Jennifer hadn't been able to keep her mind on work all day. It had been a hectic week at the law office and all she wanted to do was to go back to her apartment, take off all her clothes, fix a cool Margarita, and open her electronic mail. With any luck, there would be a posting from her new Internet pal, the Magicien, the porn writer from Arizona.
That morning Jennifer had submitted the brief to Mr. LeBec, her new supervisor. She hadn't given it much attention. Jenny was a perky 22 year old with sex on her mind and this was just a summer law internship.
When youโre 5โ5โ and 115 lbs. and almost drop dead gorgeous, who cares about appellate briefs concerning violations of international maritime law? Besides, reading another of Magicienโs stories about bondage and incest and anal discipline was much more exciting.
At 4:30 Mr. LeBec called Jennifer into his office. Her brief was on his desk, and even looking at it upside down, Jenny could see a mass of red circles. And Mr. LeBec looked very angry.
Mr. LeBec was new to the firm. He had come as a partner, an expert in international maritime law. The man had the reputation for being very strict and very demanding. He was also very rude, very abrupt, very French!
"Miss Jennifer, this work of yours is very bad. You have incorrectly sited several well known cases. You have totally misapplied the law. You are a very careless young woman."
The words stung. Jennifer always took pride in being an excellent law student. But today, the thought of reading the draft of Magicienโs latest story โ how he planned to spank his 18 year old nieceโs bare bottom, how he would play with the young girlโs pussy, and then fuck her virgin ass - was driving Jennifer to distraction.
"On Monday," Mr. LeBec began, "I am afraid I must take this up with the Managing Director."
"I really am very sorry Mr. LeBec."
"Jennifer, in this profession sorry isn't good enough. I shall have to recommend to the Director that he end your summer internship immediately."
"Mr. LeBec, please? I need this internship to apply for the college Law Review in the fall."
There was a long pause. Jenny could see the Frenchman was giving this some thought.
"Unless,โ and there was another long pause, โI punish you myself."
"Punish me?"
"Yes, punish you. Spank you, for being careless."
Jennifer was stunned. "You canโt be serious," she blurted out. โIโm not a child. Iโm almost 23 years old.โ
"Mademoiselle, I am certainly very serious. It's either that, or you have to go, immediately!"
Jennifer needed this internship, desperately, needed it if there was going to be any chance that she make the college Law Review.
Quickly she responded, "but if I let you, you know, โpunish me,โ you won't report me to the Director?"
"Only if your work improves. It will be our personal understanding."
"And you won't report me?"
"No, but you must understand, your work MUST improve. And I will spank you with the martinet."
Jennifer remembered the martinet from her trip to France when she was a college sophomore. She remembered, just south of Paris, this quaint little French village. It was there that Jennifer found the martinet. She had read about them in stories, but though they had gone out of style, or were no longer manufactured.
"No," the shop keeper informed her, "they are still made, and they still sell very well indeed."