Forever a Child Scene 98

Her classes were okay, but she hated them and didn’t want to learn them. She was just a little girl. Her diapers held up to the wetting she gave them in Algebra and thankfully, no one noticed. In the halls between classes were the worst. She made it to lunch and ran to her mother’s waiting car in tears. She said how the others were making fun of her and how she talked and acted and how they were all meanies. Catherine held her close, fearing this would happen. She gently changed her daughter’s soaked diaper and noticed that she was sucking her thumb. Catherine smiled and got in the car with her and closed the door. “Sweetie, I have a surprise for you.