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Last published Fri, May 17, 2024
Train journeys into Edinburgh begin this tale of a once-local resident trying to reacquaint herself with a city she once knew so well. She checks into a local BnB at the behest of a Suspicious Ms.Susan Sullivan, but things begin to go awry as a bath overflows and She begins to notice several oddities about the BnB she is staying in.She
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