“Please Mommy, don’t make me lie on it,” she begged.
“Don’t worry sweetie, you don’t have to lie down. Little girls your age have accidents, it’s nothing to be ashamed of.”
Joy lifted Rachel’s dress and pulled her sopping wet pull-up down, slipping it off each foot. Pulling out a couple wet-naps from the diaper bag she wiped Rachel’s privates and thighs, cleaning off the pee-pee.
“Hmm, looks like you leaked a bit dear. I’m afraid you’ve gotten it all down your leg,” Joy commented, getting more wet-naps.
Rachel stood still and thought about happy college memories while her mother wiped down her leg.
“Honey, you’ve even gotten it all over your sandals,” her mother sighed, undoing the buckles on her glittery jelly shoes. “Well you can just go barefoot like your friends,” Joy told her.
Rachel pouted as she felt the cool tiled floor of the bathroom under her feet. She reminded herself that this wasn’t so bad. Megan was the one sitting out in public topless, being barefoot was nothing compared to that. Mommy was getting out a new pull-up from the bag already and Rachel eagerly stepped into it, glad to feel the thick garment slipping up her legs and protecting her again.
By the time Rachel and Joy returned to the table Megan was wearing a new t-shirt and everyone was getting ready to go. None of them had a chance to speak to each other again before they were separated. Each found themselves being led to separate cars, wondering when they’d see each other again. The worst of it was they still didn’t know what on earth had become of that cursed book.