Glancing over at where Danny was curled up on the couch, his eyes glued to his phone, she bit back a sigh. It had to be hard for him, being so much “older” than the girls, but she didn’t want him playing on his phone all morning, either.
“Daniel. Give me your phone, please.”
Clearly startled, Danny jerked his head up and stared at her. “My phone?”
“Yes. We’re visiting with friends and you’re being rude.”
“But, Mommy,” he whined, sounding so much like an annoyed older brother she had to swallow a laugh. “I’mbored.”
“Then play with your sister and Eliza.”
“But they’re playing stupid girl games.”
“Hey!” The two girls on the floor protested loudly.
Pushing to her feet, Addison held out a hand. “Excuse us for a moment. Come with me, Daniel James.”
Worry filled his eyes. “I’m sorry, Mommy. I’ll give you my phone.”
“It’s too late for that. Come with me.”
From the couch, Samuel watched them with amusement as Danny took her hand and let himself be pulled to his feet. “You can use my bedroom if you need some privacy. There’s a hairbrush on the sink in the bathroom.”
“Haha, good one, Uncle Sammy!”
Before she could turn around to scold her babygirl, Samuel stepped in. “Kylie Anne. You know better than that. It’s not nice to tease people about being in trouble.”
Crossing her arms over her chest, Kylie scowled. “He was mean to us first!”
“Do you need a timeout, little girl?”
“No, Uncle Sammy.”
“Then I suggest you stop arguing with me and leave your brother alone.”
“Yes, Sir.”
Satisfied Samuel had the girls well in hand, Addison pulled her naughty boy behind her and into the primary bedroom. Leading him over to an empty corner, she pointed to the wall. “Ten minutes, and if you’re ready to apologize after that, you can join the rest of the group again.”
“Ten minutes isforever.”
“It can be ten minutes with a hot, red bottom if you prefer.”
The threat had his eyes widening as he shook his head wildly back and forth. “No, Mommy.”
“Good boy.”
Settling on the edge of Samuel’s bed, she used Danny’s phone to set an alarm.
And she waited.
Some people would probably find it rather boring, sitting and watching someone else stand in the corner. But she loved it. Loved the occasional little sighs, the way a naughty subbie would often shift from foot to foot when their legs grew tired.
And she especially loved that moment when they truly accepted their punishment. It didn’t happen every single time, of course, but especially during a longer stint in the corner there would often bethat momentwhen all the tension released from her submissive’s shoulders, when their head fell forward, just a bit, enough for her to know they’d realized and accepted that they had indeed fucked up and were being appropriately punished.
For Danny, that moment came around the eight-minute mark. And she was tempted to call for him then, but she’d promised him ten minutes, so she forced herself to wait until the alarm sounded.
“Come here, Daniel James.”
