Perhaps it was a symptom of getting older that her bladder could hold more, she reasoned. As long as she went to the toilet before the movie started, as she had just now done, it was rare for her to have more than a light urge to pee by the end of the movie, as long as she didn’t go overboard with the size of the soda.
Twenty minutes later, the family arrived at the multiplex. Erin immediately tensed up when she saw the number of cars in the parking lot, followed by a similar anxiousness as she confirmed that it was equally populated inside. It was Saturday night, so she suspected it shouldn’t be surprising that so many people would be here, but she hadn’t really thought about it beforehand.
