. Apologize to the Sheriff, and then we are going to have a serious talk."
"I am not going to apologize!" she stubbornly declared.
"It's alright, Marshal. Miss Jenny is just upset right now; she is a real sweet girl."
Alex nodded. "I'm sure you are right, Sheriff, and I am sure that once she has had time to think she will be anxious to say 'sorry' to you."
The Sheriff and his deputies moved on, doing their job of making sure the town was secure for the night. Alex wished he dared to take Jenny to his room at the hotel, but her reputation would be ruined if he did. If he took her to the boarding house she lived in, they would have no privacy. The only place he thought they might be alone was in the jail while the other lawmen were on their rounds. He walked Jenny through the door and then locked it behind him with the thick wooden bar.
"What are we doing in here?" Jenny asked, her green eyes full of apprehension.
Alex ignored her question to check the cells for prisoners and was satisfied they were alone, and that the back door was also locked against intruders. He returned to Jenny and put his hands on his hips. "Young lady, that last comment you made just got you into a heap of trouble with me. You can't go after Lefty. He's bigger than you are and he's stronger. He's also meaner. You are in a dangerous mood, and for your own good, I'm going to take you in hand."
"What are you going to do?" Jenny asked, taking a couple of steps backward.
"I am going to give you a sound spanking, Miss Jenny, and I won't spank you over your skirts, either. You need to settle that temper of yours before you get into trouble you can't handle." He reached for her and she slapped at his hand.
"No! Don't! I am not a child! I don't know why Mr. MacGregor and you both think to punish me in the same day. It is humiliating, and I won't stand for it!"
"You need your bottom warmed, young lady, and you might as well realize that it is going to happen right this very minute." Alex was through talking. He pulled Jenny over to where he was seated on top of one corner of the desk, one foot planted firmly on the floor. He lifted Jenny and dropped her over his left thigh and then he tossed up her skirts to reveal her lace-trimmed drawers. They were tied with a blue ribbon, but he hesitated to untie the ribbon and bare her bottom. She would be shamed enough with this much exposure. He raised his hand and spanked her with his open palm, once, twice, and the third time his hand fell, Jenny cried out in pain. Alex realized that her boss didn't do a bit of damage with the tawse, and he smiled. That was the problem. The Scotsman failed to make her sorry
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