This is a a sequel to
Chastised By Mrs. Harris
, and also the various stories about Holly Sykes like
Queen of Diamonds
. This is taking place in the summer of 1976. The narrator is twenty-one and Holly and Tiffany are both thirty-seven.
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The following week I got a phone call from Tiffany. It wasn't a surprise, because she had told me to expect it. She was back in her Mrs. Harris mode. "Paul, I have a bone to pick with you."
I think Holly had once used the same expression. Neither one of them knew it, but that phrase always rankled me. My mom used it with me when I was a kid. Anyway, I knew whatever made-up story Tiffany had was merely a pretext for some game she had planned.
"Yes, Mrs. Harris, what can I do for you?"
"I told you to stay away from my daughter and yet you didn't. You've followed her around and tried to grab her. You even put your hands under her skirt and tried to pull her panties off."
That was completely unlike me; I would never touch a woman without consent. In fact, they had to touch me first. She continued, "Thus you need further harsh punishment to get the point across."
If it wasn't for the amazing rear-entry sex I had with Tiffany the previous Sunday, after my hairbrush discipline, I would have just hung up.
I said, "Ma'am, are you going to hire one of our cars again?"
"No, I'm just going to have you come down to my apartment so I can thoroughly thrash you there. What day can you do that?" I actually went along with her and told her Friday.
"Good. I decided to not use a cane on you; that's a bit much for a neophyte like you. Instead, I'm going to use a tawse."
I didn't know what that was. All I said was, "So that's less extreme than a cane?"
"That may be a matter of opinion among those who have actually been subjected to them. The tawse definitely has a bite to it." I figured I'd find out the details when I got there.
When I hung up, it struck me how improbable Tiffany's storyline was. This fictional Betsy daughter would be of legal age; thus she had no leverage over me. Why would I voluntarily go to her apartment to get beaten by her?
Nevertheless, I arrived at East 79th Street in the early afternoon. I had my jacket and tie on as usual. Tiffany opened her door and glared at me; then she beckoned me in. We stood there awkwardly for a moment. I briefly looked around at the part of the apartment I could see. It was very nice but not opulent either.
Then I checked her. As I had expected, my thirty-seven-year-old Tiffany Harris was well-dressed but tastefully so. She had a long-sleeved white pullover blouse and a short skirt with a red, purple and gray plaid pattern. Her stockings were a dark tan and she had dark purple shoes; her dark-blonde hair was combed back. The last thing I noticed was her pearl necklace, which I assumed had real pearls.
I also assumed that her stockings were held up with a garter and straps, but I hoped to confirm that eventually. My urge was to get into the lovemaking with her immediately.
She had another agenda first, and she got right into it. There was an object on one the chairs and she picked it up. "This, you disobedient young rake, is a tawse." I gazed at a thick leather strap that was divided into two flaps at one end. It looked impressive as a spanking implement.
She explained for me, "These originated in Scotland and then England, I believe." I wasn't surprised to hear that. "They also called it a 'school belt.' Sometimes, afterwards, boys would go and press their bare buttocks against a smooth stone surface, like on some gravestones, to cool off the burning in their behinds. Marble was probably the best for that."
"Mrs. Harris, do you have any marble in here?"
"Only the coffee table, and you can't use that."
"Of course, I wouldn't think of it." My behind twitched at the thought of that tawse thing coming down of me. As Tiffany approached me, I saw that her belt had a handle on one end so it could be griped properly. More bad news for me.
"Now, you won't stay away from Betsy, so you need further motivation. I don't know why you just don't go with one of those sluts up at City College. I'm sure they'll drop their panties for you."
I didn't like hearing the girls at my school being put down by this arrogant bitch. "Don't insult them; they're very nice girls up there."
"I bet. That's why you are after my Betsy. She's pure and you want to defile her."
It struck me that Tiffany, like Holly, was a pretty fair actress. She was actually getting me to dislike her. I knew this entitled East Side matron wasn't really her -- or was it? I remembered the theory of method acting that one could delve deep into oneself and find the feelings needed to create a character.
One thing I was sure of: that tawse was very real.
"Oh, I forgot my sherry. Let me get it." She retrieved it and set the glass down on the coffee table in front of the couch.
"Ma'am, may I have one of those too?"
"You most certainly may not. What you will do is bend over the end of the sofa and put your hands on the cushion."
I shrugged and did what she requested.
I had better get something really good out of this afterwards.
"Get your ass up higher." She pushed my jacket out of the way. "You're a bit thin -- and you didn't take it very well last time." I thought,
fuck you,
but I didn't say it. Then she tapped her evil tawse against me; I flinched a bit. "Okay, a few on the seat of your trousers. Are you ready?"
"Excuse me, Mrs. Harris, but we need a safe word."
"This is a punishment; there is no safe word."
"With all due respect, if you are going to use that, then there has to be one."
"All right, pick something."
I already knew, "It will be 'macaroni and cheese.' "