"Phew! What a *stinky girl*!" one of the employees said upon checking a baby nearby. "Someone clearly *isn't ready for potty training*." The baby giggled.
Leah, however, groaned. She knew what was coming, and it was going to be worse than before. Without any warning pressure or need, Leah's bladder emptied, flooding her diaper with pee. Then her knees bent into an obedient squat. A log began to crown.
Quickly, Leah awkwardly made her way to a corner to hide in, the log slowly snaking into her diaper all the way. When she got to her corner, she fully bent into the squat and began to push. She grunted softly, trying not to attract attention, as she texted Tina.
When she sent the text, the response came back quickly. Tina was on her way. Leah sighed in relief, then focused on finishing her stinky accident.
She had just sighed in relief again, but this time from completing her massive dump, when Tina walked in.
"Tina!" Leah called. Tina looked over. Her jaw dropped in shock. She walked over to Leah.
"Leah, what- are you wearing a used diaper?"
"It's a long story. I can explain once we get out of here," Leah said urgently. "They won't let me leave on my own. I don't know why you left me here in the first place, honestly."
"I didn't- okay, we'll leave," Tina said. She went off to find an employee. She came back a few minutes later, picked Leah up, and then left. Once they were in the main part of the store, Leah felt relief yet again. "Okay, explain."
Leah launched into an altered version of what had happened. Mostly, she focused on saying she had a couple accidents that got her stuck in different clothes and a diaper.
"An employee must have mistaken you for a toddler and taken you to that daycare," Tina said. Leah frowned. She didn't remember it happening that way, but she'd go with it just to help Tina from focusing too heavily on her dressing like a toddler.
"Sure."
"Wow. That is quite the story." Tina put Leah in the seat of the shopping cart. Leah winced at the diaper mess spreading over her butt.
"Can I please get out of this diaper?" Leah begged.
"Yes, but first, I have something to ask you." Tina met Leah's eyes. "Do you think you can get by without being in diapers? *Be honest*."
Leah thought about what the worker had said, the unintentional command that made her poop, and then the second one that almost certainly wrecked her potty training. She bowed her head. Unable to lie, she had to tell the truth.
"No. I'm not ready to leave diapers," she said softly. She looked up at Tina, and saw her stepmother was...