Page 95 of Second Chance Fate

“Viv, are you okay?” she asked.

“No. I think I just pissed my pants. I haven’t done that since college. Not when I was in college. I was a sophomore in high school at a college party, and I pissed my jean skirt, not pants, but still, you know what I mean.”

“Were you laughing?” When Taylor was pregnant, right before she gave birth, she was at the doctor's office, and one of the nurses made her laugh so hard she peed. It was known to happen.

“No, I was standing in line for the bathroom, but there were people doing coke in there, and I couldn’t?—”

“There are people doing coke here?” Taylor was surprised at how casually she said that.

“No, in college,” Viv clarified. “Were you asking about now?”

Taylor smiled. “Yeah.”

“Oh, no. I didn’t even feel like I had to go. I did jump up in the air, though, because I was celebrating; I just closed a huge event. When I landed, I felt moisture on my leg.” The toilet paper roll spun on the holder. “Ugh, why isn’t it stopping?”

“Um, Viv?” Taylor stepped toward the door.

“What?”

“Is it clear?”

“Yes,Mom, itisclear. I’ve been drinking plenty of water. Have you been talking to Grace?”

Grace was the eldest Wells sister. She’d stepped up and raised her three younger sisters after their mother died when the girls were in their teens. She lived in Hope Falls as well and was a silent partner in Brewed Awakenings. Taylor had met her a few times, and she definitely gave off oldest sibling vibes.

“Does it have any odor?” Taylor asked.

“Ew, what?”

Taylor waited.

“Oh…” Viv made a surprised sound. “It smells sort of sweet.”

“You didn’t pee your pants. Your water broke,” Taylor explained.

“My water broke?!”

“Yes.”

Frankie’s eyes widened.

“Oh, shit! My water broke! What do I do?”

“Do you want me to stay with you or go get Glenn?” Taylor asked.

“Get my sisters and Glenn.”

Taylor thought it was sweet that she asked for her sisters and then Glenn. Even if it was just a subconscious thing, she’d seen how close the bond was between the four of them. She never wanted to be an only child, and Caleb said he hadn’t enjoyed it either.

“I’ll stay with her,” Frankie assured Taylor as she walked past her out of the restroom.

“Thanks.”

The first person Taylor ran into on the way back down to the river was Mario, which was kismet.

“Hello, beautiful! I was about to send out a search party.”

Yeah, she knew she was pushing her luck being in there so long.

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