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Static on the Baby Monitor
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Mara stares at the screen. Theo never sits up like that, stiff and still. She turns the volume up. Through the speaker comes a soft sound. Not crying. It's humming. A slow, tuneless hum she has never heard him make. She gets up to go check on him.
Mara reaches the door and looks in. The crib is empty, the blanket thrown back. Then she hears humming behind her and turns. Theo stands at the top of the stairs in his pajamas. 'There's another me in there,' he says, pointing past her. 'He wants to trade, and he's stronger than me.' Mara grabs the real Theo and runs out into the night, and never looks back.
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