Welcome to Saturday Spanking. In today’s snippet from On the River, Cassie had given Cooter all the advice she knows to give. Basically, obey the rules in prison, take every class that’s offered, join AA, in general she has encouraged him to bloom where he’s planted and make a better life for himself even in prison. He wants to believe it can happen, but he’s worried that with the kidnapping charge he’ll never be released.
“They ain’t never gonna let me out now. Escapin’ and kidnappin’ and all I done. I’ll get ten more years for the escape and twenty to life for kidnappin’.”
Cassie was silent, taking in what he’d said. “In that case,” she said slowly, “there was no kidnapping. I’ll tell them I came with you willingly.”
“What? You’re crazy. They ain’t never gonna believe that.”
“They might and I’ll swear to it in court if I need to. If it’d been possible for you to just come and ask me to talk to you, I would have. So, it’s nearly the truth.”
“Your husband and the sheriff gonna think you came away with me in your nightie so we could talk?”
“Cooter, I want you to be as honest as you can be with the police, but it’s fine to say nothing to them, or very little. Eventually you’ll tell them you wanted to talk to me and that I agreed to come with you. Period. But until you’ve talked with the lawyer I’m sending, you don’t need to say one word! Not so much as a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or ‘maybe’. Don’t say anything except, ‘I want to talk to my lawyer.’”
Cooter sat, obviously thinking, for a long time. Cassie stayed quiet. She thought she could almost see a change in his eyes as ideas, foreign ideas, new ideas passed through his mind. Finally, he spoke. “I don’t really want to die,” he told her in a whisper.
“And you’re not going to. Oh, honey, I can’t wait to see who you’ll become now that you’re willing to try. Please don’t let me down.”
Cooter quickly reached down to untie his huge boots. He pulled them off along with his socks, then slipped the socks onto Cassie’s feet. “Now stick your feet in my boots, least they’re warm.”
Cassie gave him a tired smile before adding one more thing. “Don’t ever doubt your courage again, Matthew. Turning yourself in shows courage. Being willing to fight for a better life, even in prison, takes courage. And one other thing that took more courage than you might have known – you called me an old woman earlier tonight. Do it again and you won’t have to worry about killing yourself. I’ll do it.”
Cooter gave a short snorting laugh. “How can you make me laugh when everything’s crap?” Cooter’s eyes took on a relaxed, almost happy look as he told her, “Yes ma’am. I’ll remember.”
Cooter looked at her again and saw that she was shaking with cold. He stood and took off his coat. He put it on her, gently guiding her arms into the sleeves. Cassie hugged it to her, grateful for the additional warmth.
There was another short silence before Cassie asked, “Cooter, what’s your real name?”
He looked at her in surprise before realizing what she was asking. “It’s Matthew. But my granny was the only one ever called me that.”
“Matthew,” Cassie said testing it out. Looking him in the eye, she said. “Matthew, just pretend you were born to me.”
He sobbed then and Cassie hugged him tightly. A few minutes later she told him, “It’s time to get us both back where we belong.”
Cassie’s Space series
These ten books introduce Cassie. She is my friend and has been since she wandered into my imagination fifty-four years ago. She is married to Tom, the man who loves her in a way that makes my heart nearly burst with happiness for the two of them. He loves her, guides her, protects her and when necessary, spanks the fool out of her. I’ve been told that their adventures are exciting, funny and realistic. Their love-life is passionate and fulfilling – but you’ll hear no graphic details, Cassie is a lady and giving too much detail would not be proper.
Cal’s Law series
Cal and Jenny are one of my younger couple. The spanking in their relationship began mere minutes after they met, and Cal hasn’t let up much since. There relationship has it’s struggles, but these two are meant to be together. They live in the same town as Cassie and Tom and there is a lot of interactions among the character of both series. Jenny is not as reluctant as Cassie to openly discuss her sex life, so you’ll find a little more spice in this series.
On the River series
In this, my latest series, everyone is around – all the characters I’ve grown to love over the years are living on the area of the river that they call The Landing. Their lives, their adventures, even their spankings sometimes intertwine. By this time in the series, I’m just typing as my characters tell me what’s happening. And I love it!
I’ll close today with a review on the latest book. This is one of the finest reviews I’ve ever had.
Starting with the first Cassie book until now, I have never been disappointed or failed to wait expectantly for the next one.
And, of course, the links -
Undercurrents on the River (book four)
Family on the River (book five)
This is quite a powerful snippet. Cassie can see the real Cooter and how vulnerable he feels behind all his actions. There is now a bond developing between them. The fact that Cassie wants to help him, to the point of lying is special. Here's hoping he can turn things around now that he feels he has someone on his side.
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