After that, Cochran really died. He died inside Teddy's body.Whenever anyone asked, my parents simply claimed the dog had run away, and they couldn't find him.Nobody knew the truth. Only they knew that their son was buried in an unmarked dirt pit on the outskirts of the city, without so much as a tombstone.After that, Mom's mental state completely fell apart.She started having hallucinations, convinced she could hear a dog barking in the house or feel something brushing against her legs.In the middle of the night, she would bolt upright in bed, yelling Cochran's name, only to realize the room was empty.Dad aged rapidly, too. Most of his hair turned gray, his back became hunched, and he even started limping. The bite wound on his hand kept getting infected, and it never fully healed.They came looking for me once. They waited outside my office building for me.When I came downstairs, I spotted Mom standing by the entrance. She had lost a considerable amount of weight, her
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