diaper dimension In-Between - Epilogue - 5-5-21 - Complete

[Edab123]

22 minutes ago, Moon3ye said:

Oh and what bothers me a little, and that's putting it nicely, is the way they almost demand that there should be another ending or more chapters just to cure Beth. @BabySofia wrote this story the way she thought it should be written, and even though it may not have been meant badly, it does seem disrespectful.

I have to somewhat agree with you here, I'm a very strong advocate for letting the story stand as is, as much as I would love to see more of Beth or better yet to have seen her recover, personally for me I prefer when authors dont change their ways to appease the readers, I couldnt enjoy the story when I know its not the original idea, I loved this story because I didnt know where It was going to go, it kept me intrigued and interested, if we take that power away from the author then what has it all been for. But we're not done yet, BabySofia may still have something up her sleeve! 

[LittleFallenPrincess]

10 minutes ago, Moon3ye said:

I am one of the few who feels sorry for Beth but is realistic enough to say she is not coming back. Amanda as a nanite expert and Holly as a doctor with great expertise have both confirmed that the damage is massive and even if you fix the problem on the nerves the brain would be more like that of a newborn.

Let's not forget that Aubrey commissioned these products to do just that and even if Aubrey is evil and crazy they will have commissioned people who know what they are doing.

As cruel as it sounds Beth will not come back. Beth was a character who was supposed to suffer bad things to repeatedly reveal the cruelty of this world to Cameron.

I also can't understand the hatred for Addy. Yes she behaves Amazon Typisch but, even if that should surprise which, in the end she is an Amazon and by Stacys Naniten this drive became also stronger in her.

The Cameron so willingly after a few rounds of sex I also do not understand, well I do not understand what people find in sex but no matter, but that makes Addy itself not bad but ehr the crazy society.

Oh and what bothers me a little, and that's putting it nicely, is the way they almost demand that there should be another ending or more chapters just to cure Beth. @BabySofia wrote this story the way she thought it should be written, and even though it may not have been meant badly, it does seem disrespectful.

Hey, I'm not demanding or even suggesting anything. If Beth doesn't get a happy ending or anything, I'll still really enjoy the ending. It's not my place or anyone's place to say what someone should or shouldn't write. I agree that it shouldn't be rewritten or have more chapters or whatever and I think it's a bit disrespectful to ask of it. And we still have the last chapter and the epilogue to go, and BabySofia is an expert at pulling the rug from under us!

I am just making a criticism about the treatment of Beth and how she was written as a disposable character just for the progression of Cam's story and how easily she was just thrown aside. It is purely an opinion of mine, I wouldn't want anyone to change anything based off my silly little opinion. As you rightly said, she was a character who was supposed to suffer bad things to repeatedly reveal the cruelty of this world to Cameron. She existed not as a character for herself, because she barely got to spend any of her life not regressed, she was purely an emotional plot device to further Cam's story.

She became a non-character as soon as she was regressed. And I think that's my main point. It wasn't like a normal death, where people can mourn and move on, it was a constant reminder throughout the story that maybe it could be fixed, but it probably wasn't going to happen.

She was just there to provide more emotional gut punches as each bad thing happened to her. She had barely any interaction with anyone, she had no story other than "Oh look, this bad thing has happened." The latest chapter she got one tiny bit in a paragraph, which was about her mother's death!

I think a problem for me is that sure, this world is unfair and cruel, and there usually won't be happy endings... but Beth... Beth didn't deserve this. We've had so many characters go through bad things, but they all experienced some form of happiness either before, during, or after they ended up in their situation. Stacy, Cam, Meg, Bella, etc. Beth spent her entire youth in fear, then the first adoption, then she gets the tiniest window of happiness, and it's ripped away from her. And as it looks now, it doesn't look like she'll get any kind of good ending, no matter what happens.

I just think Beth deserved a bit better, that's all.

[kerry]

9 hours ago, sherlock said:

Had their been no court case, addy didn't really have an issue with what her mums company was doing, it was her income source.now it all fell apart on her doorstep, shes having to pretend to. 

Addy is alot of pomp and pretence. I can't really think of any point in the narrative where addy was real with Cameron at all. He's always just been her plaything. 

She distanced herself from all the people involved because it's unbearable to have to pretend to be THAT sorry, and THAT remorseful all the time.

This is exactly what I mean: there is no evidence whatsoever in the story that Addy is pretending to care about little s now that "her income source...all fell apart on her doorstep." In fact, that impetus isn't even true: she sold her stock in the company, which was worth multiple billions; he does not need an income source. In fact, what I infer from the narrative is that she only remained at her mother's company because of the nanite threat (which you have also berated as not real even though it is clearly stated many times and there is even video evidence). As for the last thought here, isn't it more likely that she has distanced herself out of real remorse?

7 hours ago, LittleFallenPrincess said:

It feels (at least to me) that she was the least developed character in the whole story, and that her entire life is there just as tool to further Cam's story. She has no development except a tiny bit at the start and in the middle of the story, which is there just so it can be taken away from her, all so that Cam has more of a emotional drive and can further his story.

I agree with this for the most part. (Actually, she has much more development and individuality than is normal for a minor character, as Sherlock has demonstrated very well.) But the reality is that, in writing stories, there are always characters that exist primarily as foils for the protagonist. Beth's life is extremely sad and painful to read about, but the truth is that it is the end result of those inches Cam grew in the last few months of school...and she didn't. This is a cruel society, even with Stacy's nanites. Beth's experience is much more the norm than Cam's.

5 hours ago, sherlock said:

It was pretty cruel to take all that long work and personal struggle and growth away from her so nonchalantly. I'm sure beth and her mum would have been aware of safefoods reputation, and would not have tried to products so readily

I do agree with this criticism. At the time, I think I posted something about it. (I could be wrong, but I know it was on my mind to do so.) Cam recognized the danger immediately because it was obvious. Beth and her mom should have been very aware of what SafeFoods was and in any case should never have allowed anyone to put things into their bodies. (Beth even has the experience of being poisoned at school to reflect on, which should have engendered lifelong caution.)

5 hours ago, sherlock said:

And just like that she's gone. But she's not gone, she's just not written about, cam doesn't consider her worth anything anymore, because he can't suck her boobs. It's a disservice to the character. 

Speaking of disservices to the character: Cam only loves her because he can such her boobs? Where on earth do you get that? He desperately tried to locate her and her family for a long time and even after he failed he was still living with memories of her. Hell, he had dedicated (and risked) his life to bringing down the company that did this to them!

3 hours ago, TerranV said:

I think with Beth, its the fact that she managed to emancipate herself, only for her happy ending to be snatched away so cruelly. Its a gut punch. That and her lovely poem.

It feels like she deserves more as a person. Considering there were multiple ending options, I figure there was one where she does recover. I'd be happy yo read that one one day even of its not canon.

Oh, the poem. The heartbreaking poem! It is certainly the case that a lot of the outcry about Beth stems from that piece of writing. And you're right: it is a gut-punch when all of her hard work is destroyed in an instant. The fact that we feel that punch is a testament to Sofia's excellent writing...and character work. 

3 hours ago, Moon3ye said:

As cruel as it sounds Beth will not come back. Beth was a character who was supposed to suffer bad things to repeatedly reveal the cruelty of this world to Cameron.

Exactly what I have been saying.

2 hours ago, LittleFallenPrincess said:

She existed not as a character for herself, because she barely got to spend any of her life not regressed, she was purely an emotional plot device to further Cam's story.

This is bad how? He is the main character: everything that he experiences furthers his story. And Beth's fate is no less important to his character than Addy's betrayal when he proposed...which he could not possibly have known was a manipulation of Aubry's creation (though I do and did find myself wondering why she just didn't explain it to him at the time).

2 hours ago, LittleFallenPrincess said:

Beth... Beth didn't deserve this.

2 hours ago, Edab123 said:

I couldnt enjoy the story when I know its not the original idea, I loved this story because I didnt know where It was going to go, it kept me intrigued and interested, if we take that power away from the author then what has it all been for.

No, she didn't, any more than most innocent characters in stories who suffer terrible fates do. But, as Edab123 says, this is how the book was written. I wonder how much of this outcry would have happened if Sofia had not told us about all of the paths the tale might have taken. 

I have just finished reading Leigh Badugo's Grishaverse novels (if you haven't read them, you've missed a treat) and I saw a ton of sad outcomes and suffering for characters that we knew well and hardly knew at all. All of them were important for the roles they played. Once you plop people down in a fantasy universe, as an author you take responsibility both for them and for your readers. If that universe, like the DD, is cruel and heartless, you have to let their lives go where they go. Keep saving them and you end up with Star Wars, which I really like but (let's face it) Luke and Leia and Han should have died half a million times. (I mean for one thing the stormtroopers' horrific aim is so ridiculous as to be funny.) 

So let Sofia write her book and understand that shit will happen because this is a shitty universe that preys on antagonists and protagonists alike. (It's one reason I like the original ending of Exchanged better: it is the one that made the most sense for a story set in Ames.) We don't need to like what happens to characters, but it is they and the author who ultimately create the arcs of their lives, not the readers.

[LittleFallenPrincess]

2 hours ago, kerry said:

This is exactly what I mean: there is no evidence whatsoever in the story that Addy is pretending to care about little s now that "her income source...all fell apart on her doorstep." In fact, that impetus isn't even true: she sold her stock in the company, which was worth multiple billions; he does not need an income source. In fact, what I infer from the narrative is that she only remained at her mother's company because of the nanite threat (which you have also berated as not real even though it is clearly stated many times and there is even video evidence). As for the last thought here, isn't it more likely that she has distanced herself out of real remorse?

I agree with this for the most part. (Actually, she has much more development and individuality than is normal for a minor character, as Sherlock has demonstrated very well.) But the reality is that, in writing stories, there are always characters that exist primarily as foils for the protagonist. Beth's life is extremely sad and painful to read about, but the truth is that it is the end result of those inches Cam grew in the last few months of school...and she didn't. This is a cruel society, even with Stacy's nanites. Beth's experience is much more the norm than Cam's.

I do agree with this criticism. At the time, I think I posted something about it. (I could be wrong, but I know it was on my mind to do so.) Cam recognized the danger immediately because it was obvious. Beth and her mom should have been very aware of what SafeFoods was and in any case should never have allowed anyone to put things into their bodies. (Beth even has the experience of being poisoned at school to reflect on, which should have engendered lifelong caution.)

Speaking of disservices to the character: Cam only loves her because he can such her boobs? Where on earth do you get that? He desperately tried to locate her and her family for a long time and even after he failed he was still living with memories of her. Hell, he had dedicated (and risked) his life to bringing down the company that did this to them!

Oh, the poem. The heartbreaking poem! It is certainly the case that a lot of the outcry about Beth stems from that piece of writing. And you're right: it is a gut-punch when all of her hard work is destroyed in an instant. The fact that we feel that punch is a testament to Sofia's excellent writing...and character work. 

Exactly what I have been saying.

This is bad how? He is the main character: everything that he experiences furthers his story. And Beth's fate is no less important to his character than Addy's betrayal when he proposed...which he could not possibly have known was a manipulation of Aubry's creation (though I do and did find myself wondering why she just didn't explain it to him at the time).

No, she didn't, any more than most innocent characters in stories who suffer terrible fates do. But, as Edab123 says, this is how the book was written. I wonder how much of this outcry would have happened if Sofia had not told us about all of the paths the tale might have taken. 

I have just finished reading Leigh Badugo's Grishaverse novels (if you haven't read them, you've missed a treat) and I saw a ton of sad outcomes and suffering for characters that we knew well and hardly knew at all. All of them were important for the roles they played. Once you plop people down in a fantasy universe, as an author you take responsibility both for them and for your readers. If that universe, like the DD, is cruel and heartless, you have to let their lives go where they go. Keep saving them and you end up with Star Wars, which I really like but (let's face it) Luke and Leia and Han should have died half a million times. (I mean for one thing the stormtroopers' horrific aim is so ridiculous as to be funny.) 

So let Sofia write her book and understand that shit will happen because this is a shitty universe that preys on antagonists and protagonists alike. (It's one reason I like the original ending of Exchanged better: it is the one that made the most sense for a story set in Ames.) We don't need to like what happens to characters, but it is they and the author who ultimately create the arcs of their lives, not the readers.

Please don't think I would ever want to try to change or influence a story by someone else. Whatever amazing ending Sofia has written I will enjoy, no matter the fates of the characters. I've enjoyed all of her stories (although I much prefer the new ending for Exchanged). It's a testament to her writing that we're all so invested in the characters she has created. My comments were just opinions of mine based on how little we've seen Beth since the poem and her treatment the whole time. And yes, whilst this universe isn't fair, it just felt a bit out of place considering every other main/side character got off lightly or got their deserved fates, except Beth who has and always will suffer.

[TerranV]

Who besides me wants to see Cam and Addison rock into the courtroom at Aubry and Danica's trial, and rub it in their face that they are totally free from them and back together? Ya know, in addition to testifying and sendind them to prison. Or whatever fate awaits them.

[sherlock]

5 hours ago, Edab123 said:

I have to somewhat agree with you here, I'm a very strong advocate for letting the story stand as is, as much as I would love to see more of Beth or better yet to have seen her recover, personally for me I prefer when authors dont change their ways to appease the readers, I couldnt enjoy the story when I know its not the original idea, I loved this story because I didnt know where It was going to go, it kept me intrigued and interested, if we take that power away from the author then what has it all been for. But we're not done yet, BabySofia may still have something up her sleeve! 

I'm not asking for a retcon. I preserve the validity of the original volume in its completed form. I merely seek an appendix or accumulative companion short concerning.

 

At no point did I request any prose committed to paper with pen, effectively, to be changed, I merely so much sought supportive body of work. 

 

Lord of the rings was born of the hobbit, silence of the lambs from red dragon. It's not unheard of. 

 

I'm no stranger to almost dystopia foray. More inclined to a kafka-esque world.but even in those the met characters get a conclusion served - the house maid in America, and in the trial when K sticks the knife in his neck himself to not give the authority the satisfaction of doing so. Giving a connected character an end is just a platitude offered. 

 

When said character is more concerning than where the two main characters close the book is just the cause of the irk in me. 

I never inferred a rewrite, hence the not wanting to emulate misery in real life. 

 

This body of work has been presented in a forum open for critique. Requesting more can not be construe as negative. 

 

Addy still choose to sell her shares and up sticks,but she spins it as poor me. For the most part yes - always one of the first comments or observations in his monologues is a comment relating to her chest, a flashback to a previous event in close proximity, or noticing their size. It's pavlovian. 

 

If a partner, God forbid is in traffic accident and is left in a vegetative state, someone you were imminently to marry. Just because they can no longer communicate as they did, do you instantly stop loving them, cut them out of your life, and never think positively of them again and look for a new romantic partner as quickly, rebound, replacement?? That's the comparative in the non diaper dimension. 

17 minutes ago, TerranV said:

Who besides me wants to see Cam and Addison rock into the courtroom at Aubry and Danica's trial, and rub it in their face that they are totally free from them and back together? Ya know, in addition to testifying and sendind them to prison. Or whatever fate awaits them.

Not at all

[treasuresman]

8 hours ago, Edab123 said:

I have to somewhat agree with you here, I'm a very strong advocate for letting the story stand as is, as much as I would love to see more of Beth or better yet to have seen her recover, personally for me I prefer when authors dont change their ways to appease the readers, I couldnt enjoy the story when I know its not the original idea, I loved this story because I didnt know where It was going to go, it kept me intrigued and interested, if we take that power away from the author then what has it all been for. But we're not done yet, BabySofia may still have something up her sleeve! 

I agree with this, it is the author's work and if you don't like it you have 2 options do read anymore or write your own damn story and have the guts to post it on here 

I don't read all of the stories here because they do not appeal to me and sometimes the ones I read take a left turn at Albuquerque that I don't care for so I can either skip over or drop the story but I always appreciate the work and time the author has spent and will tell them as well.

 

[BabySofia]

Thank you all for the discourse. I'm honored that I've inspired such passion from you all there. I'll post the next chapter tomorrow night! ?

[Edab123]

14 minutes ago, BabySofia said:

Thank you all for the discourse. I'm honored that I've inspired such passion from you all there. I'll post the next chapter tomorrow night! ?

It really is a testament to your amazing storytelling to spark a good ol fashion debate between us! Really excited for the chapter, I cant wait! ?

[TerranV]

1 hour ago, treasuresman said:

I agree with this, it is the author's work and if you don't like it you have 2 options do read anymore or write your own damn story and have the guts to post it on here 

This sounds an awful lot like you're telling people to not post honest criticism.

[Guilend]

One thing I’ve started thinking about ever since the last two stories is Amazon prison. Specifically the women’s prison. Since there’s no littles for those with baby fever I’d imagine there’s a lot of Amazon’s getting some sort of baby treatment in there from the bigger Amazon’s. Just something that’s crossed my mind. 

[treasuresman]

1 hour ago, TerranV said:

This sounds an awful lot like you're telling people to not post honest criticism.

Criticism is one thing. But telling an author that they have to change their story because they don't like what the author has done to a character is another thing, they can suggest anything they want. But there is a difference between suggesting and telling 

[TerranV]

19 minutes ago, treasuresman said:

Criticism is one thing. But telling an author that they have to change their story because they don't like what the author has done to a character is another thing, they can suggest anything they want. But there is a difference between suggesting and telling 

But is anyone actually telling the author to change the story?

[WBDaddy]

15 minutes ago, TerranV said:

But is anyone actually telling the author to change the story?

My thought exactly.  I've yet to see anyone demanding that the story be changed. 

[BabySofia]

28 minutes ago, treasuresman said:

 But there is a difference between suggesting and telling 

I haven't taken any of this to be that. Yes it's been passionate, but I'm also okay with that. One of the greatest things about an art form is how different our viewpoints can change our perceptions of it. 

And don't worry, not about to change the ending! ?

[WBDaddy]

16 minutes ago, BabySofia said:

I haven't taken any of this to be that. Yes it's been passionate, but I'm also okay with that. One of the greatest things about an art form is how different our viewpoints can change our perceptions of it. 

And don't worry, not about to change the ending! ?

To a certain degree, people being passionate, being that emotionally invested, is the highest form of flattery. 

I did find the outer limits of that passion once, and it wasn't fun.  But it takes a while to get to that outer limit, at least for me. 

[BabySofia]

9 minutes ago, WBDaddy said:

To a certain degree, people being passionate, being that emotionally invested, is the highest form of flattery. 

I completely agree! ?

[Baby Billy]

Rereading this story has allowed me to remember things that happened, I am more convinced that people are seeing Addison in the wrong light.  

[BabySofia]

32 minutes ago, Baby Billy said:

Rereading this story has allowed me to remember things that happened, I am more convinced that people are seeing Addison in the wrong light.  

?

[Guilend]

I love Addison. She’s my number one favorite Amazon. Unfortunately for her that means I want her in diapers and humiliated because that’s my thing ????

[BabySofia]

14 minutes ago, Guilend said:

I love Addison. She’s my number one favorite Amazon. Unfortunately for her that means I want her in diapers and humiliated because that’s my thing ????

?

[TerranV]

54 minutes ago, Baby Billy said:

Rereading this story has allowed me to remember things that happened, I am more convinced that people are seeing Addison in the wrong light.  

I think most people are pretty on board with Addison at this point. 

[BabySofia]

Chapter 65: Squeezed

 

“THANK YOU, MR. Sylvester,” the judiciary chair said. “The chair now recognizes the Distinguished Senator from Ames, Senator Darling.”

“Thank you,” she said. The tall woman had a severe look with her tightly controlled bun on her head. Her clothing was clearly as high end as it got for a skirt-suit set, and a necklace with five pendants, each holding the name of one of her Littles, hung from her neck. “I have a significant issue with this idea of a Court of Appeals judge having no experience as a previous District Judge or prosecuting attorney, nor am I a fan of you only being barely thirty years old yesterday, as we look at approving you to be one of the most powerful judiciary members in the country. The fact that within the last year or so you have found yourself being taken care of in a daycare, where you were accused of fighting with another Little, makes me even more sure you have no business being in charge of such adult matters…”

“Point of Order! Does the senator have a question?”

One of the president’s biggest allies on the committee challenged her speech.

“Please do get on with it, Mrs. Darling,” the chair said, before looking at his colleague, “Remember she has the right to use or waste time as she sees fit.”

She looked affronted, but continued, “Do you think you have the capabilities to understand case law?”

“Thank you, Madame for your question. I do believe I have the capabilities. I have studied law continuously since beginning my journey in law school, even before then really, and I know how the law is supposed to function. I believe strongly that the constitution gives us the guidance to do so, and that it would be my job as a member of the judiciary to uphold that law.”

“Do you now?”

I nodded.

“Mr. Sylvester, are you aware of the case Dane vs. Tully?”

“Yes, Ma’am,” I said. Aunt Ruth and I were sure this case, and my close proximity to it, would come up.

“What do you think about it?”

“I think it was executed faithfully within the purview of the statutes,” I told her. “That case still stands as precedent under the 3^rd Circuit due to never being heard in the Supreme Court.”

“You would be very familiar with it, wouldn’t you?”

“I was clerking for Judge Ruth Jones when it was written,” I agreed.

“Not only were you clerking, but I have a sworn affidavit from a Mrs. Kathy Stanford Everett, who was also clerking at the time, stating that the legal basis and reasoning of the decision were yours alone?”

I wasn’t entirely surprised to see this come up, but the shock on committee members’ faces made me nervous. ‘You’re sworn in under oath,’ Judge Jones had advised me, ‘Just tell the truth.’

“I wouldn’t say that they were mine alone, but I will say I suggested that there was no timing listed in the statute.”

“For anyone who is not aware of this case. Mrs. Dane had her Little girl kidnapped four years prior to the case, and was seeking to regain custody of her now that she’d been found. There was interference against the legally allowed bounty hunter, and Judge Jones, instead of handing her over, gave her time by saying that she wouldn’t need to go back until her kids were old enough to live on their own. That’s correct?”

I nodded, “She had two little babies at home that needed her care as a mother. Judge Jones recognized that she had met all of the requirements for emancipation really except one - her adopted mother signing off on it, and decided that meant she could cope until her Little ones were old enough to live on their own.”

“Except that hasn’t happened, correct?”

“Well, last I knew, she still had two new twin baby girls that are about a year old that would have reset that, but also the Supreme Court chose not to hear the appeal due to her being granted full emancipation in the state of New Haven shortly after they were in court for the initial case.”

“You feel this is just? You feel like this follows the law?” She pushed.

I stared her in the eyes. “Is it just that she would have to abandon her babies? That they would have had to grow up without a mother...?”

“Mister…”

“Is it just that the medical examiners demonstrated without a doubt that she had been abused and neglected by Mrs. Dane?” I paused, “Is it just that you would send a poor woman who made her way in this world to freedom back to the most unsafe and miserable environment they could have?”

“It’s the law!”

“Should it be?” I suggested.

“Do you believe all Littles should be freed from their adoptions?”

I knew this one was coming, so I came up prepared, “I believe that the most precious thing in life is the ability to choose our destiny. You mentioned this case, and my own time of being unjustly declared a case of Maturosis by a judge who was being blackmailed? What you didn’t mention is that the love of my life, my fiancée, disappeared one day, as her father took her and her similarly afflicted mother to run from a corporation who had made it their goal to find a way to force more Mids into the same surrogate baby relationship as Littles. You failed to mention that she was mentally completely destroyed by the illegal and unethical experimentation.”

“Mister…”

“You failed to mention that, while there are many Littles out there who do benefit from the additional care, there are Millions, Millions, that are forcibly taken, beaten, neglected, and emotionally and sexually abused for so-called mothering instincts. That Maturosis has become a crutch of a way to send more that direction?”

“Mister Sylvester, stop…”

“Madame, you asked if I feel that every little should be free? The answer is the same as every Mid and every Big. Yes, I feel that they should be free. And here’s the deal, I’m also okay if a Little genuinely wants that caring relationship of a good adopted mother or father!”

Her mouth stopped moving. “What?”

“In the State of New Haven, we have roughly three abuse cases brought up per ten thousand Littles each year. Do you have an idea of that number for your own State of Ames?”

“No… But I’m sure you do?”

“Yes, I do. It’s one-hundred and thirty per one thousand there. Or thirteen in a hundred! It’s four-hundred times the rate of New Haven! Why do you think that is?”

She looked at me angrily, “You’re so smart, you tell me!”

“Because the majority of adoptions in New Haven are done consensually, excepting court orders as an alternative to jail or prison. If there’s a choice involved, studies show that their adoptive parents tend to treat them with more love and care.”

“So, you do feel like all Littles should be free?”

“Free to make a choice, yes! Same as Mids and Bigs. Many of them might surprise you and still choose to be surrogate babies if given the chance. I have a friend of mine from college who genuinely loves being her mommy’s baby. I’ve also seen people ripped from my life for no good reason – and that should never happen.”

“Senator Darling your time is up, the committee will now recess for thirty minutes, hear closing statements, and then return for a vote.” The chair said as they banged his gavel.

Addy came up to me and bent down to give me a hug out in the lobby where she had been waiting. “So how do you think it went?” She asked me.

I shrugged, “I pissed off Senator Darling.”

“Easy to do… Did I ever tell you what we did at one of her parties once as a teenager…?” She started to say, and then we saw her approaching us.

“Miss Harris?” She seemed surprised. “Why are you here?”

“Here to support my fiancée,” she told her.

“Where is he?”

“Right here,” she said, putting a hand on my shoulder.

“But…”

“But you thought my mom had solved that problem years ago, I’d guess? Don’t worry, the wedding is a small guest list, you won’t have to feel awkward at responding to an invitation,” she said.

‘Meow! The cat claws are out…’ I thought to myself.

“Why…” She started to say then turned and walked away.

“That was worth the price of admission,” Senator Venire, the chair, said as he came up.

“Glad we could entertain you,” I told the tall man.

“You did well out there. You should advance through here just fine.”

“Really?”

“Really! Your appointment solves a problem that most everyone in there knows we have.”

I shrugged, “I’m just going through the process.”

He laughed, “Good luck with your marriage,” he told us as he walked away.

 

FORTY-EIGHT HOURS later Aunt Ruth was meeting me in the courtroom I had first watched her run, swearing me in as a judge.

It had been a momentous day, and my new robes hung heavily about me as I realized that I truly had been given power to make a difference in people’s lives. We had just hugged goodbye, and pulled away to drive back to what had become our home, when my phone rang. Since Addy was driving, I was free to answer it.

“Hello?”

“Is this Judge Sylvester?”

I laughed, recognizing the voice, “You’re the first person to call me that on the phone.”

“That’s a great honor, Your Honor,” the voice said jovially. “I just wanted to let you know that the deal with Aubry Harris and Danica Harris was approved by Judge Flanders.”

“Final terms?” I asked. Addy had glanced over at me with a sour expression on her face.

“Aubry Harris was sentenced to six consecutive terms of six months to twelve years in the Cribbing Penitentiary, followed by mind wipe and three-month status to be readopted.”

I didn’t feel even a little bit guilty at that sentence. I knew that meant she would be kept in diapers – even as a twelve-year-old, for a total of seventy-two years, re-regressing every time before she turned thirteen again, before being readopted out as a true newborn with no memories of her old life at all. Additionally, that wasn’t a twelve-year-old in ‘Big’ sizes, that would be a twelve-year-old as a Little. She would most likely never get past the size of being a two-year-old in Big sizes during that entire time. In the meantime, she would remember everything she had done, just as she was given every bit of the babying treatment that she had sentenced others to.

“And Danica?”

“Two of the same consecutive terms, and readopted at a six-month status with mind wipe.”

I shuddered a bit at that one. Dani had always felt like the unwitting accomplice to me up until the very end. “Thanks for letting me know,” I told him.

“You’re welcome, I hope it lets you sleep a little bit easier. They’ll both be regressed for the first time tomorrow morning.”

“Thanks, and good luck,” I told Mike Doster, a man who I had talked to frequently over the phone. “I appreciate you sticking with the case even after all of the hate mail you’ve received.”

“You know that feeling yourself too. Good luck, and congrats Judge Sylvester!”

 

OVER THE NEXT month we finished planning our wedding while also dealing with additional therapy appointments. Neither of us were lying to ourselves and saying we were ‘okay’ after everything we’d been through, so we were seeing a counselor both separately, and together, to help us deal with the emotional trauma we had both been through since the week after Addy reappeared.

Thinking about everything that had happened to us, we decided not to hold back on our wedding in any way for timing. We were both now without family really, even though I did have some extended cousins and aunts and uncles that flew in for the occasion. Judge Jones was officiating the ceremony. In the end we had a pretty, but beautiful, small ceremony with Judge Jones' husband being brought in to ‘give away’ Addy to me. It was a beautiful ceremony, and of course Addy was the highlight! She was spectacularly beautiful in her traditional dress! Having Amanda, Fred, Megan, and Meg all there made it feel even more special to me!

We’d flown immediately after the reception to a private island down in the Havana Sea. It turned out she had purchased the entire island after everything had been settled out in court with her family’s estate, and we enjoyed a two-week honeymoon on the beaches. While I spent much of the time those weeks dressed as her husband, I also indulged her on some of the evenings as her ‘baby girl.’ Her mothering instincts were hard for her to stop completely, and I admitted to her that I enjoyed it as just a game.

As a consequence, over the next few months when we returned back to Crescent City, I often found myself ‘indisposed’ on the weekends, being taken care of in a nursery she had put together. Fortunately, the nanites seemed to still keep the incontinence effects at bay, but I did get noticeably moody if I went a few days without getting a hit from her breasts.

We’d been married for four months when Addy surprised me with an ‘adult’ candlelight dinner on our back patio on one of the nights we normally would have been playing. “What’s the occasion?” I asked her once we had started eating the amazing dish she had made.

“So… Look, you know I’ve felt terrible about what my family did to Beth?”

I nodded, “You were in grad school, you weren’t to blame…”

“No, I may not have been there pulling the trigger, but my family was… Anyway, I’ve had some ideas that I spoke with Amanda, Fred, and Holly Nickerson about…”

I looked up at the candle burning just above the level of my face and into her eyes, “Do you have something…?”

“Well… you know that ‘Premature Birth’ fad that’s going on back in Selegnasol?”

I made a face, “Yeah, it’s bullshit making poor Littles live inside of their ‘mommies’ for nine-months and then be reborn!”

I was not a fan of the process, and the few survivors who could still talk afterwards all seemed to be seriously hampered by the psychological effects of being isolated in a womb for that time!

“Well, the way they’re using it is awful, but I got to thinking that maybe it could be used in a positive way…”

I looked up at her face incredulously, “How could that horror be made positive?”

“Beth.”

“Why would I want to submit her to that?!?”

“Hear me out?” She asked soothingly.

“It’s not sounding good,” I angrily thought, but took a breath and said, “What’s the idea?”

“I think we can use the procedure Doctor Nickerson and Amanda came up with to remove the plaque and other damage from her brain. If she’s implanted into a womb, we can use that time to heal all of the rest of her synapses, body damage, and even alter her DNA.”

“Alter it to what?”

“A mix of her new parents so she doesn’t have to be short forever?”

“That can be done?”

“The process would result in her coming out a little larger than a newborn Big, but she would be able to grow up. I mean it would be completely regrowing up. From nursing, to solid foods, to potty training, the terrible twos, elementary school, awkward teenage years, and all, but she could at least have a future…”

I bit my tongue for a second, “And who would carry her?”

“Me?” She suggested.

“You?”

“Why not me?”

“I don’t know…” I said uncomfortably. “That might be really awkward,” I told her.

“She wouldn’t remember anything of her previous life…” she reminded me.

I thought for a long while without saying anything. “What about her dad?”

“I’ve talked to him… He’s okay with it if you’re onboard. He knows he can’t take care of her forever, and he’s sure that she’s got a matter of a couple years before her body crumbles like his wife’s.”

“So, what… She’s our daughter then?”

“She’d be our daughter.”

We debated back and forth for a few weeks. I consulted with Amanda, Holly, and some other medical professionals I knew before I too agreed it was her only chance to not die a meaningless death. A month later I watched in abject horror as a machine was hooked up to Addy and the sleeping Beth. Earlier that day I had spent some time just holding her and brushing her hair. Over the time since her mother had died, she had become skinnier and frailer, to the point where I could tell that she was just literally wasting away – clearly having given up any hope of life.

I watched as a tube somehow squeezed her anesthetized form through the machine into the womb of Addy, and apparently shrank her quite a bit too, as there wasn’t that much of a visible baby bump at first. We watched over the months as that changed, and soon we had a bouncing baby girl as they say! Beth behaved like any other infant, and began hitting all of the milestones that a newborn baby should right on time!

A few months after that birth, another miracle happened… Addy got pregnant the natural way! Something about the artificial pregnancy had given her body a kickstart and we were happy and shocked to learn of the upcoming new member of our family!

For the next couple of years, it was certainly tough for us as new parents! Lance was born about five days after Beth’s first birthday, and he wasn’t even eighteen months old when Laura was born, followed by just a bit over a year until Jason was born.

Until Beth was nearly two, I still joined her and Lance in the diapered group every now and then. As Beth once again began talking though, we decided it wouldn’t be a good idea for word to get out to the country that the mid-sized Appellate Court Justice liked to spend time as a baby alongside his babies!

Since Addy had genuine babies to take care of, her own mothering needs were more than fulfilled by the rambunctious brood we now had. She became a full-time stay-at-home mom, clearly loving every minute of the lives of our children.

As my now much shorter hair grayed though, it was amazing to watch our children grow up. I did my best from the bench to make sure that the world they grew up in was as just a world as it could be for them, and all sizes of our people!

 

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This is the final full chapter of Cameron’s tale. All along the route I know people have been rooting for Beth to make a comeback, but with the damage I couldn’t see a way forward at first. Slowly though I came to the idea that perhaps she could be saved in a different way. I know some may consider this a bit controversial still, but I would encourage you to withhold final judgement for the Epilogue.

I will post that short Epilogue tomorrow night!

I want to give a nod to Ausdpr who came up with the Premature Births concept. (Most of those stories are not on free sites - I recommend checking out his Patreon where he has the tales ‘The Big Opening’ and ‘Safe and Sound’)

[LittleFallenPrincess]

A lovely end to a lovely story. Really looking forward to the epilogue.

Personally I don't like Beth's ending, as she's basically dead at this point and now she's replaced with this new person in her old body that's now being altered. BUT, honestly, with the path you took for her, this was probably one of the better endings she could have gotten. Just... she deserved better. ?

[BabySofia]

15 minutes ago, LittleFallenPrincess said:

A lovely end to a lovely story. Really looking forward to the epilogue.

Personally I don't like Beth's ending, as she's basically dead at this point and now she's replaced with this new person in her old body that's now being altered. BUT, honestly, with the path you took for her, this was probably one of the better endings she could have gotten. Just... she deserved better. ?

Thanks for the comment! I think the Epilogue soothes things some there.

12 minutes ago, Hopsalot said:

think this may be an error

Good catch! Thanks!

13 minutes ago, Hopsalot said:

I enjoyed the ending, the bit with Beth still seems very much like she wasn’t saved. All of her memories went away and who Beth was no longer exists anymore. I’d be interested to see if she grows into the person she was though, and if she’ll have a mothering instinct now? That seems a bit odd. I hope I’ll find out in the epilogue

You'll find out more in the Epilogue.