She is My Sister (8 page)

When she turned to run out of the living room, David reached
for her and stopped her from leaving.
 
He picked her up and put her over the back of the sofa, and started
spanking the seat of her jeans.

Brooke screamed bloody murder, hoping her Dad would come to
her rescue, but when he did come to see what was going on, she heard David tell
him she was throwing a tantrum, and he pointed to the candy dish lying on the
floor in front of the broken screen on the television.

“We just bought that
tv
,
daughter!” John Hart exclaimed.

“Daddy, make him stop!”

“I will not!
 
If
your Mama threw something at me I would paddle her good and proper!
 
You earned a spanking, daughter.”
 
He turned around and left the room, and
to her dismay, David continued spanking her until she was forced to apologize
and tell him she was sorry for her tantrum.
 

“Brooke,” he said, lifting her from the sofa and turning her
to face him.
 
“I know you might not
believe this, especially right this moment, but I do care about you.
 
That hasn’t changed.
 
It tears me up to see you acting as
though you don’t give a damn about yourself.
 
What are you thinking?
 
You are smart, talented, and
beautiful.
 
You have so much to
offer, but you don’t seem to care.
 
You need to stop; this party girl image isn’t the real you!”

“What would you know?” she demanded.
 
“You aren’t the one trying to live up to
the four perfect sisters!
 
Look at
them, David!
 
They are all so damned
good, and I can’t even keep a boyfriend!”

“Who says you have to live up to your sisters?” he asked
softly.
 
“You have your own special
talents, honey.
 
I’ve watched you in
action.”

“Please tell me then, because I am lost, David!”
 
She sobbed, heartbroken, and he pulled
her close and held her while she cried, doing his best to comfort her.

When she quieted, he said, “Your talent is nursing,
Brooke.
 
Haven’t you realized how
everyone comes to you for help when they are feeling bad, or if they get
hurt?
 
Remember when Professor McCabe
collapsed in front of his math class?
 
You were the one who saved his life while we were waiting for the
paramedics to get there.”

“I just knew what to do, and no one else stepped up.
 
I couldn’t just stand there and let him
die!”

“No, you couldn’t.
 
And, you kept everyone from moving that girl when she fell on the ice
last winter and broke her leg.
 
You
got blankets to keep her warm, and you kept her from going into shock.
 
You. Did. That.
 
It wasn’t your sisters, but you!”
 
He held her at arms’ length and said,
“I’ve always wondered why you didn’t take up medicine in some way.”

“Really?”

“Really.
 
Why
don’t you give it some thought?”

Brooke wondered if David could be right.
 
In the meantime she owed him a sincere
apology.
 
“David, I’m sorry.
 
For everything,” she admitted.
 
“For throwing the dish at you; for
giving you such a hard time over the assignment, and most of all, for cursing
you last year when you were only trying to help me.
 
It hurt so much when you walked away,
and I haven’t dated anyone since!” she admitted.

“I haven’t dated anyone either; my heart still belongs to a
certain little girl with a terrible temper.” He smiled, and then said solemnly,
“I’m sorry I walked away, Brooke.
 
I
should have spanked you right then and there, and saved us both a year of
hurt.”

“I felt terrible and I didn’t know how to say so.”

“We’ll work it all out, honey,” he assured her, dropping a
kiss on her forehead.
 
“In the
meantime, we have this project…”

Epilogue: One Year Later

“You are positively the most handsome man I have ever seen,
John Hart,” his wife insisted, which made him swell with pride.

“Thank you, darling.
 
It is easy to look handsome when I am with the most beautiful woman in
the room.
 
Will you dance with me?”
he asked, offering her his arm.

Jenna watched with a smile as her parents left the table to
walk to the dance floor.

“Are you feeling all right?” Eric asked with a worried look
in his dark eyes.

“I’m just fine,” Jenna lied convincingly.
 
She was in labor, but there was plenty
of time to get to the hospital and give birth… once Stacy’s and Edmund’s
special day was over!
 
What a year
of changes for the Hart Sisters!
 
She was expecting her first child; Stacy was getting married in the
wedding of the year, according to the television station,
who
was here covering the event for a special feature, and also here as guests of
the bride’s family. Holly eloped with Quince, getting married quietly and with
no fanfare. Sara married Vince Williamson in a private ceremony with just
family present, and Vince kept the apartment Sara loved so much for her to have
a quiet place to study and work on her Doctorate.
 
And, Brooke and David were planning to
get married when Brooke finished nursing school.
 
The change in their baby sister was
nothing short of a miracle, and Jenna was so proud of her for finding her niche
in the world.
 

It was hard to believe that all five sisters picked men who
believed in spanking!
 
It came out
when both Brooke and Sara were squirming on their chairs when they all took a
break from baking Christmas cookies to sit down and eat lunch, and reporter
Stacy demanded to know why.
 
It was
Sara who confessed first, reminding them all of her terrible temper and telling
them how Vince dealt with her tantrums.
 
Brooke admitted that she’d skipped a class to go Christmas shopping…
after David warned her not
to
.
 
The look on Brooke’s face when she
learned her older sisters knew what it was like to sit on a sore butt was
priceless.

Another contraction claimed Jenna’s attention, and of
course, it was Brooke who whispered to Eric that she was pretty sure Jenna was
in labor and trying to hide it from everyone.
 
She quietly helped him persuade Jenna it
was time to leave, and Brooke wondered if there would be another generation of
sisters to love and laugh together…
 
She hoped so because it was a special bond and she knew how lucky she
was to have four older, beautiful, talented, loving sisters… who were spanked
occasionally, just as she was!

The
End.