Part I
Tom felt bad, and stupid, for having let it slip to Vickey that he had paid massage therapists for hand jobs in the past. He honestly thought that this was not new news to her, but apparently it was. It didn't matter how long ago it had been, Vickey was livid and equated it to prostitution. "You paid for sex" was what she kept saying over and over. Tom and Vickey had been getting along better and having more sex lately and he didn't want to mess up their renewed relationship. So he didn't try to argue with her at the time. But he honestly didn't get what the big deal was. It wasn't like he had intercourse with them! Hell, he never even saw them nude or got to touch them. All he could think of was how he wanted things to stay on the good track they had been on lately. He just wanted to do whatever it took to help Vickey get past this and continue as they had been, to put this behind them once and for all, and to make up.
That's when he came up with the idea that now might be the right time to bring up the subject of domestic discipline. So he suggested it to her the next morning as she was leaving for work.
Vickey's reaction was as unpredictable as had her reaction to the hand jobs. She was upset that he would even suggest such a thing. "I'm not your mother" was her main objection, and then added that she was as offended by his suggestion as she had been by the revelation of the hand jobs. He apologized for the suggestion, explaining that he only wanted there to be some way for her to get past this and let it be part of the past.
Tom thought that was the end of it. He was reconciling himself to the idea that there would be several days of cold shoulder and then perhaps things would be OK again after that. Of course what he really feared was that Vickey would throw this up in his face at some unpredictable time in the future. He didn't really want a spanking, but he had read about couples who used this form of punishment and he liked the idea that it would put an end to the episode. He even thought that it might do him some good, since in his heart of hearts he didn't really get why the hand jobs were such a big deal. So far, all he had learned from this experience was to be much more circumspect about what he let slip out to Vickey.
When Vickey got home from work her demeanor was different. She was hardly in the door when she said, "You know that suggestion you made this morning?"
"Yes, dear. I'm sorry about that. I didn't realize it would offend you, I just..."
She cut him off by placing her finger over his mouth. "I've done some thinking about it and I have reconsidered. I will take you up on that offer. Right now. Go upstairs to our bedroom, remove all of your clothes and lay face down on the bed. I'll be in to deal with you shortly."
Sensing that no further response was to be permitted Tom immediately went to the bedroom and did as he was told. His heart was racing as he undressed. He was already beginning to have second thoughts about his suggestion as he lay there, feeling very exposed and vulnerable.
After what seemed like a long time Vickey entered the room, still dressed in her suit from work. She was the very picture of the professional woman, which she was. She was carrying some things he couldn't see, which she placed on the dresser next to the bed.
"I don't think you appreciate just how much you have hurt me by seeing a prostitute, but before I'm done with you, I believe you will."
"Vickey, it wasn't really a prostitute, it wasn't quite like that," Tom protested.
Vickey's voice was calm, but it was the cool calm of a prosecutor who had all the facts they needed to destroy a witness. "Really? Did you pay them money?"
"Yes," Tom answered, wisely not amplifying his answer.
"And did you get a handjob?"
"Yes, but..."
"No 'but's'. You paid money, you got to cum, end of story. You paid for sex."
"Yes, dear."
"Now that's the first appropriate answer you've given me. I trust it won't be the last. You are going to be sorry you suggested this. This is going to be very painful. And I don't want you to move out of position or try to protect yourself, or I'll be upset and have to extend your punishment."
Without further preparation she picked up the yardstick she had brought up with her and laid a sharp blow right across his buttocks. Tom, grunted, as much from surprise as anything else. Vickey continued to strike him, about one blow every second or two, while she continued to lecture him.
"I'm punishing you for three reasons. Can you guess what they are?"
Smack!
"OHHH. Three?" he gasped between sharp blows of the yardstick.
"Yes, three." Smack!
"I," Smack "UGGHH, don't know, dear."
"Well, I'll tell you," she said without interrupting her cadence. "First for having sex with someone else," SMACK her blow coincident with this was especially hard and Tom cried out.
"That hurt me in a way I doubt you can understand. I want to be enough for you."
Smack! "OOOWWWW!"
"Second for telling me. I don't want you to lie to me, but there shouldn't have been any reason to have to confess this in the first place. There is a whole hurt and shock to finding this out that's separate from your actions."
SMACK! "OH UH OOHHH! Please, not so hard, Vickey."
Tom couldn't help himself, the blows were harder and the seconds between them only seemed to make the pain worse,
SMACK!
"I will decide how hard, not you!" she retorted with a tinge of anger in her voice. "The third reason is for suggesting this in the first place, and making it necessary for me to treat you like some child."
Smack! "AHHHHHH!"
The yardstick worked its way up and down his ass, leaving angry red stripes wherever it touched. Like an expert punishment Mistress, Vickey landed a couple of blows right where his cheeks met the top of his thighs.
"OWWWWWW! Vickey, dear, I'm sorry, I truly am sorry for hurting you."
"Yes. However, right now I think you are just sorry you were found out. Sorry that I'm upset."
Tom couldn't argue with that, it was true. But the pain was clouding his judgment when he said, "But Vickey, it was only a handjob. I never touched her, I never even saw her naked."
SMACK! "YEEEOWWWWW!"
"And you think that makes any difference!?" She struck him so hard that she thought the yardstick would break. The blow was followed by a particularly loud cry from Tom.
"I thought it did. I mean I didn't really pay for the handjob," Tom blabbered out rapidly.