Poppy 22, approached the end of the side road, she was under 5 foot so only was only just able to see over the steering wheel. She had stunning hazel eyes with red shoulder length hair.
She was still fiddling with her seat belt, never looked and just pulled out.
Her, a 40 something business woman, did not have a chance to avoid her.
Their cars met as if in perfect waltz, and spun together.
They separated and pulled over into the side of the road.
"Oh I'm so sorry," she mumbled as she attempted to get out of her car, the seat belt still wrapped over her left arm, dragging her back in.
She calmly unbuckled her belt, something she was an expert at, one way and another, opened Her car door, and walked over to the hapless wreck who was the other car's driver.
"Now, calm down, take a deep breath," She said with an air of authority, She held the door open for her, took her hand and helped her out.
She soon settled and they began to talk about fault and insurances.
"Did you not realise that the road you came out of had a stop sign, and had I not just left the roundabout the collision would have been a lot worse?"
"Yes Ma-am, but I thought I would easily get out but I had it in the wrong gear."
"Such a silly thing to do, why if you were my girl I'd..."
She reached into her bag for Her notebook and pen, "and your name is?"
"Poppy, Poppy Brown Ma-am."
"And you passed your driving test?"
"Last Friday Ma-am, Mommy says I'm a late developer," her eyes now pointing down to her feet.
"And the car belongs to...?"
Poppy broke down, "My Mommy's," she blubbered, "please Ma-am, please what would you..." she stopped.
"Well girl, what would I what girl, spit it out?"
She spoke very quietly, "Please Ma-am," she took another deep breath, "If I were yours you, you, you would do what with me?"
She lifted her chin with Her finger.
Her well fashioned hair moving in the light breeze, "I was going to say what Poppy Brown," She spoke quietly and precisely, "If you were my daughter I would let you drive me to the end of this road and make sure you stopped. When you understood, I would take you back home and send you upstairs."
"Would you be sending me to bed Ma-am?"
"Quiet girl, you would then return to my study and I would make sure you understood the word, STOP. Now you tell Me, what will your Mommy say when you tell her you crashed his car?"
She hesitated, She lifted her chin higher. Tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Ma-am, she would spank me wherever I was when I told her, then take me to my room for a taste of my bedroom belt."
"Would she let you take his car again do you think?"
"No Ma-am, and I'd be grounded."
"Anything else?"
She went even quieter, "My Mommy would probably give me a bed time spanking for at least week too, but, its not only that, its, well I have let my Mummy down with the trust he had in me."
"You seem very sure Poppy."
"Yes Ma-am, Mummy is the Head of our House, we don't have a Daddy, me and my brother and sister are taken in hand, to be taught manners, on a regular basis and shown how much we are loved."
Poppy began to sob and She pulled her to his chest, "Shhhhhhh petal, I understand."
She immediately felt safe, secure, and protected and sobbed her heart out.
She took out a pure white unused cotton hanky, opened it up, and moved her head back and wiped her tears; She then gave her it to blow her nose.
She wrote something in Her notepad, and tore it out.
"Here are your 2 options as I see it Poppy, the first as you said, you tell your Mommy what you did and accept her punishing you, losing her trust, being grounded, and losing the use of her car, or..."
She stood back and lifted her chin again so they had eye contact.
"Or, you give your Mommy this note, on it is My name and address, you can tell her I failed to stop and accept full responsibility, that is the truth, had I stopped we would not be here now.
You will apologise and ask her to take your bedroom belt to you to teach you to be more careful."
"Oh thank you Ma-am, may I please do that...?"
She cut her off, "Quiet girl, I have not finished, you will then report to My house for an after work spanking @ 6.00 each Monday, for 5 weeks, and in-between too if I feel you need it."
She stopped and waited for her response.