"You're so bright, I swear you swallowed the Sun. And I am so in awe, just basking in your light. But I am just the one who swallowed the moon. The only light that I have's just a reflection of you. And the only thing I know is I wanna know what it'...
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The plan was finally being put into motion. While Alex and Emma were taking care of the babies, one of them would try to get close to Carol. They were hoping to find some sort of scar where the tracking device would be. Of course, they also had to do this without Gilda suspecting anything. It would be a pain for the girl to start asking them questions that they couldn't give the answers to.
Each of the girls was bathing the babies, drying them, and then putting them into new clothes. Emma had gotten lucky enough to be the one to bathe Carol so she could look for any scars. Emma bathed Carol, dried her off, and then put the baby's clothes back on after. Alex watched Emma hold Carol in her arms from the corner of her eye. She couldn't see anything so far so she just hoped that Emma could.
"You're really good with babies, Emma... Just look at Carol! You can tell she already loves you," Gilda said. Carol had her head laid on Emma's shoulder with a small smile. Gilda started to make her way over to the two of them, "Emma... I've... Been wanting to ask you something. That night... On that night..," Gilda started, but stopped in surprise whenever Emma put Gilda down in one of the baby beds, "Emma?" Emma looked behind Carol's ear and saw a bump. "Huh? What's that? A bug bite?" Gilda had also seen it.
"This... Is a needle mark..," Emma shot a look over to Alex who immediately got the message. This has to be it. "From the blood tests doctors perform on us before we come here, to make sure that we're all healthy."
Alex made her way over so she could inspect the bump, "Yeah, I remember Mom talking about how babies have small veins." Emma smiled widely and shared a happy look with Alex. They had successfully done their part of the plan. Alex touched the back of her ear. Now that she thought about it, she could actually feel something in her ear. Carol reached her hand up and grabbed Emma's finger with a gurgle.
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It wasn't long after that everyone was able to go outside. Alex was more than excited for this time. She and Emma got to tell Norman and Ray what they found out. Now that they were able to locate the trackers, they could find some way to break them. She just wondered how they were going to do that when the device was inside of their ear. It would definitely make it a lot harder, but they could manage it somehow.
Emma and Alex ran outside with huge smiles on their faces. Emma had a ball in her hands, "Play time!" The orange-haired girl shouted. This was all just for Mom not to get too suspicious of them. Also because the girls were really happy to finally tell the boys what they had been able to find out.
"Hold on, Emma," Mom was walking down the stairs and toward Emma. Emma stopped so Mom could catch up to the girl. Isabella started to fix Emma's collar, "Your collar is a bit crooked."
