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101%u201cThat%u2019s not new. Most people here in this area know that. Is this what shocked you?%u201dTina shook her head. %u201cNo, although I didn%u2019t know the Covent was such.%u201d%u201cWhat then?%u201d He asked.She never answered. Instead she finished her meal and said, %u201cYou could not have done a better thing this day then providing this meal. Thank you, Keith.%u201dHe watched as she pushed the plate away and smiled at him.%u201cNow, can you make this evening perfect?%u201dHe wondered what she would say next and answered, %u201cHow?%u201dShe stood up and said, %u201cCome with me. Mum asked me to bring you up to say good night to her.%u201d%u201cOf course,%u201d he said, standing up and following her as she left the table and went though the dividing door to the annexe. As he climbed the stairs to Elsie%u2019s bedroom, he wondered what lay ahead.Outside Elsie%u2019s bedroom, she said, %u201cI would like you to go in and say good night to mum. She wishes you to say good night properly and not by drugging her first.%u201dBefore he could properly register her words, she opened the door and said, %u201cIn you go,%u201d and took hold of him while he was still slightly dazed and urged him in, shutting the door behind him.%u201cI%u2019ve spoken with Tina. Keith, you are doing me so much good. Say good night to me like the night you gave me too many sleeping pills.%u201d Elsie told him.Keith felt trapped. It was like a web had been invisibly wound around him and he never saw it coming.The door opened and Tina came in. She looked at him and said, %u201cDon%u2019t be shy. Get those clothes off and into bed. I%u2019ll sit down here and The Carer