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The Cruel Mother

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Written for Weekend Writing Prompt #358 ~ Superscript

Just like something out of the evening news.

Did the attractive young woman, a former nurse and mother of one toddler, actually feed her little boy bleach or was it just a dreadful accident?

How could any jury not believe the clean-faced white woman in the proper skirt and blouse as she tearfully recounted the events of that horrific morning?

But they did believe her and only the most perceptible viewer in the courtroom or the living room caught the slightest cold-blooded superscript curl of her top left lip.

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Weekend Writing Prompt #358 – Superscript

This is Emily Smith with “The Cruel Mother”

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51 thoughts on “The Cruel Mother”

      1. It’s a lovely rendition of a variant of one of our traditional songs. We have many folk singers here with beautiful voices like Emily. My favourite is Kate Rusby, who has many tearjerkers in her repertoire, both traditional and self-penned.

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              1. It is a really beautiful piece of music, isn’t it. She has a wonderful voice and has been making superb records for nearly thirty years. She did an album of cover versions of her favourite pop songs back in 2020. One of them was Manic Monday, for which she recorded the video at home with her husband and daughters. Susanna Hoffs sent her a note of thanks and congratulations for it. If you want to see a lot more of her, just put her name in the search box on my blog: there are quite a lot!

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    1. That came as a surprise, Vee. Granted, we are new friends but I didn’t have you pegged as a true-crime fan. This is loosely based on the Casey Anthony case; perhaps you’re familiar with it.

      It’s good to get back into my writing; it’s my salvation.

      Thanks so much, Vee. I’m glad you enjoyed this one.

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      1. Oh yes, I still can’t believe she wasn’t convicted–but there’s a Higher Judge waiting. I read those books to enjoy some vicarious justice. Did you think I was “too churchy” to read that stuff?😉 I have multi-faceted interests…I’m also a big rodeo fan.

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        1. Churchy! That’s a great word! We went to my BIL’s funeral Mass on Saturday; other than that I can’t remember the last time I went to church. I used to be religious, a good catholic; now I’m more spiritual and aim to be a good christian. I talk to God. I don’t need a middle man.

          Rodeo! I must admit, they look like fun. Talk about whiplash! 😳

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