“We’re taking her to a daycare,” one of the police officers says. “They’re better equipped to take care of her, after all.”
“Which daycare?” the woman asks.
“Sunny Hills.”
“Really?” The woman slides a fresh diaper under Laura’s butt. “Her bag and clothes are labeled with that daycare’s name.”
“Well, in that case, she’s probably enrolled there. They’ll be able to look her up once we drop her off,” the police officer says. The woman tapes the fresh diaper onto Laura.
“Good. Hopefully, you track down her family.” The woman hands Laura, clad in only a diaper, to the police officer. “Goodbye, Laura!” she coos. Laura suckles her pacifier in response, eliciting a smile from the woman.
Laura is brought out to the police car and buckled into a car seat. The trip to the daycare is short, thankfully. Laura can feel herself getting antsy. She’s hungry and cold. The police officer who wasn’t disgusted by her messing herself is the one to bring her in and drop her off.
A big difference from when Laura visited the daycare is that it was now open and full of people, mostly parents with their children. The officer carries her inside and sets her down on the front desk. The daycare worker sitting there looks up.
“Hello, welcome to Sunny Hills Daycare!” chirped the employee at the desk. “And who is this little baby?”
"This little girl's name is Laura. We found her lost in a woman's house and we think she came from here. We want her to be looked after, while we look for who her parents are."
"Don't worry, it will be a pleasure to take care of this little girl.", the receptionist says cheerfully.
“Well let us know if you can figure out anything. But in the meantime, it seems she could use some clothes and milk." The police officer leaves. Laura is handed over to Linda, a daycare worker, who dresses her in a soft pink onesie and then gives her a bottle of milk. Linda heads back to the reception as Laura hungrily guzzles down the bottle.
"Any luck?" Linda asks. The receptionist nods.
"Unfortunately not. We still haven't found anything about her parents or how she got to that woman's basement."
Linda takes the empty bottle from Laura and pops her pacifier back into her mouth. "Well, while you guys keep looking I'll put her in the play area."
At that point, Linda takes Laura to the toddler and baby section and places her in the large play area, which is filled with toys and toddlers of her age or younger.
"Have fun, my little Laura. Call me if you need anything," Linda says to Laura before leaving.
Laura began to think about what she should do now that Linda is gone.
She might take this opportunity to try to escape, but the desire to be a little distracted and play with toys begins to grow more and more.
In that instant...