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He hoped she wasn't just pretending to be asleep so she wouldn't have to see him. After showering and changing clothes, he walked back into the kitchen. Sylvia was still at the stove with no sign of Lilly. "Well I should probably go check on her," he said and made his way up the stairs.
    Once he reached her room, he knocked softly, and whispered, "Lilly, you awake?" When no answer came, he opened the door a crack and peeked inside the room. She was on her side with her back toward the door, curled up in almost a ball. Other than her chest rising and falling slowly, she was immensely still. He walked over to the bed and put a hand on her waist to lean over and see her face. She seemed to be dreaming peacefully and had a small smile playing on her lips. He didn't want to wake her if she was really tired enough to sleep for this long. But then he realized that she probably needed to get some food in her system if she was going to continue sleeping for the rest of the night. He walked around the bed to sit on the edge and began to shake her lightly to wake her. "Lilly, wake up, honey. It's almost dinner time," he said softly.
    She stirred slightly and Jake could hear a faint whine coming from her. "Uhhhhhh. No. Stop," she whined in her sleep. She began to toss lightly back and forth. Jake put his hands on either side of her so she wouldn't roll away from him.
    "Lilly, come on sweetheart. Wake up. It's ok," he soothed while he rubbed her back.
    "Stop. Please don't!" she cried, still dreaming.
    Jake didn't think she was awake but was worried what she could be dreaming about that made her so scared. He shook her a little harder this time to wake her up out of the nightmare. Suddenly her eyes shot open. The wild and scared look in her eyes was something Jake would never be able to remove from his memory. Before he could pick her up to hug her, she jumped into his arms and threw her arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her out from the covers so she was sitting in his lap.
    "It's ok. It's ok. I've got you," he murmured into her hair. He could her feel warm tears seep through his shirt as she softly cried. He rubbed her back and rocked her lightly until she quieted down. When she started to sniffle, he pulled her back by the arms to look at her face. Her eyes were still swollen from crying and her face was still slightly red. "You wanna tell me what that was about?" He spoke softly, still holding her and rubbing her arms with his thumbs as he held them in his hands.
    Lilly just stared at him for a second, shaken from her dream. She shook her head and then turned to stare out the window. It was still light outside, but the sun was beginning to come down and she could see it setting over the rolling hills in the distance.
    "What time is it?" she asked, still not looking at him.
    "It's almost seven. You slept for over six hours." When she tried to get off of his lap, he pulled her back down and turned her face to his. "Are you ok?" His voice took on a worried tone and he hugged her closer. When she tried to retreat again and pull away, he took a firmer grip around her waist. "You know I would never hurt you, right?"
    She swung her head back to look at him remembering how he spanked her the night before. She gave him a disbelieving stare and muttered, "Yeah right."
    When Jake realized she immediately thought of the spanking he'd given her the night before for her bratty behavior, he knew why she gave him the angry look. He took a deep breath. "Ok. We need to have a little talk," he began, "I will never hurt you. I may spank you when you disobey me or act foolishly and put yourself at risk, but I will never cause you any harm. I can promise you that."
    "But it still hurt me!" she retorted, her voice rising to a higher note.
    Jake chuckled. "It's supposed to hurt. It's punishment."
    "Well I don't like it and I don't want you to do it ever again," she stated emphatically and turned her head back away from his,