After a few moments, Laura decides that the best route to take is to add her name to the daycare attendance sheet. She gets up and goes to the front desk. She rummages for a few moments before locating the attendance sheet, which she adds her name to. Thankfully, her handwriting might be worse than before, but it’s still legible.
With that resolved, Laura does some more digging. She finds a nametag, writes her name on it, and returns to the mats to sleep some more.
Laura is awoken by someone sticking their finger down the back of her training pants. Her eyes shoot open and she sits up. The employee checking her smiles bashfully.
“Sorry, sweetie, I was just checking if you were wet. But you’re not.”
“I’m a big girl,” Laura says, deciding to act the part of a four-year-old. The employee beams at her.
“Yes, you certainly are! I mean, your parents dropped you off before the daycare even opened for the day!” The employee sighs. “Which they shouldn’t do. We’ll have to talk to them when you get picked up. But for now, why don’t you come play?” The employee takes Laura’s hand and leads her over to the play area, then walks away.
Laura mentally assesses her options. She could try to escape now. Or she could wait until a better opportunity presented itself to escape, and play with her fellow daycare attendees in the meantime.