There'll Be Storms (Spanking Story)

Chapter 46

ERYK'S POV:

"Eryk, tell him." She looked down at me, giving me her stern-mother face.

"Tell me what?" He paused the tv, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees and his hands folded.

"I told a lie to mom." I said, feeling the apprehension building.

"He was supposed to tell you as soon as I found out the truth, which was this morning." She added.

She's obviously trying to get me killed. Me! Her only son. Maybe it was because she was tired of separating my laundry.

"And what was the lie?" He asked, folding his muscled arms over his chest.

They both turned to me.

"I told mom I got an 'A' on my math test."

"And what did you actually get?"

"Um," I stopped because I was afraid to admit it. "a 'D'."

Glancing at his expression, he only slightly shook his head. "So that means you lied to me as well."

"What?" I asked confusingly, "No."

"When I asked you at lunch, after your mother found out the truth, how was your test, what did you say?"

"Dad I did not..."

"Not what I asked." He raised his voice, causing me to slightly flinch.

"I said it was okay."

"And a 'D' clearly is not okay, is it?" He scolded.

"No sir." I shook my head.

"That was when he was supposed to tell you about his actual grade." Mom s graciously added again. "His teacher called to discuss the test with me."

"Yes, well I'm going to have to have a talk with him about this whole thing." He turned the tv off this time.

"I'm going to get groceries; I'll be back in a little." Mom said while turning away, walking to the kitchen to get her coat and keys.

It was just me and dad now...not that mom was much help in everything. He motioned me forward with a beckoning finger. I hesitated at first but then complied when I saw his demeanor shift slightly to angrier.

"Lying and a bad grade in school." He shook his head. "I thought you knew better than this.  I'm extremely disappointed in you."

He began hard, he always did.  I hated hearing how disappointed he was, and it was even more hurtful when his demeanor showed it as well.

"Why did you lie?"

I shrugged, "I'm always good at math and I didn't want to admit to you and mom that I didn't do so well on my last test. I thought I could do better on the next one and it wouldn't matter."

"Eryk, one of the most difficult, yet most noble qualities someone can have is the ability to admit when they're wrong. Of course, your mother and I would have been upset at the bad grade but at least then we would have known that you're struggling, and we could have helped." He stopped to make sure I was listening. "You know not to lie, lying makes everything worse."

"Okay but I don't want to admit that I was wrong." I said spitefully.

"That's your arrogance talking, you're going to be stubborn when you get older." He slightly smirked. "Why didn't you want to tell?"