Guardian Angel

Chapter 29

"Daddy?" Mary can hear a soft voice saying from the bathroom. "Daddy? — Mama?"

Mary walks to the bathroom door and knocks. "Sweetheart it's me. Mommy and daddy left. Are you okay? Do you need help?"

Everleigh doesn't answer instead she slowly opens the door and looks up to the red headed woman. A few tears run down her cheeks. "I peed myself" she sniffs.

"Oh sweetie that's okay. Don't worry. That can happen" Mary smiles and squats down to the little girl. "Let's get you out of your wet clothes. I'm sure mommy brought stuff to change, huh?"

Everleigh nods. "In my backpack"

"Come with me" Mary says while holding her hand out to the little girl. She stares at the woman for a second before she lies her hand in hers. "You know what Everleigh, I think you can put on your pyjama pants already"

"Okay" Everleigh says as she wipes some her tears out of her face. She holds Mary's hand tightly when they walk into the guest room. Everleigh point to pink backpack. Mary grabs it and sits down on the floor in front of the little girl.

"Don't worry girly okay?"

"Mhm" she mumbles "I want to wear my sweatpants please"

"Sure" Mary says and pulls out a pair of grey sweatpants. She holds them to Everleigh but she shakes her head. "Pink"

"Pink?"

"Mommy put in two sweatpants" the little girl explains. She leans forward and grabs a pair of pink sweatpants. "Now I need underwear"

"Mommy put in a bunch of clothes" Mary smiles as she hands Everleigh a pair of underwear "your mommy is really smart. She knows how it goes"

"My mommy is the best" Everleigh squeals. "Can I also have a new shirt? I don't want to sleep in my pretty white shirt"

"Oh of course" Mary laughs.

"Mhm" Everleigh says. "Did mommy put my pink princess shirt in my backpack?"

"Yes she did" the red headed woman smiles and places the pink shirt next to her on the floor. She takes the sweatpants and the underwear from Everleigh and lies it next to the shirt. "Do you need help?"

"No I'm a big girl" she says while she takes off her wet clothes. Mary hands her the fresh clothes and makes sure she doesn't fall. "Okay sweetheart take your clothes. We're gonna wash them"

Everleigh nods. "Can you take ducky?" she asks and points to the bed.

"Sure"

The little girl grabs her clothes and runs into the laundry room to put her underwear, her pink skirt and white shirt into the washing machine. "I have to wash my hands" she says, looking up to Mary. She nods, with a smile on her face so Everleigh runs into the bathroom.
Mary takes the white shirt out of the washing machine and throws it into the laundry basket. "We don't want that pretty shirt to turn pink" she says to herself.

When she walks into the bathroom, she sees how Everleigh struggles with washing her hands. She tries to wipe her long brown hair out off her face but a single strand falls back in her face every time.

"Ugh" she groans.

"Do you want me to braid your hair?"

"Yeah but two braids" the little girl says and holds two fingers up. "Mommy always does two braids"

"Okay" Mary smiles and places the stuffed animal on the shelf next to the sink. "Wash your hands. I'll do your hair"

While the little girl washes her hands, Mary runs her fingers through her long brown hair. She sections it and begins to braid. Everleigh stands still. She wipes her wet hands over her pants. She's too shy to ask for  a towel.