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Static on the Baby Monitor
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Twenty minutes later the monitor hisses again. Mara looks up. This time Theo is standing in the crib, both hands flat on the camera, his face pressed so close his eyes fill the whole screen. The speaker crackles with one clear word in his small voice: 'Outside.' Then she hears the back door unlock itself.
Mara drops the monitor and sprints up to Theo's room. The crib is empty, the window wide open, cold night air pouring in. She looks down into the dark yard. Theo stands in the middle of the grass in his pajamas, looking up at her, perfectly calm. He lifts one small hand and waves goodbye.
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