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- Author: Lucinda Berry
- Language: English
- Genre: Two-Hour Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Short Reads
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I’d lose my job if anyone knew I was here, but nothing could keep me
away from this moment. Absolutely nothing. I had to see the child
killer. Excuse me, the reformed child killer. Because that’s who she
was now.
Janie Bauer.
Except she didn’t go by that anymore. She shed the name like she’d
shed the diagnoses attached to it. At least that’s what she said in her
bestselling memoir, Born Again, that came out last week and set the world
ablaze with her story all over again. The book skyrocketed to the number
one spot on the New York Times bestseller list and would probably stay
there. People were fascinated with Janie’s story. How could you not be?
Her story spoke to one of the scariest questions in the universe: Could
a child be born bad? And if so—if there really was such a thing as a bad
seed—could you turn them good? According to Janie, you could. She swore
that’s what the years of institutions and treatment centers had done for her.
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My eyes furtively scanned the room, searching for Christopher. They
referred to him as her adoptive father because of the book, but he and
Hannah had terminated their parental rights years ago when they turned her
over to the state. He wasn’t supposed to be here either. I stood on my
tiptoes, trying to spot him. The media and press stood in the back while the
audience filled the seats, eagerly waiting for Sarah Haines to cut back from
commercial. She’d traveled all the way from New York to interview Janie,
and it was the closest thing to a celebrity we’d ever had visit our small town
in Ohio. It was too crowded for me to pick out Christopher, but he was here.
He had to be. He couldn’t stay away from Janie any more than I could.
This wouldn’t be the first time I’d run into him in places he shouldn’t
be. Our paths had crossed numerous times over the years. Sometimes in the
online forums, the ones endlessly dissecting her case. Once with the truecrime podcaster who swore he’d found Janie’s father. Christopher showed
up as an anonymous caller on that one, but I’d recognized his voice almost
immediately. I’d spotted him outside the courtroom at her first parole
hearing. Forced to sit in the hallway, just like me. I would’ve loved to be
inside, but juvenile hearings were closed to anyone not on the case. I’d been
booted off the moment negligence charges were filed against the county,
since I was the original social worker assigned to the case.
Hannah Bauer was the only person not trying to cram into this room
and get the first look at Janie in person. Hannah never fully recovered from
what happened. How could she? Adopting an abandoned child and taking
them into your home only to have them turn into a demon and shove your
sister down the stairs, killing her? And yes, as a seasoned and decorated
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