In-Between Chapters 59 and 60 by Sofia Hammerstein

Cameron Sylvester has grown up always hoping he'll live up to the heritage of his mother's family height. She was a ten-foot-tall Big, after all, and his father was a tall Mid, which meant it shouldn't have been a question that he would grow out of the Little category of height early on. A bright student, he's been at the top of his class in science and math throughout his academic career! Looking toward his high school graduation and towards college, he's received scholarships to attend Emerson University. it's a question of inches if he'll be left to the fate of being a Little with a limited future or manage to make a future as a short 'Betweener.' Even as a Betweener, the question remains to be seen if he can be a normal adult or if he'll be left 'In-Between.'  (A Tale from the Diaper Dimension)

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The Legal Stuff: In-Between © 2020-2026 By Sofia Hammerstein
 
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
 

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Chapter 59: Snippets
 

WAKING UP FROM the nap, I soon found myself back in the main playroom playing with Meg and Anissa. Meg made it her mission to teach me how to properly play with baby dolls like a toddler. I was pretending to ‘nurse’ one from my nonexistent breasts like them when Megan and Addy both showed up to pick us up.

Meg stood up for the first time that day and ran to Megan, saying, “Mommy!!! Look who came to daycare today!”

Megan picked her up and laughed, “I know, munchkin; her mommy called me to see where you go!”

I walked over to Addy, cognizant of the pretty wet diaper surrounding my waist. She picked me up, too, “Did you have fun today?” She smiled at me curiously.

“I had Meg,” I told her with a smile.

She squeezed me tight, “I’m glad!”

The two gathered diaper bags and other things we needed to take home, including my diaper cover in a plastic bag. “What happened here?”

“I leaked,” I said, blushing.

She kissed my forehead, “At least the dress was clean?”

I nodded, blushing with the knowledge that, in the worst-case scenario, the blowout onesie was still in the diaper bag!

Outside, Megan and Addy were parked next to each other. “What are you doing Saturday?” Addy asked her.

She shrugged, “No real plans right now?”

“How about taking our girls to the zoo together?” She squeezed me tight, “This one loves Red Pandas, and I know they have some there!”

“They do?” I wondered aloud.

“Haven’t you ever been there? You grew up not far from the city?” She asked me.

I shrugged, “Not since elementary school?”

“What do you think, munchkin?” Megan asked Meg.

“Sounds like fun! We can see the kitties too!”

Addy laughed, “We can pick you up at your place?”

“Sure,” she agreed. The times and arrangements were made; I was changed in the cargo area and buckled back into my car seat for the ride home.

I found myself snoozing a bit on the trip home. Addy carried me upstairs when we got home and let me wear a Pull-Up for the rest of the night instead of a diaper. It was embarrassing to use the stupid potty, but at least I wasn’t using the diaper! We even went for a little swim before she gave me a bath, diapered and dressed me, nursed me, and put me to bed.

On Friday, I asked her what had happened at her meeting. Apparently, there had been the expected vote of no-confidence in her mom, but figuring out a replacement wasn’t going well.

“What are you looking for in a candidate?”

“Ideally?” She asked me, sitting on the ground beside me in the playroom by the baby doll furniture she was pushing me to play with like I had been with Meg and the others. “Someone with a terminal degree… management experience… Medical experience actually would be good too.”

She sighed, “Truthfully, Cammie, I think you stand a good chance of decimating the company with your suit on behalf of Beth, and then probably another, I assume, is pending against my mother for you. It would be nice to find someone outside the company who may have a good reputation for not abusing Littles.”

I rocked the fake baby in my arms more and put the play bottle into her mouth while I thought. I watched the ‘milk’ of the bottle drain as I tilted it. Addy and I had been playing ‘together’ in the playroom for an hour when I had a stroke of inspiration.

“What about Ivy Nickerson?”

“Who?”

“She testified at my appeal? She’s the CEO of University Hospitals?”

“Hmm…” Addy immediately stood up and left me coloring. I assumed she went to make a phone call. I was so focused on coloring that I almost forgot I was wearing a Pull-Up instead of a diaper - and almost started to pee in it!

Just barely catching myself, I hurried to the bathroom near my room. I quickly approached the embarrassing potty on the floor beside the actual toilet that was locked with a Little Safe Lock. I wasted no time pulling up the skirt she’d dressed me in, pulling down the Pull-Up, and fortunately, I made it all into the pink potty.

‘That was closer than it should have been…’ I worried.

“Cammie?” I heard her call.

“Going potty,” I told her.

She came and walked into the open door I hadn’t bothered shutting. “You make it?”

“Of course!” I told her while blushing, knowing I had almost forgotten to use it! I had just finished and reached for toilet paper, but she beat me there and wiped me.

“Hmm… looks like you made it,” she said as she examined and pulled the Pull-Up back up on me.

“You know this is annoying…”

“I could just put you back in a diaper?” She smiled semi-threateningly.

I sighed, “Who did you call?”

“Our COO and CFO. They’re both a bit reticent about her since they know her daughter was testifying against us, and she testified in your case...”

“But?”

“But I pushed pretty hard. We’ll see what the board decides! Let’s get some lunch in your tummy; Mindy just finished making some grilled cheese sandwiches and soup.”

I shrugged, “Okay, she makes decent sandwiches.”

“What do you want for dinner?” She asked as she gathered me up in her arms.

“I don’t know… breakfast?”

“For dinner?” she teased.

“You’re actually really hungry for dinner; eating the best food of the day makes more sense then!” I continued a long-running argument the two of us had. Mom had grown up with a tradition of having breakfast for dinner, and she’d done that at least once a week until she passed away. Dad continued the practice because it was easier to cook than many foods! Waffle mix and a waffle iron, along with scrambled eggs, were things he had no trouble managing!

She squeezed me, “But if we do that, I suppose you will expect chocolate pancakes? I’m not so sure…”

“Pwease,” I gave her the best childish begging grin I had ever managed.

“Well… Who can turn down those eyes?” She said as she walked into the smaller dining area where Mindy was setting down plates.

“Pretty easy with as much trouble as she causes,” she said. The look in her eyes was not joking, and I had to admit I didn’t trust her!

“She doesn’t cause that much trouble, Mindy… At least not when she’s not antagonized.”

“Don’t let your Mom hear you saying that…” she said.

“My mom is probably going to prison for a long time, Mindy. Since it seems we have a difference of opinion here, why don’t you go home? I’ll pay you two weeks’ severance, but you’re done here.”

“Miss Harris…? I’ve been…”

“Spying for my mother, including putting a couple more bugs up yesterday, huh? I have evidence that I’ll be handing over to the police. You can either get out now or be pulled out by the police. I’ll call now?”

I was more than a bit surprised by how suddenly the temperature changed in the room. I watched as the housekeeper huffed, grabbed a purse off the counter, and Addy walked her outside and locked the door.

“Umm… I didn’t see that coming…?”

“Neither did she… hopefully that means she didn’t have time to do anything else. Let’s toss this food just to be safe. You want to go out for lunch somewhere?”

“Do I have to wear a diaper?”

“Tell you what, I’ll let you wear that Pull-Up, but if it’s wet or messy while we’re out, you’re going into a diaper then?”

I smiled, “I just need to go to the bathroom again before we go.”

She picked me up from the high chair and carried me to the upstairs bathroom, leaving me on the potty while she grabbed a few things. Addy returned with the diaper bag swinging on her shoulder just as I wiped myself clean from going poop.

“Let me make sure you got it all, sweetie,” she said with a smile. There was a tender touch as she wiped my butt clean until she was satisfied and pulled up my training panties before I could do so. She held me to the sink to wash my hands unnecessarily, and then we went to the city. It was the busiest lunch rush time as we pulled into a sandwich company that we both liked.

They made hot panini-style sandwiches that we’d had more than a few of together in college. The price was right for my college student budget at the time, even though she would beat me about two-thirds of the time and pay for it anyway. She picked me up to hold me while we were in line, and the training panties I wore flashed a woman standing next to us.

“Oh, my, what pretty big girl panties you’re wearing! Are you being a good girl and keeping them dry?” she asked.

I blushed.

Addy used her hand to move a strand of hair out of my face, “She is!”

“Going to have to break the habit of carrying that big old baby diaper bag then soon, huh?” She cooed at me.

I just put my head onto Addy’s shoulder, and she said, “Yes… it’s going to be weird.” She squeezed me, “I’ve loved having a beautiful baby girl. Not really ready for her to grow up and be a big girl yet!”

“We never are, honey,” another woman said next to us. “But if I don’t miss my guess, she’s a Mid? Can’t you just keep her in her diapees?”

“I could, but I promised her we’d give the potty a try. Since she’s been doing so well, I’ll hold up my end of the bargain.”

“Do you send her to daycare at all?” That woman asked.

“Off and on?”

“You should send her to Changing Tikes! They’re great at helping those big girls learn to not be so big!”

I squirmed a bit as Addy said, “Umm… I’ll keep that in mind, thank you.”

Fortunately, we were able to place our order. We were seated with me in a booster seat and Addy across from me, eating our sandwiches shortly after that. I was pondering something about their conversation.

“You’re quiet, Cam,” she said. “What’s going on inside that head?”

“Honestly, I don’t know myself,” I told her.

“Yes, you do; you’re among the smartest people I’ve ever known...”

I laughed, “Smart enough that I landed myself back in diapers being turned into a big baby by an ex?”

She looked slightly hurt but nodded, “I really am sorry, Cam, if I hadn’t…”

“No, you’re not the one I blame,” I told her. “That’s all your mother… well, even then, it’s not all her. It’s just this whole crazy state, honestly. Things are so much calmer and more reasonable about this in New Haven.”

That led to her asking me more about New Haven and my life there. I told her about some of the historical sites near Harlan I had loved visiting and the great things in Crescent City, where I worked. She asked about my house, and I found myself opening up to her about many other things before we stood up, and she carried me to the bathroom to use the potty. When we were both done, she drove over to a nearby baby store, feeling me with a bit of dread.

“What are we doing here…?” I asked nervously.

“There’s something I want here…”

She dug out the chest carrier she had bought to hold me and had me buckled onto her chest, looking at her a few minutes later. “This’ll be quick, sweetie, I promise. That lady just gave me an idea…”

I looked at her quizzically but laid my head on her shoulder as she walked.
 

I MUST HAVE drifted off into a nap quickly because I was shocked to find her lifting me out of the carrier already. “You’re done already?”

“You were snoring before I even made it to the door!” She laughed.

“What did you buy?”

“I’ll show you at home. Why don’t you go ahead and take the rest of that nap, though,” she smiled and handed me a bottle of what looked like formula. She must have mixed it from water left in the car, so at least it was warm as I nursed myself back to sleep.

Back home, she showed me my present was a potty advent calendar chart. Once I had three reasonable attempts in the potty, I would get to open a door and ‘earn’ a toy. I noticed it was zoo animal themed, and it looked like a Red Panda was supposed to be mine after twenty times of making it to the potty. “You were a good girl four times already today! Put on your stickers!” She smiled at me.

I sighed, but grabbed them and placed them on, before opening the door of the one I ‘earned’ and pulled out a little koala toy. To my annoyance, I heard the click of a camera shutter as I did so. “Really?” I complained.

She smiled, “Really!”

I followed her back downstairs as she planned on working on dinner then. “Still want breakfast?”

“Please?”

“I guess… I can do that for my cute big girl!” She leaned down and hugged me before reaching up on the counter and handing me a tablet.

“Why?” I asked, hoping there wasn’t anything nefarious going on.

“I assume you’re probably dying to have some screen time? See the news?”

“That would be nice…” I agreed.

“Go into the living room; I’ll get dinner going. You’ll have about an hour!”

I couldn’t help a small smile that came across my face as I did as she said, climbing onto the couch and getting comfortable with the tablet. I wasted no time searching for the local news and found my jaw dropping.
 
 

District Judge Suddenly Shrinks!
 

In a recent court case that has drawn national scrutiny, Judge Lynn Taney has been accused of judicial malfeasance. Previously seen as one of the most supported and popular judges in the State of Ames, she was on the bench for the trial of the State of Ames vs. Kelly Anderson. Anderson is accused of stealing $200,000 of merchandise from Little Superstore over six months. Just as the trial returned from a recess, Judge Taney suddenly cried out and began shrinking.

Witnesses say she shrank to thirty-six inches in height and suddenly resembled a newborn baby with no teeth, hair, or strength to walk or crawl. She could barely communicate that she was Judge Taney as Little Protective Services took her into protective custody until a proper family placement could be made or she could be grown back to normal size.

She is believed to be the victim of foul play from some sort of altered nanites. Federal Agents are investigating this attack on a judge and believe they have a potential suspect…
 

“Holy shit!” I said quietly. ‘She was blackmailing her with that too?!?’

I wondered right then just how many nanite bombs she had in place? I was getting my answer with another article that spoke of about five dozen other cases of similar shrinking adults around the city. I started cataloging the names in my head and guessed that every case resulted from a single command her mom must have sent out like a dead man’s switch when she tried to shrink Addy.

I found another article that stated that a new date for the Fehler vs. SafeFoods case was set for six weeks from now. ‘I didn’t even ask them about it…’ I felt guilty about that. ‘Nothing I can do to help here…’

I was just reading about some other national news when Addy reappeared. “Feel more connected?” She asked me as she grabbed the tablet in one hand, then hoisted me onto her hip.

I nodded, “Thank you… I had no idea what else going on…”

“That was kind of intentional,” she told me with a squeeze, “I honestly didn’t think you needed anything else to worry about.”

She buckled me into the highchair and pushed it forward to the table. The bib around my neck seemed probably appropriate, given my past issues with this meal. The pancakes were excellent, though! And she did well with the eggs; she added some bacon and sausage! I was so full after the meal and information that I felt pretty content! That night we lounged around in the pool and a jacuzzi I hadn’t seen at the top of the falls before I nursed from her to get some sleep.

‘Is Meg right, and this really isn’t as bad as I thought it was…?’
 
 

Chapter 60: Day at the Zoo
 

THE NEXT MORNING, I stirred from sleep, hearing the door swing open to my room. I looked up at Addy, who wore white shorts and a light green blouse that worked well with her red hair. I sat up as she came over, “Ready for the big day?”

“Huh?” I asked sleepily.

“The zoo with Meggy and Megan?”

“Oh,” I said, smiling a little just because I would see Meg again. I had missed her friendship since moving to New Haven. “How long until we’re leaving?”

“Not long, I want to get you dressed, and I’ll give you some toast and a bottle for the car ride. It’s about an hour to get to their place.”

I nodded at that. I knew that Megan had bought a house in a suburb north of the city where Emerson and the Zoo were located, but I hadn’t been there yet. I obviously wasn’t awake yet, surprised to find myself in the air being carried to the changing table. I expected to need to pee, and that was when I realized something was wrong. My pajamas being pulled up and revealing a soaked diaper confirmed that!

“I… I don’t remember…”

She looked concerned, “It’s okay, sweetie; I’m sure it’s just stress. You’ll be fine again once we get you through all this.”

As she lifted my legs off the changing table to pull a thoroughly soaked diaper out, I also noticed a streak of brown inside. ‘Shit, I nursed more…’ Stacy told me that shouldn’t be an issue. However, I remembered she was still dealing with not having any potty-training ability. ‘Was she wrong on the nanites clearing that…?’ I worried.

As a warm wipe found its way to the crack of my butt, I looked up at Addy leaning over and noticed something, “You kept that all these years?”

She smiled as she sat me down on a new diaper. “It was my one way of remembering you after my mom forced my hand.”

I was honestly shocked to see her wearing the dopamine chain necklace that I had bought for her all of those years ago. ‘What’s that supposed to mean…?’ I wondered.

“Wait, do I have to wear a diaper today…?”

She smiled, “Meggy will be wearing one? You don’t want to make her feel bad, do you?”

I wanted to argue. I’ve been around Meg in adult clothes since she was adopted, but I just sighed in response. She took that to mean permission and soon had me dressed in a pair of pink shortalls with a yellow and white striped t-shirt underneath. It was a simple outfit I guessed would be reasonably comfortable while we were out. Downstairs, she tied my hair into two braided pigtails, to which she attached two pink bows that matched my shortalls.

It wasn’t much longer until I found myself carried to the car, holding Rings – whom she insisted had to come – and to my surprise, the opposite side from where she usually sat me. “You’re a bigger baby than Meg, so I thought I’d let you sit in the big girl seat,” she told me as she buckled me into the booster seat. It still featured a five-point harness, but it allowed more movement and felt a couple of years more mature.

“Umm… thanks…” I told her as feeling like a preschooler seemed a step up over a toddler!

A bottle was placed in the cupholder of Plapple juice, and then she handed me a small bag of toast pieces that were still warm. I had finished both by the time we reached their house an hour later. As we slowed down to pull into their driveway, I felt an urgent need to pee that I intentionally held onto. Just as Addy placed the vehicle into park, I let it out, hoping she would change me while we were stopped. I squeezed Rings tightly while I waited for her.

Just as I thought we would be going inside and possibly changing me then, Megan stepped out carrying Meg, who was dressed almost identically to me, but her shortalls were blue jean colored.

I saw Addy step out, “We can have Meggy sit next to Cammie over there,” she smiled and opened the door I usually sat in.

“Hi Cam,” Meg said to me.

“Hi Meg, Megan,” I said, blushing a bit.

“Oh my god, that stuffie is adorable!” Megan cooed at Rings, “What’s its name?”

I blushed, “Her name is Rings.”

“Cute!” Meg said to my embarrassment.

“She is!” Addy said, with her own smile, before the door was closed. I watched as Megan ran back inside and came out carrying a stroller they placed in the back while we sat waiting to go.

Megan and Addy soon sat in their seats, and we pulled away, “You two okay back there?” Megan asked.

“Yes, Mommy,” Meg told her.

I just nodded and looked at Meg, who was a bit higher than I was in her seat. “How are you doing?” She asked me as Megan and Addy seemed to be having their own conversation.

I shrugged, “Just hoping we get an order releasing me soon…” I felt guilty, “Sorry… I don’t mean…”

She smiled, “I told you, Cam, I chose this!”

“But what about… what about a life beyond this? Love? Kids?”

She shrugged, “What’s the point if they’re just going to end up in the same diapers as their mom is in?”

I sighed, “I hate that…”

She smiled, “We all have our own choices in life. I’m hoping that you get to live yours still, Cam.”

I nodded, “So… umm… do you and Megan often do things like this?”

She shook her head, “We haven’t done the zoo in a while… we’ve gone on a few vacations with Aunt Amanda, Uncle Fred, and Bella. Grandma and Grandpa went with us to Selegnasol and Looney World last year - it was a lot of fun!”

“I guess I can see that,” I told her. “I’ve never really been to many places growing up.”

We talked for a bit longer in the car, and I learned that it seemed that Meg was truly happy with the life she was living. Megan and Addy seemed to be happily having their mother-based conversation in the front, too. I wondered if Megan would ever see me as an adult again. While we talked, I stroked Rings’s fur during the fifteen-minute drive to the zoo.

Addy soon paid for parking and went to the back, where Megan was also getting Meg’s stroller out. Addy came to my door wearing the harness she’d bought. “I figure you’d like the harness better than your stroller?” She smiled.

“Can I face out…?” I asked timidly.

“Of course!” she told me.

It took a few minutes to get me settled in the harness strapped to her chest and Meg strapped into the stroller. Both diaper bags fit underneath the stroller seat, and we soon walked towards the entrance. I could feel Addy’s breasts behind my head, and she reassuringly hugged me as we approached a gate.

“Tickets?” a worker asked.

“Here,” Addy said, showing her phone to him.

He scanned it, “Good to go, have a good time today, girls!” He said to us.

“Thanks!” Meg said with a smile I could see from my tall perch.

“Where to first?” Megan asked Addy as they pushed past the entrance.

“I don’t know about Meggy, but I’m sure Cammie needs a change before we get going?”

I watched as Megan nodded, “Not a bad idea; they have a good changing room here in the front; why don’t we change them now, and maybe they can make it until lunch?”

I watched the ground underneath me move oddly as my legs weren’t the ones moving me. A door with the familiar skirted figure was soon visible. But they turned down the hallway and ended up in a giant baby care room instead. Dozens of changing tables lay around the outside edges of the room, sinks for handwashing, and several comfortable rocking chairs to nurse in were all empty at the early hour. Addy bent down with me to grab my diaper bag, then pulled the changing pad out and set it on a table beside where Megan was already unsnapping Meg’s shortalls.

She pulled me from the carrier and lay me down on the pad, quickly popping open the crotch of the shortalls, pushing it up, and exposing the diaper. “Wow, what a wet baby,” she cooed softly at me.

I blushed as she opened up the diaper and quickly exchanged the wet one for a dry one, redid the snaps, and had me in the carrier only a moment after Megan placed Meg back in the stroller from washing both of their hands. Addy put the diaper bag back under Meg’s stroller seat and washed our hands in the sink. My reflection in the mirror, being held up with my crotch just at her beltline, made me look just like a baby. There was no doubt in my mind that if they ever changed my face, I would appear to just be an ordinary toddler girl…

‘I sure hope the judge comes through soon…’ I worried as she began walking. ‘It’d be nice if he would speed up his decision…’

I reflected on the part of me that did admire his dedication to be fair and consider facts before rendering a verdict, though!

“I can’t believe Cam fits so well in that carrier,” Megan said, walking beside Addy and pushing Meg’s stroller.

“I was surprised when they said she was still light enough to fit into one. It distributes weight well enough that I don’t honestly notice that much more weight. It helps that she’s so underweight, though…”

I blushed at their discussion of me like I wasn’t even there… I could just see a lagoon filled with flamingos that we were getting near. I looked down at Megan’s head below us and felt slightly nervous at the size differences. Compared to Addy’s massive height, Megan looked like a young elementary school kid. Neither made a big deal of it, though, as they approached, and we looked for just a moment before moving on to the next area with a massive penguin area. Several were sliding down their bellies on a slide while we watched. I was actually surprised by how noisy some of them were as they seemingly talked to each other.

Addy walked close to the sign to read it, and I realized that the adult birds were my height! It gave them a new perspective as one went barreling down a slide again into the water and splashed water onto the wall near us!

“Look, Mommy, Monkeys!!!” I heard Meg squeal excitedly from the stroller.

“Yes, there are!” Megan cooed at her.

We watched the different types of chimps, spider monkeys, orangutans, and gorillas in their enclosures for the next thirty minutes. A nearby preschool-aged girl looked at one of the gorillas feeding her baby and said to her mommy, “Mommy, she feeds the baby like you feed Billy!”

I looked over at the girl standing next to a tall woman holding a child leash attached to the Big and a taller Little boy dressed in only a shirt, diaper, and the monkey backpack leash.

“You’re right, Jill; that’s how mommy’s feed our babies! Such a smart little girl!”

I wanted to almost vomit at the continual level of brainwashing exhibited. Still, thankfully Addy and Megan chose to push onward through the enclosures even though Meg whined she would have liked to watch longer!

We thought the bears were cute, but other than the polar bears playing a little, they seemed more inclined to lie down and relax. Not long after those areas, I saw a sign for Red Pandas. Addy was actually not walking the right way, so I said, “Mommy! Rings!” and pointed to the picture.

“Well, I guess you’re right; we better see Rings’ family, huh?” She squeezed me and tickled my exposed leg.

I giggled, “Uh-huh,” I said.

I genuinely looked forward to seeing the cuddly stuffed animal in real life. I knew they weren’t domesticated creatures, so, unfortunately, petting one would be right out of the question. She walked right up to the enclosure, which had a large crowd forming, and I spotted an adult straight away sunning itself in a tree limb and then others below it.

“Oh, how cute!!!” Megan said.

“What, Mommy?” Meg said from the stroller, unable to see, “Can’t see!”

“Just a second, sweetie,” she told her, and I watched for just a second as Megan unstrapped her before returning my attention to the scene in front of me. Another adult was lying on the ground watching two babies run around and explore right around her. They couldn’t have been that old, but they had most of their colors showing on their fur already.

“They’re so cute!!!” Meg said from where she was being held beside me then.

“Adorable,” Addy agreed.

“They came out of the den for the first time yesterday,” a nearby park employee said. “Only had their eyes open for a couple of days now.”

We watched them play with each other and hop around a bit before their mom dragged them back inside the den, and we were left only watching the male sleep in the tree.

“Come on, let’s get going,” Megan told Meg as she buckled the smaller girl into her stroller.

“Aww…” I said, along with Meg.

Addy squeezed me into a hug and continued through the park. Just before lunch, we watched the tigers play briefly before going to a cafeteria they had onsite. “What do you want?” She asked me while we stood looking at the menu boards.

“I don’t know… I guess a plain cheeseburger with ketchup?”

“Fries?”

“Please?”

Our order was placed, and we were seated with it a few minutes later at a table where Megan had placed Meg in a highchair. I was strapped into an uncomfortable booster seat opposite her. Meg munched on some chicken nuggets while I bit into the fairly tasteless burger. I was eating my fries afterward when Megan unscrewed the top of a baby food pouch and handed it to Meg to slurp.

“What’s that?” Addy asked.

“Oh, it’s Greenbrier Tri-Berry Apple Baby Food,” Megan told her.

“You make her eat it?”

“More like having to keep her from only eating it. She loves the stuff for some reason. I think it’s too sweet, personally. I heard Cam liked it the other day at daycare?”

I blushed; I hadn’t told Addy about that embarrassing event, “You did?”

I shrugged, “Half of the class was eating it, and I asked about it, so they gave me some of Meg’s.”

“You want some now? I have an extra pouch?” Megan said to me.

I nervously shook my head, “I’m almost full on the fries.”

She dug into the diaper bag and handed a pouch to Addy, “It’s normal baby food, so it’s safe. Have one for later, or just keep it in the diaper bag.”

“That’s kind of you; what do you say, Cammie?”

“Thank you,” I blushed at Megan.

Meg smiled around the spout of the squeeze pouch, “You really should have some now!”

I just shook my head and took another fry off the plate. When she finished the pouch, Megan placed Meg at her breast and nursed her to sleep. “Are you doing this with Cam?” Megan asked her.

“I am getting a bit full…” she said to me.

I sighed, “I don’t want to sleep yet…”

“You don’t have to,” she said in a way that made me feel guilty.

“Fine…” I grumbled and found myself soon attached to her breast. I was pretty full, so there was no way I could get through both breasts completely, and I think she knew that, so I was swapped to her other one early after she burped me. I was still barely awake as they gathered us up. “Let’s put you facing Mommy so you can be a bit comfier,” she told me, placing me in the chest harness. A pacifier entered my lips, and I rested my head on her body.

I began lightly sleeping as she walked around with Megan. I heard, “We’d better change them and head out?”

“Yeah… Maybe stop by the gift shop first, though?”

“You really want to take Cammie through that Hell?”

“I’m kind of hoping it’s my only chance to do so?”

“Well, I’m good with that thought! Though I have to say Cam makes an adorable toddler girl…”

“Always knew he would,” she told her.

I found myself awake the rest of the way as I was placed on a changing table again, and my very wet diaper was pulled off. Addy wiped my butt, which had a few farts come out over the morning, and had me rediapered and in the carrier facing forward. “Let’s go find you a souvenir,” she squeezed me as we walked into the gift shop.

Meg was far more excited and demanded to get out of the stroller and look as we got to the gift shop. “Please, Mommy?” she begged.

“Meggy, the last time I let you out of your stroller in a gift shop, I bought three-hundred dollars’ worth of stuff… We don’t have Grandma, Grandpa, or your parents here to help this time!”

‘Sounds like a story,’ I thought with a smile.

Addy picked up a really cool carved Red Panda Desk Pen holder. “Hopefully, you can have an office again for this,” she smiled. Sadly, It was joined by a light green onesie with a cartoon Red Panda on it. Meg ended up with a smaller stuffed monkey with a long tail that she played with when we made it back to the car. She insisted that Rings and ‘Monk’ play together while returning to their house.

“Thanks for coming with us,” Addy told Meg when we arrived.

“It was fun! I’ll be honest… I’m still pissed as Hell about what’s happened to Cam, but I guess if he had to have a crazy mommy, you’re probably one of the better ones.”

“Thanks for the ringing endorsement,” she smiled.

I watched her gather the stroller first, then come back for Meg. She and Meg hugged me in my booster seat and said, “Call me when you’re freed. We’ll have to do something grown-up together.”

“Hopefully, it happens,” I said nervously.

“It will,” Megan said to me. “Bye, Cam,” she said as she closed the door.

I was sleepy again as Addy left a few hours before we usually ate dinner. She pulled into the garage and said, “What do you want for dinner, Cammie?”

I shrugged, “I don’t care… I’m still pretty full from lunch, honestly.”

“Hmm… I guess let me see what we have. Without Mindy, I will probably have to make a shopping trip tomorrow.” She gathered me in her arms, carried me inside the house, and set me on the ground. We had just about reached the staircase when we discovered we weren’t alone.

“Well, hi, Miss Addy; ready to see your mommy?”

I turned then and saw Mindy and six other giant muscled men who clearly meant business.

“Umm… No? I fired you. What are you…?”

Before she could finish the sentence, I watched one of the men shoot her with a Taser and knock her down. Another came and grabbed me. I tried to struggle for show but wasn’t stupid enough to think I could get free. I felt a needle pierce my skin, and a second later, the world faded into a blur and nothingness.
 
 

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