The Shunning by Susan Joseph Read Free Book Online

make sure she never behaved that aggressively again.
    Sadie quickly told her brothers, who just happened to be together when she approached them. She saw the relief on both of their faces. Atlee was first to speak, "This is goot , Sadie. David and I both offered rides and we were trying to decide what to do." She gave them a smile and hurried back to Samuel, excited as could be. It was the very first time she accepted a ride home with a young man!
    Although the weather was warmer, it was still chilly enough to need a heavy shawl in the evenings. Samuel took her arm in his and led the way outside. Sadie was looking for his car, but instead, he stopped beside a horse and buggy. "Ohhh!" she exclaimed in surprise. "You are driving a buggy now!"
    " Ja . Mr. Yoder moved to the dawdyhaus on his daughter and son-in-law's farm so they can care for him. I am now living on the farm, and I have a place to keep my horse and buggy."
    He helped her climb inside and soon they were on their way. Samuel drove with confidence and she felt perfectly safe. Instead of taking her straight home, however, he went in the opposite direction. "Where are we going?" she asked in confusion.
    "Someplace where we won't be interrupted when I take you over my knee for a good bletching !" he answered firmly.
    "What? You aren't serious?" she demanded, thinking she'd heard him wrong.
    "Your behavior tonight was unacceptable and you need a good lesson, young lady. I am very serious. He pulled into his own driveway and parked there. "You can turn yourself right over my lap, Sadie Miller, and we'll have a good talking to now."

     

Chapter Four

    Sadie was stunned! This was hardly the romantic drive home she was expecting or looking forward to! Why oh why had she been so aggressive with her friends during a silly board game? Was winning so important to her? Still, she did not want her very first ride home after a singing to be spoiled by a bletching ! What kind of memory would that be to share with her kinner some day? She could picture it now, her daughter asking her, " Mamm , tell us of your first buggy ride home with a boy!" She did not want this to be her memory.
    Sadie looked at Samuel and said firmly, "No, Samuel. This is the very first time I have agreed to ride home in a buggy after a singing. I do not wish to have this first time spoiled by a spanking. It would spoil the memory forever."
    "This is the first time I have offered to take a girl home after a singing, Sadie, and I did not plan on taking you over my knee, either. You earned a spanking by your own thoughtless behavior, and since I care about you and want a future with you, it is my belief that I need to make my opinion known in such a way you will never behave this way again. This does not give me pleasure, Sadie," he said quietly, and then he reached for her.
    Sadie was shocked when she found herself lying across Samuel's knee inside the small buggy, and she gasped when he tossed up her skirt before he started spanking her. It was fairly dark inside the black buggy, but the thought of his eyes on her panty clad backside caused her to blush furiously. "No!" she cried out in dismay as the spanks started to burn and hurt. "Please stop!"
    "I will stop when I am positive you are truly sorry, little Sadie."
    "I am sorry! I was sorry the moment Atlee scolded me and I realized how awful I'd been to all of you! Owwww!" she cried, trying not to kick and evade the punishment. She'd been taught that it was important to accept punishment when offered, but she was not sure if her parents meant that to include a man she barely knew!"
    "People will recall that behavior and hesitate to include you in the future, Sadie. Is that what you want?" Samuel asked quietly, making sure he spanked her sit spots. He wanted this spanking to last for a while.
    "No, that is not what I want! I did apologize, Samuel! Did you not hear me do so?" she asked, crying.
    "I heard you. Was it sincere?" he wanted to know. "Or was it