"The Omen" - David Seltzer

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Entry #1

Jeremy Thorn is the Economic Advisor to the White House, and he's on his way to the Ospedale Generale (hospital) in Rome, where his wife, Katherine, is hopefully giving birth to their first child. But when he gets their Father Spilletto breaks the news that the child died. This is after her three previous miscarriages, as well. So Thorn is devastated but Katherine doesn't know yet. Father Spiletto however gets word of another baby in the maternal ward who's mother had died giving birth to him, and has no other family. Father Spiletto tells Thorn that he should take him, he has no family, and that's what Thorn needs. He agrees to it and brings the baby to Katherine, telling her that it's theirs. Coincidentally, the baby did look a great deal like Thorn, making it very believable that it was indeed their child. The child, Damien, is now five, and at his birthday party his nanny kills herself for him. Katherine is devastated, thinking that it was her fault for giving her an angry look when the nanny was getting all the attention of the photographers while bringing the cake in. A new nanny comes, who Damien clings to, more than Katherine even. The other butlers don't liker her either, and she won't leave Damien's side. Lastly, all of this is happening before Damien can even speak yet.