Bury Her Deep
“Then I took a mustering breath and began to speak, looking just over her left shoulder as I did so.‘You do nothing,’ I said. ‘When the baby comes you will love it just the same. We must catch this beast, my dear, make no mistake about it, but you do nothing. Knit and sew and get ready and, you’ll see, it will all be fine in the end.’‘But what if the baby . . .’ she began. She was looking at me strangely. ‘What if it’s no’ . . . a baby?’ I was speechless. ‘Mrs Black next door telt me,’ she wen...t on. ‘It happened to a woman fae Dundee and it wasna a baby she had, nothin’ like.’‘Mrs Muirhead,’ I said. ‘I’m going to speak very plainly and I hope you forgive me. This creature is a man. He is not a demon or a devil, just a very bad, evil, nasty man. Of course, your baby is going to be a baby. Put that nonsense right out of your mind.’‘But then where did it come fae?’ said Mrs Muirhead. ‘He swooped down on me and hung over me. He pulled at me, but he didna . . .MoreLess
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