The nightmarish discovery was made still early in the morning. Despite Jordan’s fearful bellows to her Mom, the younger girls miraculously hadn’t woken up. As showered, Sally slipped into the bathroom and sat on the toilet, slightly around the corner from the shower/tub combo.
“Jordie?”
“Yeah?”
“We need to talk.”
“…Uh…ok…”
“So what do you think happened last night…in your bed I mean…?”
“…um…well…I guess…Um…I pooped the bed? Or had diarrhea or something?”
Sally almost laughed out loud. Oh how cute. She smiled.
“Listen honey, it wasn’t poop so you don’t need to worry about that.”
“What?” She poked her head out of the shower curtain. “Well what was it then?”
“Jordan! It was blood.” Sally said almost correctively.
A look of complete confusion came across Jordan’s face.