The mother

The lifeguard would be humiliating, and the group of young women would only be worse. With a sigh, Alexa realized that the mother was probably the safest bet.

Alexa began to swim towards shore, careful to not be seen by anyone else. As she got to shore and hid behind a rock, however, a thought crossed her mind. Given her tiny frame and nonexistent chest, would this woman believe she was twenty-two-years-old? Putting herself in a stranger's shoes, Alexa looked down at herself as she realized that she wouldn't have believed it either.

Right now, two options were bouncing in her head. Option one was that Alexa assured the woman that she was an adult and hoped for the best. Of course, if the woman did realize that she was an adult, she prayed that she would help her in her situation and not call the police on her.

Option two, and Alexa couldn't believe that she was even entertaining the idea right now, was that she pretended to be a child when she asked for help. It would be downright mortifying, but given that the woman in question was a mother, Alexa realized that she would be far more likely to help a kid in need.

Alexa bit her lip as she crouched behind the rock, silently weighing her options...