Can You Keep A Secret?

Chapter 2

Holly’s father Marcus stood in the doorway with a face like thunder.

“Take your hands off of my daughter” Marcus spat.

Alex jumped backwards, away from Holly and began to splutter “I…I…sorry sir…I didn’t”.

“That’s right, you didn’t. Now get the hell out of my house” Marcus said through gritted teeth. Alex quickly grabbed his stuff and headed to the door, throwing a quick “I’ll see you at school” back at her.

Holly sat there, her mouth open in shock. When she had invited Alex over, she had made sure it was on a night her dad was out with his girlfriend. She had hoped he would stay over and leave the house to her for the night. Instead it seemed like he had decided to come home early and Holly had never seen him look so angry.

Holly had always had a great relationship with her dad. Marcus had married her mum Erin when Holly was 3 and even though he was her stepfather, he had always treated her like his own daughter. When her mum had died when Holly was 8, Marcus had comforted her, drying her tears and telling her she would always have him to look after her. Since then they had been best friends and rarely ever argued.

That’s why Holly was so surprised with his reaction. Technically she hadn’t asked him if she could invite a boy round, but then she never asked him if her best friend Belle could come over for a film night. Clearly she was in trouble.

“It’s getting late. Shall we talk about this in the morning?” Holly said, as she tried to breeze past Marcus in the doorway.

“Where do you think your going?” Marcus said sternly, grabbing the top of her arm and leading her back into the living room towards the sofa.

“What? But I didn’t do anything” spluttered Holly as she tried to resist his steady draw towards the sofa.

“We will see about that” Marcus said as he pulled her down next to him on the sofa. Unexpectedly he tugged sharply on her arm and dragged her across his lap. He put a hand firmly on her back to keep her facing the floor and moved so her ass was lying across his lap.

“What are you doing? Let me go” squirmed Holly, as she trigged to wriggle free of his iron grip.

“If you want this to be over quickly, you need to stay still and answer my questions honestly like a good girl” he said briskly. Holly really had no idea what was going on.

“Was that boy your boyfriend?” Marcus asked. Holly hesitated, not sure what to say. Without warning she felt a hard smack against her ass and yelped in surprise.

“Ouch! Daddy what are you doing? Let me go” Holly pleaded.

“I told you if you want this to be over, you need to stay still and answer my questions baby girl. Now I will ask you again, was that boy your boyfriend?”

“That’s none of your business! Get off me!” shouted Holly as she tried break free. Instead she felt her Dad grip her even more tightly and deliver another two smacks to her behind.

“I will ask you one last time, was that boy your boyfriend?” Marcus said quietly, pausing for her response.

“No, he wasn’t my boyfriend” muttered Holly.

“Thank you baby girl. That wasn’t so hard now, was it?”

Holly stared sullenly at the floor, wondering what he was going to do next.

“If he wasn’t your boyfriend, what was he doing here?”

Holly hesitated. How could she possibly answer that question without telling her Dad that she was an 18 year old who had never been kissed. Holly hesitated for too long because she felt another two hard smacks on her ass. She wasn’t sure but she felt like they were getting harder. Thank god she was wearing jeans to absorb some of the impact, she thought.

“I invited him round to watch a film with me.”

“Did you ask my permission to invite a boy round to my house?” asked Marcus.

“You never seemed to mind when I invited Belle round..” but Holly was cut off by three sharp smacks to her ass. She was beginning to feel sore now, even through the jeans.

“No I didn’t ask your permission.”

“And is it polite to invite someone round to someone else’s house without asking their permission first?”

“No it isn’t. I am sorry Daddy.” whispered Holly.

“I know you are baby” Marcus soothed, “but now I need to punish you for breaking the rules. Because I’ve already spanked you a few times, this time I will only do five more. But if you break the rules again, your punishment will be worse next time. Understood?”

Holly nodded “yes Daddy” making a mental note to remember never to break the rules again.

Marcus quickly delivered five more smacks to her ass, and whilst Holly could swear her behind would be glowing red by now, she thought he had definitely softened the blows this time. Holly breathed a sigh of relief and tried to push herself up from her father’s lap but Marcus held her firm.

“Why was that boy here? And don’t tell me you were planning to watch a film together. You waited until I left and brought him round to sleep with you didn’t you? Under my roof” Marcus’ voice was gentle yet ominous, like silk over steel. He raised his hand again, as Holly cried out “No! I promise you that wasn’t what it was. I don’t do that. I’ve never even been kissed for God’s sake!” Marcus froze mid strike and lifted his hand off her back. Holly felt the pressure release; she jumped up and ran to her bedroom, slamming the door shut.