Cursed Baby Bottle
Though Derrick was already an adult, his mental development had frozen at age five, and he still used baby bottles to drink water.
As for the bottle Jess had just taken, it wasn't the one she gave me—it was a replacement I had prepared in advance.
"Here, Carrie, it's ready," she said, returning with the formula. "Feed Nicholas quickly. The poor baby looks like he's about to cry from hunger."
I looked down at my son, cradling him closer as a strange tightness gripped my heart.
"Alright," I said softly.
Seeing my compliance, Jess's eyes gleamed with something dark and twisted.
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