The whole thing was so totally unfair. None of it was my fault. Not really, anyway. I mean, they tell you to look out for suspicious behaviour and report it. I mean, don't they? That's all I did.
There's this old farmhouse just out of town, built right where the woods start. When I say old, it was almost derelict. Nobody has lived there for years. Then this old guy comes along and buys it and spends a fortune doing it up. Well, he spent a lot anyway, even doing up the old barn, which was stupid, as he didn't appear to have any animals. And he stuck up a fence all the way around the property and posted keep-out signs. That's suspicious all by itself. Who does that sort of thing way out in the middle of nowhere which is where I, unfortunately, live? Nobody, that's who.
I told the Sheriff (who just happens to be my uncle) and he laughed at me. Said I had a very vivid imagination and should try to turn it down. The new owner was just a harmless old man who wanted some privacy. Harmless? Just one look at him and I knew he was an Arab and probably a terrorist. He didn't even try to hide the fact that he an Arab, dressing up in those funny clothes they wear. What was worse he now had several younger men staying there. If someone didn't do something we were going to have a terrorist incident in our town.
Seeing my esteemed uncle, the Sheriff, wasn't interested, it seemed that the person who was going to have to investigate was going to be me. I spent some time scouting out the place but I couldn't see anything. I wasn't going to see anything, either, unless I could get closer. So I got closer.
They hadn't really done a very good job with the fence. There were several spots where you could climb a tree, scamper along a branch, and drop down on the other side of the fence. Tracing around the fence line I found I wasn't even going to have to do that. At one point the fence crossed a culvert where a small stream had been diverted under the road. The stream was currently dry and all I had to do was cross the road, walk into the culvert on that side and cross under the road and out the other side, inside the fence line. I did have to bend over while I went through the culvert but it was dead easy.
I made my way through the trees until I was a lot closer to the house. I was considering sneaking up and listening under a window to see if I could hear anything when this big bruiser came out of the house. I hid behind a tree and hoped he'd go away.
Did he go away? Did he what! He marched straight up to the tree I was behind and grabbed a hold of me, by the ear.
"Listen, kid," he said as he marched me towards the main gates. "You're trespassing. See those keep-out signs? If you could read you'd find they say KEEP OUT, and this means you. From now on they especially mean you. Now, take a hike."
He opened the gates and very rudely pushed me out onto the road, slamming the gate behind me, leaving me rubbing a very sore ear and glaring after him as he walked away.
Well, it was obvious to me that they had something to hide and I was now more determined than ever. Kid, indeed? I'd show that big lump who was a kid. The obvious thing to do was sneak back at night when he wouldn't be able to see me coming. The sooner, the better, as they wouldn't be expecting it.
That night it was through the culvert to do some more snooping. I mean, through the culvert to continue my investigation. Talk about a fiasco.
I came scrambling out of the culvert and a hand closed over my arm, holding me tightly.
"How about that. We meet again, kid," growled that blasted bruiser.
He'd been standing right next to the culvert and heard me scrambling through it. For that matter, he'd probably spotted me on the road and seen me vanish and guessed what I was doing. It seemed that what I was doing was getting thrown out on my ear.
Not immediately, it turned out. He dragged me into the house, acting like a cat that's bring a dead animal home. All puffed up and pleased with himself for being such a mighty hunter.
He hauled me into the front room and the old guy dressed like an Arab was there.
"Look what I found," he said. "This is the second time I've caught this silly kid snooping around the place."
"Petty thieves are a blot on the landscape," growled the old man. "What's wrong with you, kid? Can't you find a decent job?"
"I'm not a thief," I snapped. "Neither am I a kid. I have a job. I was just investigating some suspicious characters when this goon grabbed me."
"Really?" the old guy said, turning to glare at the bruiser. "There are other people wandering around out there?"
"Ah, I think you'll find she means us," the bruiser said.
"Us? The kid's a loon," growled the old man.
"I am not a kid," I snapped. Why did they keep referring to me as though I was a child? "I'm eighteen. That makes me an adult. You should check the laws of the country you're living in."
"Eighteen?" asked the old guy, oozing disbelief.
"Yes, eighteen. It's not my fault I look younger."
"Don't worry about it, kid," said the bruiser. "You'll be happy to look younger when you're older. If you live long enough."
"Get rid of the brat, Fred," snapped the old man. "This time make sure she won't bother us again."
What? That didn't sound good, especially when added to Fred's last comment. My mind started conjuring up some pretty nasty scenarios and I was damn near wetting myself. His hand tightened on my arm and he started dragging me through the house.
"Um, the Sheriff is my uncle, you know," I very quickly pointed out.
"No, I didn't know that. Does he know you trespass, even after you've been warned?"
"If anything happens to me he'll raise holy hell. I've already told him all about you people."
Fred stopped pulling me through the house and stood there, looking at me. Looking around I could see we were in the kitchen. If Fred would just let go for one moment, I'd be out the back door and gone.
"Well, I see no reason to involve the Sheriff in our little problem," he told me. "I think I'm quite capable of dishing out an appropriate punishment."
With that he pulled a chair away from the kitchen table and sat on it. At the same time he jerked on my arm, propelling me across his knee.
"It seems to me that you're the type who doesn't learn that they're doing the wrong thing without a little bit of negative reinforcement," he told me.
With that he flicked my dress up and pulled my panties down.
I'm like, "What? What? What do you think you're doing?"