"Austin, come in here please." He knew by the tone of his father's voice that something was wrong. And, when something was wrong, he usually got a whipping.
"I just got a call from your english teacher. She told me she aas concerned that you failed her class this quarter. Your report card had an A on it. Why is this? Your teacher is not lying. I called the school, and the reprot card was sent out with an F. Did you change your report card?" His father glared.
"Uh, well," Austin stared at the floor, "Sort of," he mumbled.
"It's all or none, son. Give me the truth."
"Yes," he replied meekly.
"Well, you know my policiees. If you tell a lie, you get a spanking. If you fail a class, you get a spanking. If I get a negative clal from a teacher, you get a spanking. So, you Have three spankings coming. You will get 30 licks for the lie, 30 licks for failing, and 45 licks for the phone call, for a total of 105 licks. ON YOUR BARE BOTTOM."
The last words hit Austin like a rock in the stomach. But he knew there was no point in arguing, he would just get extra licks.
"Get downstairs and wait." His father extended his arm toward the stairs.
Austin reluctantly started down the stairs. He reached the basement and turned into the bathroom. He knew he was to be in position, over the lip of the bathtub when his father got down. Then, he waited. After half an hour, his father descented the steps. He stopped to take the strap off the peg. He walked into the abthroom.
"Lets see if I can teach you a lesson."
With that, he started. WHACK, WHACK, WHACK, WHACK, WHACK
After the fifth stroke he started to buck. By fifteen he was yelping. By fifty, he was just groaning.
"OWW, Dad, please stop, I won't do it again! Please." But his sobs did him no good. His father continued swinging the strap. After fifteen minutes, he was done. He was left to sob.
After lying there for a half hour, Austin went upstairs. His brother came in and immediately knew what happened.
He began to massage his warm bottom, helping the pain a little.
They sat that way all night. Austin never failed again.