When Annie turned around, she saw that Ken had quietly moved to the doorway. She gave a wry smile. "Boys just like looking at a naked girl, don't they?" she remarked.
Ken stared at her blankly.
Annie shook her head.
Ken was looking rather intently at her body. Annie had heard at dinner that Ken's family had only sons. This was probably the first time the boy had seen a girl that intimately. Could it be that all of his actions that day were because he was curious about what a girl's body looked like?
If that was true, this boy was more devious than she thought.
Ken raised a finger to point at her. "You are a girl."
"That's right." Annie smiled, though she felt a bit embarrassed as he was pointing at her special place, the place where she lacked the thing that defined a boy. "I'm a girl."
She reached for a bathrobe and put it on. Then she turned her attention to the child. "What do you want?" she asked gently.
Ken stared at her face for a moment, then announced, "I want to sleep."
Annie took the boy to one of the beds. Helping him out of his bathrobe, she tucked him in. After turning off the television, she stayed by his side, humming a gentle tune. Dill had been right. Ken was such a good boy. Why had she ever been angry with him in the afternoon?
The boy slept quietly.
With a gentle sigh, Annie returned to the bathroom and took a quick shower. As she stepped out into the room for her pajamas, she heard the doorbell.
Annie went to the door. She had to stand on her toes to reach the peephole. A peek through the peephole revealed her sister's face.
Second Sis did not have the keycard for the room. Without the card in the slot next to the door, power in the room would automatically be shut off. Thus, Carrie could not take the card with her without leaving Annie in the dark.
Annie opened her door slightly and stepped back into the main room, out of sight of the door, to look for her pajamas. Sis had promised to tolerate her nudity. So there was no urgency to get dressed. Then the little girl's eyes fell on the sleeping child and she remembered that the teenage boys would be there to collect Ken.
Oh no! She needed something to cover herself up with. The bathrobe on the floor!
"Annie!" Carrie gasped in surprise as soon as she was in the main room, "You're naked!"
"Sis, you promised!" Annie hissed in return. Guess she would not have to wait till she was sixty to test Sis' commitment to their deal.
Dill instantly popped up behind Carrie.
Eeek! She was seen naked by a teenage boy! Okay, okay, stay calm. Do not panic. He could not see much anyway with Second Sis blocking. And the other boy did not appear to be with him.
"Wow, are the two of you nudists?" Dill asked hopefully.
"No!" Carrie denied vehemently. She snatched the bathrobe from the floor and hurriedly wrapped Annie in it.
There was certainly no need to panic when Second Sis was there to do it for her. And look, little Ken miraculously remained asleep through the whole commotion.
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The rest of the sisters' time in the hotel passed uneventfully. After a restful night and a refreshing morning swim, they packed and returned home.
By Monday morning, Annie had finished all the homework that was due that day and was looking forward to school. She had to rise up earlier than usual since she would be going to school by public bus.
After the weekend event, Marie had the next two days off and so would not be driving them to school. Big Sis was still kind enough to prepare breakfast. She even prepared a packed lunch for Annie.
Second Sis, however, overslept. It appeared that she was up all night finishing her homework. She would have to skip her morning shower.
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