Lucy Hogarth was a leading light in the local Women's Institute and in her own eyes, she was THE leading light. She was good at organizing things but she went way beyond just organizing and became bossy bordering on tyrannical. Some of the other ladies put up with her and tolerated her but a few almost loathed her, virtually none of the members actually liked her.
She was aged sixty and her husband was some fourteen years older than her but most of Henry's married life had been spent being told what to do by the formidable Lucy.
The current meeting was being wound up and ladies were leaving as Lucy asked the whereabouts of Elizabeth Reynolds, no doubt to give her some further instructions, and was told that Elizabeth was in the kitchen washing up with Mary Littleton so Lucy marched in that direction.
Lucy had almost reached the open door to the kitchen when a voice from inside, Mary's, said, "Lucy was throwing her weight around again tonight wasn't she?"
"Wasn't she just, she really is full of herself isn't she?" replied Elizabeth.
Lucy remained motionless within two strides of the door as the conversation continued, "What she needs is for someone to give her a good hiding I think," said Mary.
"Ha, that is something that I would pay to see, her getting her big bottom whacked," laughed Elizabeth.
"I think a lot of people would pay to see Madam Hogarth get her comeuppance," said Mary.
Outside the door Lucy was going bright red but not in rage at the women talking about her in that way but because getting her big bottom whacked was the thing that she desired most of all in this world. It stemmed back to her school days when her headmistress had delivered six stinging strokes of the cane to her knicker-covered bottom and the subsequent sexual reaction that Lucy had had to the caning.
The only times that Lucy had ever got close to the sexual gratification that she had got in the aftermath of her caning as a seventeen-year-old was when she mentally reminisced about it with her fingers between her legs. Sex with Henry had ceased more than a decade previously but Lucy had never found that to be very fulfilling anyway so she did not miss it. She knew that there were women and certainly men that you could contact to get your bottom flogged and she had got as far as looking on the internet to see if she could find someone quite local but had never pursued it.
Obviously, Elizabeth and Mary were unaware that Lucy had heard what they said and the very flushed Lucy now thought it best not to enter the kitchen so she retraced her steps away from the two women.
That night in her bed, she and Henry had separate rooms, Lucy thought back over the women's words. She did not think that they really meant what they said about her needing a good hiding, but what if they did?
She could not really let them know that she had heard them and she certainly could not tell them that getting her bottom whipped was exactly what she wanted.
One thing that kept coming back into Lucy's head was that there would be a lot of members happy to pay to see her get her 'comeuppance' and the branch of The Institute was always looking at new ways to raise funds.
Lucy still had a dilemma because, in theory, she could solve three problems because she could get the beating that she desired, she could raise funds, and probably her 'volunteering' her bottom to take the punishment for fundraising purposes would make her more popular with some members. The dilemma was just how to set it up but the only possible way seemed to Lucy to be to let Mary and Elizabeth know that she had heard what they had said.
"I have an idea for a new fundraiser," said Lucy on the telephone to Elizabeth two days later after having mulled things over in her head.
"Oh yes, Lucy, what is that?" said Elizabeth pleased that Lucy could not see her raised eyebrows at yet another Lucy Hogarth idea.
"Um well I heard you and Mary talking about me in the kitchen the other day," said Lucy, sounding a lot less confident than usual.
"Talking about you?" said Elizabeth who at first could genuinely not recall talking about Lucy.
"Yes, about what I needed and people paying to see it happen," replied Lucy.
"Oh that, well yes you are sometimes a bit overpowering," said Elizabeth feeling slightly guilty.
"No, you are both right and I think it would help raise funds because probably a lot would like to see me get my bottom whipped," said Lucy who was starting to feel sexually aroused as they got deeper into the subject.
"Don't be silly Lucy, we did not mean it," said Elizabeth although she knew that several would like to see it happen, she included.
"I am serious Elizabeth, I will suggest it at the next meeting but maybe you can talk to others in the meantime so that it does not come as a complete shock," said Lucy.
"Lucy, you can't really mean this, are you saying that you would take a beating if people paid to see it?" said an almost incredulous Elizabeth.
"That is exactly what I am saying, perhaps £10 to give me a cane stroke and £5 just to watch," said Lucy who was now highly aroused at the thought.
"Cane? Where do we get a cane?" asked Elizabeth not quite believing this conversation.
"You can get one on the internet, I will get one," said Lucy really warming to the subject both mentally and between her legs.
"You really are serious aren't you?" said Elizabeth although it was now pretty obvious that Lucy was.
"Yes, you contact some members please so that we can have a good idea about interest before the next meeting," instructed Lucy.
"But if you are serious there has to be a limit on the number of strokes surely," said Elizabeth.
"I suppose, maximum of eighteen I think," announced Lucy.
"Eighteen strokes with a cane, do you really think that you could take that?" said Elizabeth, back to being incredulous.
"Well I took six strokes at school once so I do not see why not," said Lucy who's buttocks gave a sort of involuntary clench.
So it was left that Elizabeth would contact some other WI members individually and see what the interest was and get back to Lucy who would then, if necessary, purchase a cane on the internet.
Elizabeth first phoned Mary Littleton and having explained the conversation with Lucy to the initially incredulous Mary she finally convinced her friend that she thought that Lucy was serious.
"Perhaps she likes having her bum caned," Mary eventually said although it did not seriously occur to her that that was exactly what Lucy craved.
Initial inquiries among WI members produced a lot of interest once each individual had been convinced that it was genuine although some were happy just to watch but had no interest in actually applying a stroke. This news was conveyed to Lucy who promptly looked on the internet and decided on and ordered an appropriate-looking cane.
Lucy masturbated that night at the thought of at last getting her bottom caned again.
At the next WI meeting and after most of the normal business had been done Lucy addressed those present with those present strangely quite a few more than usually attended.
"I understand that most of you already know about my fundraising idea but just to clarify, I will bend over this table and take strokes of the cane to my bottom. It will cost you £10 to deliver a stroke and £5 just to watch," informed Lucy and there was a lot of muttering from the audience and a gasp or two although almost everyone present had already heard the proposal, just that they did not all believe it.
"I know that some of you do not like me or find me too overbearing, this will be your chance to vent your feelings," Lucy added.
It was further explained that there would be a maximum of eighteen strokes and both the delivering of a stroke and the watching of the event had to be booked and paid for in advance. The event would be at the end of the next WI meeting.