She’d been able to have a real accident a few weeks earlier when alone at the house, and she’d enjoyed it immensely; she wanted to have a similar experience with her diaper. Besides, the younger kids she was so envious of didn’t care where they were when they used their diapers, why should she have to care?

The alarm clock’s digits rolled over to indicate nine o’clock, triggering a shrill noise that it hadn’t been allowed to make since Hailey started summer vacation. Nine wasn’t that early, but the girls had gotten used to waking up whenever their bodies felt necessary, so the alarm was startling.