from on line creeps. Then I came up with the idea of using
the forum to build her up. I would
point out how beautiful the pictures of her arrangements are; I would encourage
her to enter floral competitions. That is what I have been doing.”
“Uh huh. You
were writing a personal email, young lady.”
“I did not initiate that, Edmund. Holly wrote to me first. It was a nice email, very sweet. I had to answer her as Morgan so her
feelings wouldn’t be hurt. I am
very careful not to say anything that could be misinterpreted. I just want Holly to relax and not be so
uptight around men.”
“You are not doing the right thing, young lady, and you know
it.”
“Yes, I am! Holly…”
“… does not need her sister
attempting to control her life!” Edmund cut her off and then finished her sentence, making her angry.
“That is not true, and how dare you attempt to tell me about
my own sister…?! I think I know her a lot better than you do!” She was outraged and made no attempt to
hide it from Edmund. He was one of the
few people she trusted enough to be herself with and
not worry that her on-camera persona would be damaged. She loved Edmund; he was the perfect man
for her because he did not see her as a celebrity, but as a woman. He also treated her like his woman, and
that meant he spanked her when he felt a spanking would benefit their
relationship. She had yet to win an
argument with him. He was used to
arguing for a living, only his arguments took place in a courtroom and affected
his clients lives. Still, she was right about Holly, and
she wasn’t going to allow him to dictate to her how to interact with her
sisters! “You don’t know a thing
about having sisters!”
“I am well aware that you have sisters and I do not, but I
do know it is wrong to mislead anyone and pretend to be someone you
aren’t. Holly will be crushed when
she learns you have deceived her. If anything, this whole experience will make her even more
shy because she will be afraid to trust anyone! You need a good spanking, Stacy Hart.”
“For what? For trying to help Holly? If not for Morgan, Holly never would
have entered that flower show a while back! Do you have any idea how pleased she was
to win? And, it improved her
business, too. I got to support her
as Morgan and as myself. Holly is
finally, finally coming out of her
shell and starting to believe she is worthwhile as a person. She is finally learning that she does
have something she does better than anyone else. If Morgan hadn’t insisted she enter that
contest, she would still be sitting back and wishing she could. No, I don’t deserve a spanking for
helping Holly!”
“You deceived Holly; you lied to her. When she finds out, she will be
devastated.”
“She doesn’t need to know.”
“What is going to happen when she wants to meet Morgan?”
Edmund asked, clearly exasperated with Stacy.
“That won’t happen!”
“No? What are
you going to do? Disappear off the
forum; stop answering Holly’s emails? Don’t you think that is going to send the wrong message? Holly will think she said or did
something wrong, and you disappeared for that very
reason. It will be one more thing
to make her self-confidence nose-dive to zero!”
Stacy cringed. “I never thought of how I would ease out of the friendship,” she
admitted. “How could I be so damn
stupid! ”
“Because you were focused on your intentions, and you didn’t
think past those intentions to the reality of the situation. It is never acceptable to lie and deceive people, Stacy, even when you think it is for
their own good. Holly is an adult
and she needs to take charge of her own life. You can’t live her life for her.”
“She hates me!” Stacy
shocked Edmund by saying aloud the words that expressed the emotion she’d felt
ever since she landed her first job in