Of All the Luck! by Joanne Locker Page A

kitchen, and a nice bar with stools where they could eat.  The bedrooms were on either side of the cabin.  Jacobson said he would take the smaller one; she and Griff were placed in the other one.  Both bedrooms had their own bathroom, so the cabin was very comfortable.  The only thing that was different about this space was the windows.  They were small, and at the top of the walls. No light could shine through and no one could see inside. The doors were heavily locked, and for all intents and purposes, once the car was parked inside the garage, the house would look uninhabited.  Victoria felt herself relax a bit.
    “What do we have in the way of food?” she asked, heading for the kitchen.  She looked in the fridge and saw that it was well stocked.  She was elated.  The pantry cupboard was well stocked, too, and she quickly grabbed a can of chicken, another box containing broth and some packaged noodles.  She found some frozen veggies in the small freezer above the refrigerator.  There were some fresh dinner rolls, too.  They would eat in style while they were here.
    A while later Jacobson remarked, “This is good, Victoria.  I’m glad you made plenty.”  He’d just finished his third helping of the chicken and noodles.
    “Thanks, but it was just a fast meal.  There are meats in the freezer we can use, and tomorrow we will eat better.”
    “I know you two haven’t had much sleep.  Why don’t you go on to bed and I’ll clean up the dishes and put the leftovers away,” Jacobson offered.  When Griff gave him a hard look, Jacobson held up his hands in surrender.  “I swear I am not the enemy, Griff.  You can trust me.”
    Griff finally nodded.  “I want to keep my wife safe,” he said firmly.
    “I want to keep her safe, too.”  He looked sincere and Griff decided to trust him.
    “Come on, honey.  We need to get some rest… after we have a little discussion,” he tacked on almost carelessly.
    Victoria knew exactly what Griffin was talking about.  She’d known all day that sooner or later he was going to call her to task for letting Jacobson in the motel room when she was told not to answer the door.  She found her knees were weak as she followed Griffin into the room they were to share.  “I know what you are going to say, but I did question Jacobson through the door, and I heard sincerity in his voice.  I was very careful when I allowed him to enter the room, and I kept a gun on him the entire time.  He kept saying that we should get out of there, but I wasn’t about to leave without you.  We are no longer married, Griffin Conway, so you just get that look off your face and out of your eyes!”
    “You earned yourself a spanking and you know it, Victoria.  I should have tanned you earlier, but I was nice enough to wait for some privacy.  Now get out of those clothes and bare that pretty butt for me.”
    “I don’t want to, Griffin!” she wailed.  “I’m not some little girl any longer!  I am an adult, capable of making decisions.”
    “You should have made the decision to obey me, but you didn’t, and now you are going to get a nice, long spanking.  Take off your jeans and panties, and let’s get this over with before I start adding extras with my belt.”
    “Griffin!  Noooo!” she pleaded.
    “Yes, Victoria.  Now.”  His eyes met hers and she knew he was fast losing patience.  She did not want extras with his belt.  Those were always given to her sit spots, and they hurt so much it was nearly unbearable.
    “What if we end up having to ride in a car again like we did today?  I won’t be able to tolerate sitting.”
    “We aren’t going anywhere, young lady.”  He took several steps in her direction, only to have her back up… until she backed into a dresser.  Griffin gently took her hand and pulled her to him.  “One last chance to make this easy, honey.  It expires in about five seconds from now.”
    Victoria decided that she would make it easier