Hallie Hill was a popular new reporter/anchor on a nationally syndicated cable TV news channel. She was fairly famous. Most anyone who watched very much news on TV would have recognized her. She used her dazzling good looks along with her hard-line political views to become one of the top political news anchors across the United States. She was a tall blonde in her mid-thirties. She had a huge following, some for her looks and others for her political commentary.

Hallie preached American liberal politics, often quick to degrade other countries that didn’t have the same views as Americans. She believed all other countries should have American beliefs and adapt American type laws.

Hallie decided she would take an unauthorized trip to one of the countries she despised most. It was a very small country with little to no wealth. (I won’t mention the countries name to avoid offending anyone). An off-the-record trip to actually see what went on there. She had to fly through a few different countries to end up at her destination undetected. Once she was there, she wanted to photograph as much as she could to document their way of life.

Hallie tried hard to follow all the laws of the land. She did, however, have the attitude that she was better than the people in this country, and their laws were mostly irrelevant to her. After her second day, she was apprehended by the local authorities for taking pictures of certain government buildings that were not to be photographed. She was unable to read the signs that said ‘no photographs’ but should have been able to make out the no-camera signage.

She was also standing behind a roped-off area. The officers were none too friendly about her misdeeds. Hallie quickly apologized and brushed it off as an accident. The officers saw it differently. She was quickly escorted to a jail cell that was really harsh-looking for American standards.

Hallie had a high society up-bringing. She always had nothing but the best. Had a multi-million dollar home. Drove a BMW. Wore the best designer clothing. Being locked up in a jail, much less in another country, was devastating. She demanded to be released. She told them to notify the US embassy and they would go through the steps for her release. The government officials laughed at these bold statements. Through a translator, she was told that this country had laws. Laws that maybe she wasn’t familiar with. Laws that took taking photos and disobeying government privacy very seriously.

The guards quickly went through her belongings and found her ID. Soon, someone realized who she was. She was the same woman that had often degraded their country on US television. The government leaders were notified that they had someone in custody that may be of value to them.

News quickly spread to the US that Hallie Hill had been arrested in a foreign country. The foreign government leaders looked through her camera and found hundreds of pictures of their country.  Many pictures, the government said, were obtained illegally.

Hallie’s news company tried to negotiate her release. The company even tried to buy Hallie’s freedom. Then they asked the US government for help.

The Foreign government had a bit of a score to settle with Hallie more than anything else. They obviously did not appreciate the negative commentary she had about them over the years. They quickly sentenced her to 10 years in prison.

This was done as a show of force more than anything. Their country had laws and expected them to be followed. They wanted to prove to this troublemaker, in their eyes, a point.

Hallie’s news organization continued to negotiate her release. After a few weeks, an agreement was made. Though few details were publicly released, a cash payment was to be made to the Foreign government. A ‘fine’, as it was referred to. It was rumored to be in excess of a million dollars. The huge ‘fine’ would really be a benefit to the extremely poor nation.

Hallie was also to receive 30 stokes of the cane on the unclothed bottom.

The country saw great benefits to this solution. They desperately could use the money the news channel was willing to pay for Hallie’s release, and they could severely punish a person who regularly degraded their county on US television.

After having her life turned upside down for two-and-a-half weeks, she was willing to do anything to get back home.

It was arranged that in 2 days she would be punished, and immediately following she would be transported to the airport where her company’s private jet would fly her out of the country and back to the US.

Hallie was in fear for what she thought might happen, but was grateful to not have to spend 10 years in prison. It was all over the US news that famous Hallie Hill was going to be caned in a foreign county. It was the talk of the news channels. Either people loved her or hated her, but they were all interested in what was going on with her.

Two days later, Hallie was brought to a large room in the center of the prison. The nearly three weeks in prison had taken a toll on her. When she was arrested, she was dressed in the best clothing and had her hair fixed and make-up on.  Now she was dressed in a thin brown smock. No make-up and her hair was a mess. She had only been allowed to shower twice during her detention. That was only a quick shower with minimal water and not much soap.

There was a steel padded table in the center of the room. It was about 8 inches wide. And about 6 foot long. It looked much like a weight bench. Hallie was led to the bench and ordered to sit on it, one leg on each side and lay face down. Her wrists were then cuffed to the front legs of the bench and her thighs were strapped to the rear legs of the bench. She lay on her stomach with one leg on each side of the bench.

The guards then untied the back of her smock and let it fall to the sides as Hallie let out a shrill scream in fear. Since the prison had offered no type of panties, Hallie was now bare from her shoulders to her ankles except for her bra strap in the back. Her bare bottom fully exposed, legs spread nearly as far as could be as she straddled the bench. A wide leather strap placed across the small of her back held her firmly in place. A large female prison guard came in from the side door lightly swinging a rattan cane. It must have been 42 inches long and 1/2 inch diameter. As she gently swung the cane it made a whistling sound.

Hallie was in pure terror. The guards talked amongst themselves in their own language. The guard laid the cane on Hallie’s upended rear end as she gasped. Tears already flowing. The good-looking tall blonde had never felt so vulnerable. She laid strapped to the bench legs spread with all of her modesty on full display. The guard pulled back and swung full force and Hallie screamed a deafening squeal. A large welt almost immediately appeared.

The guard pulled back and landed 4 more just as quick. 5 welts quickly appeared. With each stroke, Hallie screamed and pleaded. The guard quickly resumed the punishment. After the twenty-fifth stroke Hallie felt she could pass out. The guard finished out the last five. Hallie’s bottom and the back of her thighs was criss-crossed with stinging welts. The guard quickly unstrapped her and ordered her to stand.  Hallie had to be helped to her feet, still feeling she could faint. She was crying and sobbing uncontrollably.

She was led to a rest room where the clothing she was wearing before her arrest was laying. The guard demanded her to get changed and leave the prison issue smock. Hallie struggled to get her tight-fitting jeans on over her swollen striped bottom.  The guard showed no sympathy. And demanded she hurry. She was quickly led away to a awaiting van to be transported to the airport. She was shoved into the van. Hallie tried to not sit on her bottom but as the guard shoved her, she had no real choice. Hallie let out a crying scream as her bottom hit the seat.  Once at the airport, she boarded her company plane and quickly departed the country.

Once back in the United States, she was taken to her home. As she turned on the TV and was able to get her tablet turned on, she quickly realized that her ordeal was all over the news stations. As she looked through various pages online, Hallie’s nightmare suddenly became real again. She had found that someone had posted an uncensored video of her caning on a video sharing site.

There was no way Hallie ever wanted to show her face on television again. Once she was off for a few weeks for her bottom to heal and her emotions to get back in check, she took an off the air position at the station.

The End

© Seymour Jay 2019