Paying the Price

Chapter 56: Owen

The next morning Ms. Madison wanted to explain her punishment system for "naughty little boys and girls" and I was very scared.

She didn't seem to like us very much, Jenifer more than I. She kept trying to force her to speak and wouldn't listen to me explain why Jenifer couldn't.

She was very upset that Jenifer and I went to sleep together last night but Jenifer was having a bad dream! What was I supposed to do?

The two of us were sat on Jennifers bed and Ms. Madison was standing in front of us. "Now yesterday we went over our rules and now I will be going over some of your punishments for breaking those rules."

I turned to look at Jenifer and she looked very scared. I reached out to her and grabbed her hand to try and calm her down a bit.

"I am a firm believer in corporal punishment. It is quick, easy, and sends my message across very well. When you are being punished you are to lie over my lap and you will not wiggle, scream, or resist. You may cry but you may not speak. After you will go and sit in time out and let the punishment be felt for as long as I seem appropriate. Do you two understand?"

I could feel my heart beating very fast. I had never heard of the word corporal punishment but it sounded like she was going to hit us on our bottoms.

Mommy and Daddy liked to do that a lot. Like multiple times a day and they would hit us with belts, spoons, and shoes until we were bruised or bleeding.

Odin would always try and stop them but they would argue about how they were allowed to punish their children this way and do it when he was at work.

"Well? Do you understand?"

I knew I had to speak for the two of us. "Yes, Ma'am."

She smiled her very fake smile. "Great, that is what I like to hear."

"May we speak to one of the quadruplets please?" I asked her. Maybe we could ask for a new nanny. I did not like the idea of Jenifer getting hit and I could tell she was very scared.

However, I didn't want to be ungrateful. Mommy and Daddy had always told us how ungrateful we are and Ms. Madison had said that too.

"No. They are very busy and do not have time for you. That is what they hired me to do. Now, let's bring you downstairs to eat your breakfast," Ms. Madison responded.

She was right. They were too busy to speak to us anymore. They were Prince and Princesses anyway.

Ms. Madison made us get dressed in clothes she picked out for us before we went downstairs.

"Pajamas are for sleeping and sleeping only. You may not wear them outside of this room," Ms. Madison had explained.

After hearing about our punishment Jenifer and I silently agreed that we needed to be on our best behavior. We need to act like we are back home with Mommy and Daddy.

No more carefree fun like we had when we were back with the quadruplets in that house.

I miss that. I miss them.

But, I would rather be here with Ms. Madison where we have actual beds and are allowed to eat than back home with Mommy and Daddy who were constantly shouting and hurting us.

Yes, Ms. Madison was scary but nowhere near as scary as Mommy and Daddy.

She could actually be nice sometimes like at breakfast where she cut up my banana for me.

She wasn't as nice to Jenifer though.

"Jenifer I am not going to play your games anymore. You have until the end of the week to change your attitude and start speaking to me in a respectful manner or I will have to punish you."