Caitlin's Conspiracies by Mariella Starr

Author:Mariella Starr [Starr, Mariella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: domestic discipline, contemporary romance, spanking
Publisher: Blushing Books
Published: 2014-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Caitlin had been on the Sassy Sal Ranch a week. She adored Chase’s mother Karen Bennett and spent quite a bit of time with her. His grandmother was on the top of her list of favorites too. She did notice that Celia Bennett spent a great deal of time in her apartment.

After nearly a week, Celia invited Caitlin into her apartment and Caitlin found out why the older woman stayed out of sight. Celia was always busy working. She was a skilled quilter and artist, with a quilting frame and an easel set up in large workroom. Celia admitted that although she loved her children, grand- and great-grandchildren that she also liked her private, quiet time where she could work on projects while listening to her audio books. She showed Caitlin her latest project – a double wedding ring pattern that was both complex and beautiful.

Caitlin liked Shelley, Chase’s sister who was a stay-at home-mom, although that was a misnomer. Shelley spent a great deal of time taking her children to activities. She was the ultimate definition of a soccer mom. Her husband, Bruce, owned a construction company, but managed to arrive on time at the communal dinner table most evenings. They left in the early evenings to return home for their family time. Cathy, Jessie and Marie, the daughters-in-laws seemed nice enough. They were working moms, with varied careers as lawyer, bail enforcement agent and children’s book author. Cathy and Jessie worked during the day, but as soon as they came home, they seemed to fit the Stepford Wives role, at least in Caitlin’s mind. They catered to their children and husbands, and it seemed to her always cowed to their husband’s wishes. Chase’s father, his brothers and Shelley’s husband were - she thought - united in their bossiness. The worst of the lot were Shelley’s husband Bruce and Chase’s brother Range. She considered both of them dictatorial and overbearing and she steered clear of them as much as possible. She was watching for abuse, but other than the occasional snapped answer or warning look, she hadn’t seen any evidence of it. Caitlin was fully aware that she had no right to judge, but she couldn’t seem to help herself. This was the first time she’d been exposed to close knit family where male dominance was considered the norm. She’d known Valerie’s parents for a couple of years but had never suspected them of practicing domestic discipline.

The weather cooperated for the planned barbecue and by noon, there were another thirty or more adult relatives milling around, with droves of children and teenagers. The women headed for the kitchen or took on the job of riding herd on the younger children. The men headed outside, sat in lawn chairs and discussed football, cattle and whatever else that seemed to cause them to laugh a lot, in addition to firing up at least half dozen grills. As she watched most of the meal preparations being performed by the women, Caitlin

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