Like I said, she had tricked me into trying it and now she was trying to change the rules. But oh no! I wasn’t about to fall into her trap a second time.
When I tried to reach for one of the tapes she smacked the back of my bare leg really hard and told me to leave it alone. It didn’t really hurt when she hit me; I think it stunned me more than anything else. When I tried to protest again she once more took hold of my hands and tried to explain that we were guests in the Doleshire’s home and she wouldn’t have me throwing a tantrum and embarrassing her and my father.