“No, I’m not wearing a diaper,” Kelly said. “I’m not going that far.”
“But you still want to pretend to be Katie’s baby sister?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, then, you’re going in the diaper,” Jen said firmly. Before Kelly could do anything, Jen put her on a changing table and removed her clothes. “You can’t be a baby without a diaper,” Jen said, taping a diaper on Kelly. “And since you were so difficult about it, you’re going to be one of those babies that only wears a diaper.”
“What? Jen!” Kelly protested. Jen shoved a pacifier into her mouth, silencing her. Her eyes widened as she felt a strange tingling in her mouth. “Wha-” she mumbled. Jen grinned at her.
“It’s a special kind of pacifier. It has a mild numbing agent for babies who are teething. For you, though, it means you won’t be able to talk properly until tomorrow morning. Now, let’s go downstairs so you can play with your big sister!”
Jen carried Kelly, still sucking on the pacifier, downstairs. Katie jumped up and cheered when she spotted Kelly in Jen’s arms. Jen deposited Kelly next to Katie.
They played together for a while, until, without warning, Katie asked Jen to put Kelly in her old playpen. Jen went to get the playpen, set it up in the living room, and put Kelly in it. Then, Katie asked to talk to Jen privately.
From the playpen, Kelly watched her sister and niece talk quietly, dreading what they were planning.
Kelly had no idea that they were going to make her…