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Warning: This story involves a mother who has just murdered her child and is loosely inspired by a real person who has committed such crimes.“Squeaky. Squeaky.” Jessie Bair turned around and looked behind her. Her daughter’s teddy was sitting on the floor in front of the linen closet. She rubbed her eyes, moving her fingers to her temples massaging them before turning around and heading back down the hall to the stairway. She was obviously a wreck. Her mind was definitely imaging the sound of the plastic squeaker in the teddy bear’s fe...
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