It seemed the strap had worked on the little . He had gone from indifferent to compliant. There was a bit of satisfaction his had derived from having corrected him when she felt she needed to. But it wasn't vindictive satisfaction. Rather, it was a maternal pride and joy that filled her. He had become quite polite and in the process, regressed back a lot further than his troublesome earlier years. The treatment of “Yes, ” had done the trick ... for now. She knew he would test the waters in the future and she'd cross that bridge with him when they got there. On this day, she had gotten her ... Show more