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No Worries 14
by ciejye

Alex drove to the Crystal City apartment, and took her in. The doorman was busy on the phone and didn't seem to notice them. It was nearly 11 when he knocked on the door and drawing his weapon, stood out of the way. Walter opened the door.  When he saw Jenny standing in the hallway he pulled her into a tight hug.

"Where have you been?!" He demanded pulling back to look at her. "And where did you get those clothes?"

Alex stepped out of the shadow, Walter pushed Jenny behind him. "Krycek, if you hurt her." He snarled.

"You should thank me Skinner, I saved your pretty little girl there from getting her ass raped." He pulled the panties out of his pocked and tossed them to Walter who caught them. Fox had come up behind with his weapon drawn.

"I found her at a pool hall, dressed like this, with way too much makeup on and about to be raped. I took care of the boy, don't worry he is still alive, then I washed her face and spanked her when she lied to me. You should keep her on a shorter leash Skinner, I might not be around the next time." Alex backed down the hall never lowering his weapon. "Have that bite checked little girl and don't grow up too fast." Alex disappeared down the stairwell.

Walter stared after him, then closed the door and glared at his little daughter so hard Jenny flinched and looked at the floor, tears running down her face. Walter pulled her into another tight hug that left her breathless. Fox joined the relieved hug from the other side and together they sandwiched the little girl between them for a long time.

Finally Walter and Fox released her. Walter turned Jenny towards her bedroom and swatted her hard. "Go change out of that ridiculous costume. You have five minutes to be in sweats and tank top. MOVE!"

Jenny ran to her room. Walter almost collapsed in Fox's arms. He shook very hard at the thought of what could have happened to his only child. Fox pulled his lover into a tight embrace. "We need to talk" Fox whispered, "there is a lot you need to know and you're not going to like it."

Walter nodded and took a deep calming breath. Jenny came out of the bedroom a minute later dressed as she had been told to dress. Walter  checked the bite mark and winced. He cleaned it with antiseptic and put a dressing on it and then led Jenny to the corner and pushed her nose into it. "Stay there," he ordered. Jenny didn't move though  tears flowed down her face, this was going to be bad.

Walter and Fox sat on the sofa and talked quietly. Fox told Walter everything about the arcade, missed curfew, everything. Walter's face changed colors several times doing the dissertation, but he said nothing. When Fox was finished, Walter pitched his voice low so only his lover could hear it. "You should not have kept this from me Fox, you deceived me and kept secrets, We will address this later."

Fox nodded, he expected that, "I'm sorry Walter."

"I know you are baby and you're going to be even sorrier later."

Then Walter raised his voice to a normal level. "Jennifer come over her now please." Jenny stiffened in her corner, her safe corner, but left it and hurried over to stand before her father and Fox. Tears ran down her face. Walter stood up and placed his hands on her shoulders. "Sit down" Walter said, Jenny sat on the sofa next to Fox. Walter took a seat on the coffee table in front of her and scrubbed at his face with his hand.

"Tell me what happened" Walter said sternly. "and Jennifer, I mean everything."

Jenny kept her eyes on her hands and spoke, her voice barely a whisper.  She told him everything that had happened that night and confirmed everything that Fox had said. Fox brought her water at one point and passed her the tissues on occasion. Walter for his part listened in silence till she was finished. Then he reached out one hand and lifted Jenny's chin to look her in the eye.

"I could have lost you tonight," He said simply. "You could have been raped, kidnapped, killed or worse and I would not have known where to look or even that you needed my help. I am sorry I failed you. I set up rules and didn't enforce them, I let you get away with too much and that was a mistake, One that will not happen again. I make rules to keep you safe. You broke a lot of this rules and Fox covered for you. You were both wrong but I should have been enforcing them all along as well. Jenny you are going to be punished severely for this. I can't let this go, its too big."

Jenny nodded, she hadn't stopped crying since she got home.

"Tonight and every night for the next week your going to get a spanking, We will address every disobedience, every rule you broke. You're grounded until I say otherwise and, so you won't be bored, you will have chores to do and lines to write. I am going to go though your closet and get rid of everything that I think is inappropriate and rest assured that costume that you had on tonight is gone.  Part of being a child is getting into mischief and learning by your mistakes, but its also learning to obey the rules set for you. Baby I have to be able to trust you totally. You're here alone for a good part of the day after school and often into the evening when Fox and I are working on a case. If I can't trust you then I will hire someone to be with you at all times."

Jenny panicked at that, "NO Papa please, I promise to be good, please don't get a babysitter." She began to cry harder and Fox and Walter exchanged a look that carried on a whole conversation.

"I have not decided if I need to do that yet,. It will depend on how you behave for the next couple days but we are going to have some changes around here." Walter stood up and took off his belt, Jenny froze in fear her eyes glued to the strip of leather. "Jennifer, stand up" 

Jenny stood slowly, Walter pulled her into a hug, "This is going to be hard Jennifer, hard on both of us, but I want you to know what is going to happen. First I am going to give you a hand spanking then I will use the belt, then my hand again. This is just for tonight. You lied repeatedly, left where you were supposed to be and wore clothing that you knew was inappropriate. The biggest thing isn't the taking off but the lying. I expect you to obey me but I am not stupid. I know that there will be times when you  won’t do that. It doesn't make it right, I'm just aware that it will happen. But I  never expect lies and I will not condone deceit in any way shape or form." Walter looked pointed at Fox who knew he was included in this lecture.

"From this point on lies will get a mouth washing and a spanking every time. Jennifer this is going to be a very hard spanking and it will hurt but I will not leave bruises or welt. I love you baby with all my heart."

Jenny nodded, the hug had and done a lot to calm her down even though the impending punishment had her stomach in knots. "I'm sorry Papa, I was wrong, I took advantage of you and I took advantage of Fox. I knew I could  get away with a lot 'cause I was here alone most times, and even when Fox caught me, I sweet talked him into not telling you." Jenny turned to Fox her eyes brimming with tears. "I'm sorry Fox, I shouldn't have taken advantage of the fact that you have never had kids and were trying to be nice to me. I never meant to be so rotten. I really like you, I love you like a father."

Fox pulled Jenny into his warm embrace and hugging her so tightly, "I love you too squirt, I guess I wanted so much to be your friend that I forgot to be your …. I don't know, to be a responsible adult I guess. Anyway, a guardian, I wont do that to you again. From now on, I will be a responsible adult first, then later, when your grown up, we can be friends."

Walter sat down on the sofa. "Come on now Jennifer, over my knee." He patted his leg, Jenny hesitated but Fox gently pushed her toward her father. Jenny took a deep breath and bent over Walter's lap.  Her stomach did flips and her hands were clammy. Walter pulled her sweat pants down  to her knees, then her panties followed them. Jenny's face burned with embarrassment as her bottom was bared. It was still a little pink from the short spanking Alex had given her. Walter didn't hesitate, they knew exactly why she was here, he lifted his hand and started spanking.

Walter didn't waste his breath with scolding, he just kept up the spanking right cheek felt cheek top to bottom and a ways down her thighs. Jenny cried and yelled and made all those promises any well spanked child makes.  Her bottom whet from the pink to red. Walter stopped and picked up the belt. Jenny screamed and begged but to no avail. Her father land down at line of stripes that covered her bottom from the top of her cleft to just mid pint on her thighs. Jenny's bottom was solid red and very painful, Walter knew at some level that, legally, using the belt could be considered child abuse in this day and age but he also knew that if Fox thought for one second that Walter was going too far he would stop him. Walter strapped the bottom over his lap again, crisp sharp stinging stripes landed without much force, Walter meant to lesson her, not to harm her. His belt was only delivering surface sting. Then he stopped again and set down the belt.

Jenny was still crying and yelling her crimson bottom wiggled as she kicked.  She knew her bottom would catch fire at any moment, she just knew it. She also knew how loved she was and how she would NEVER do anything so stupid again never EVER.

Fox hovered right by the sofa and watched, his stomach a knot of nerves.  He wanted to stop the spanking but it was not over and it was not abusive, just hard. When the belt stopped he drew in a breath, thank goodness it was almost over, for Jenny at least. Fox had no misconceptions about his punishment and knew he would be getting the same and more soon.

Walter began the final hand spanking. It was mercifully short but very hard. Walter's hand seemed to sink into her bottom with the force of each swat. Then finally it was over. Walter rubbed Jenny's back for a moment comforting her. Then he pulled her panties and sweats up.

Jenny yeowled and vowed never again to wear tight fitting panties. The litany of apologies and reassurances, hugs and kisses, and tears lasted nearly an hour. Then finally Jenny was put to bed. She had fallen asleep in her fathers arms. He carried her to bed and tucked her in gently. A glass of water on the night table. The large hand that had punished her so harshly, brushed back a lock of her hair, gently. And the lips that had scolded her, brushed a kiss to her forehead. With a tenderness that bespoke the love he felt for his tiny child.

Then Walter slipped down the hall to his second task of the night. It was well after one am but Walter knew this would not wait, he knew Jenny would sleep in late and they could as well.

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"You lied to me and kept secrets. You betrayed our trust and covered up for Jenny against ME." Walter began even as he pulled Fox over his knee and pulled down his sweats. "We do not lie to each other, or keep secrets like that. We have had this very discussion before."

Fox nodded, "I'm sorry, I deserve to be strapped and caned, I don't deserve you."

That earned him a sharp swat, and a gentle tousle of his hair. "No, your intentions were not malicious, only ill thought out. You acted out of ignorance and love and we will make this right but, for now, I am going to give you the same spanking I gave Jenny but with soap in your mouth."

As Fox opened his mouth to protest Walter slipped in a small decorative rosette of soap. He had tons of these left from when Sharon moved out and they were a perfect size to fill Fox's often vulgar mouth. They were scented which added to the foul taste. Fox accepted the soap and braced himself. His boxers were lowered and his spanking began, the same as had Jenny's, with Walter's hard hand.

He was crying out loudly before the belt descended the first time on his red bottom. He nearly dropped the soap when it pressed into his bottom for the first swat of a long hard strapping. On one level Fox cried and kicked and yelled as much as Jenny had though it was a bit softer as not to wake Jenny up. On another level he understood that Walter was punishing him exactly as he had Jenny. And that even though Fox was a grown man of nearly 40 years he was being treated in the same manner and given the same punishment as a child nearly a third his age. That knowledge made him cry even harder. He was an adult.  He should not have allowed a child to manipulate him like that. Finally after the last hard volley with his hand, Walter stopped and comforted his lover. Hugs and forgiveness a long rinse and more cuddling in bed, and finally at long last sleep .. it had been a very long night.

Walter wondered if he had the energy to do this.
 

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