She wasright. There was nothing to be concerned about. A few women were standingin front of the mirrors above the sinks, combing and brushing their ha...r,putting on makeup and checking their appearance. There was a pleasantscent of perfume. Mom went over to the stalls and found an open one."Susie, you go first," she directed. "Jenny, you'll have to wait a minute,honey."Susie went in and closed the door. A minute later the door on the stallnext to hers opened and a teenage girl came out. I. After that day in the hospital my thoughts kept creeping back to what had happened with my friends mum would i see her again, would she come and play with me again well as you probably can tell it wasnt long befor my thoughts were answered (else i wouldnt be writing this would i).About a week or so later in she walked in to the ward where i was, my eyes nearly poped out my head as she came and sat next to me, she was weiring a summer dress which hung loose she looked great in it we said hi and. She was too close to the edge. Presently, she had to strain up on he toes to reach the lintel of any given doorway. It was humiliating, but at least she could still do it!Once she couldn’t touch it and pass that simple test of citizenship, all would be lost! The marked reduction in stature from a pregnancy would end her days as a Citizen once and for all! If she bore her own clone, the shame alone would put her on the downward spiral leading to a horrible death as a Sprite in a Citizen’s belly!. When Bev was a sophomore in high school they divorced, but she and "Tom" remained fairly close, and kept in phone contact. Time passed, and Bev completed her college education, which "Tom" contributed to financially. She rushed into a bad marriage soon after completing college, which ended in a divorce, and she and "Tom" had only limited contact around holidays. Twenty four years passed, and one day - on a whim - she phoned Tom, who lived some distance away. They had numerous phone.