Abandoned and Recovered

Chapter 7

"You were so good today at the store! I think you deserve a treat; don't you?"

Sadie looked hopeful but shrugged. Hadn't she already gotten enough?

"I think so" persuaded Ava. "How about a nice bath with bubbles?!"

To the small girl, a bath was not always a nice treat. Though she was often dirty with Victoria, sometimes, when she was actually given a bath, the water would be too hot. She would much rather stay unclean than be burned.

"No know" she said sadly.

"Don't worry, sweet pea. It'll be fun. And then you'll be all nice and clean to put on your new footie pajamas."

Sadie perked up a bit at this. She allowed herself to be led into the bathroom where she was undressed by the older woman.

Though she had her diaper changed multiple times by Ava, she was still a bit fearful of being seen totally naked; and of being in the bath.

"All done! Ready to get in?" the woman said trying to sound enthusiastic.

"Owie" whimpered the girl.

"What's owie, sweetheart?" Ava asked concerned.

"Owie" she said warily while looking at the bathtub.

"The water won't hurt you, angel. I promise it won't be too hot or cold. Let's check together" she said dipping her hand in. "See? It's just right."

Sadie nodded and was helped into the bath where she promptly sat down.

The older woman tried to discreetly survey the girl for any physical signs of abuse as she washed her.

Other than some minor scarring, she could see nothing noticeable.

What was incredibly apparent, however, was that the redhead was tiny and very thin; almost disconcertingly so. Ava wondered how often she ate when she was with Victoria.

"Ready for the bubbles?" she said, trying to get the thought out of her mind. "They're going to start showing up when I add this soap here and some more water."

Just as the woman said, bubbles began to appear as the water level rose.

"Bubbas!" said the tiny girl happily.

She began to splash around a bit and tried to hold the bubbles in her hands. She giggled wildly when she was given a bubble beard and hair by Ava and shown herself on the front camera of the woman's phone.

The tall woman was then able to make easy work of getting the girl clean once she calmed a bit from her bubble excitement. Though she pouted when told that bath time was over, she gave no further protest as she was lifted from the tub and dried off.

"Okay sweetie, let me get your diaper on" Ava said as she brought the girl and materials to the bed.

"Lift that cute little butt up!" she said playfully while placing a clean diaper underneath the little one.

Adding some lotion to the girl's rash and ensuring everything was totally clean and dry, she taped up the diaper and lifted the baby into a sitting position.

"Which one honey: whales or little fishies?"

Sadie pointed to the whale-print footed sleeper in Ava's right hand and was quickly helped into the outfit and zipped up. The woman thought the girl was absolutely adorable in her new footies with the thick bubble of her diaper showing prominently.

The tiny girl was then placed on the floor and looked up at her friend sweetly.

"Pee 'air?" she said hopefully.