The Waters & the Wild (2009)
“The child was round everywhere, with dimpled wrists and blond curls. She looked up at Bee with her round, lashy blue eyes shining above full pink cheeks you wanted to squish.
“Shoo-shoo,” she said.
Bee knew what it meant. “You have to go shoo-shoo? Let’s find a potty.”
She turned her head, and the girl let go of her hand. When she looked back, Bee saw her sliding down through the sewer opening under the gutter.
Bee flung herself on her belly and slid down after her. There was a large, dark room... with pipes lining the walls. She clung to the pipes, staring down into the shadows, calling for the girl.
There she was! Suspended by her arms on one of the pipes, like she was on a climbing structure at the park. Bee heard her say “Shoo-shoo” again and the stream of her pee on the cement below them. Bee swung along the pipes toward her.
“I’m coming, baby, don’t worry.”
But when she got there, she did not find the child at all. Only a small doll swinging from the pipe.
The room was mostly dark, just a seashell night-light illuminating the tiny bathroom she shared with her mom and Lew.MoreLess
“Shoo-shoo,” she said.
Bee knew what it meant. “You have to go shoo-shoo? Let’s find a potty.”
She turned her head, and the girl let go of her hand. When she looked back, Bee saw her sliding down through the sewer opening under the gutter.
Bee flung herself on her belly and slid down after her. There was a large, dark room... with pipes lining the walls. She clung to the pipes, staring down into the shadows, calling for the girl.
There she was! Suspended by her arms on one of the pipes, like she was on a climbing structure at the park. Bee heard her say “Shoo-shoo” again and the stream of her pee on the cement below them. Bee swung along the pipes toward her.
“I’m coming, baby, don’t worry.”
But when she got there, she did not find the child at all. Only a small doll swinging from the pipe.
The room was mostly dark, just a seashell night-light illuminating the tiny bathroom she shared with her mom and Lew.MoreLess
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