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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run

Chapter 198 Bubbles

Scarlett believed that by being a good person, good things would happen. She had a lot to learn about life. This was one of those lessons.

All she wanted was to take a nice hot bath to relax the muscles in her back. If she had only thought about her bath plan more carefully, she might not have found herself trapped naked in a bathtub waiting for Jax to rescue her. Her plan went wrong almost from the start.

She had failed to take into account that she couldn't go to from a standing to a sitting position without holding on to something and lowering her body gradually. It wasn't that it was painful, it was physically impossible. Her body couldn't do it.

She stepped into the bubble bath and realized there was nothing to grab while she lowered herself into the water. That was the moment when she should have given up, drained the bathwater and taken a shower, but she was stubborn and determined.

The bathtub was a typical bathtub/shower combination with three tiled walls and a big wide ledge along one side. It was too low for her to use to lower her body. She decided to rest her hand against the tiled wall and then slowly move it down the wall until she was low enough to use the ledge to finish lowering her body into the water. Her back didn't have the strength or flexibility to get down low enough to reach the bathtub's ledge. She was awkwardly crouched unable to figure out how to get low enough into the water. Gravity and a slick bathtub helped her, sending her slipping down into the water with a big splash. The water spilled out of the bathtub in waves.

Scarlett gasped in pain from both the fall and the jolt to her spine that happened when she slipped. She hoped that the hot bath would be worth the pain and effort. It wasn't. She did recall that she didn't really like baths and preferred a nice hot shower. She would remember this the next time she got the bright idea to take a bath.

Getting out should be easier, she told herself. She had a better plan. She was going to swing her body around until her feet were facing the tiled wall and the bathtub's ledge was behind her. She would hold onto the ledge and pull herself up until she was sitting on the ledge. Next she would swing her legs around until she was facing away from the bathtub, push herself off the ledge, staying hunched over and extending her arms out in front of her. She would walk hunched over until her hands reached the wall about six feet from the bathtub and then walk her hands up the wall until she was upright.

It might have been a good plan if she had been able to pull herself up on the ledge, but the ledge was too wide for her to get an effective grip. She tried repeatedly to push herself up, but each time she failed. It was time for a new plan.

Her limited mobility also limited her options. She thought about moving until she was on her knees in the bathtub, but she didn't know how she could get into a standing position given her physical limitations.

She knew that eventually Jax would check on her, so she was going to be rescued; it was just going to be humiliating. After explaining the situation to Jax, she told him where to find the key to the bathroom door.

"I have an idea, so you won't be so embarrassed about being naked," Jax said.

Scarlett was instantly suspicious.

"OK," she said. "Tell me."

"I'll take my clothes off too. That way you won't be the only one naked."

This just kept getting worse. Scarlett shut her eyes hoping that when she opened them, she would discover it had all been just a vivid dream. She opened her eyes. No dream.