As the battle continued, Lacy hardly softened her yelling or stopped her struggle, but the emotional tempest seemed to pass for both, as their anger faded into exhaustion. The emotion subsiding, Travis finally stopped the spanking and pushed her unceremoniously from his lap. Lacy hit the floor to look up at him through her tear stained eyes and mussed curls. Though she hardly could muster a look of scorn on her flushed faced, they both knew her indignation would revive in time.
“Don’t test me again, Lacy Dalton, or you might have the same result. And I swear, you flail around like you did, I’ll tie you down next time.”
Her eyes, which were much softer than they’d been before their conflagration, sparked again, but only for a moment. In the brief stare down between them, there were f
