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71mouth looks up at him.%u201dYou%u2019re not a Mod, are you? I see on the news, you lot are fighting bikers in Brighton.%u201dKeith looked up at Tina. %u201cHer early teen years,%u201d she whispered.He turned back to the old lady, %u201cNo, no, no. I don%u2019t follow fashion. Your lovely daughter tells me you like sweets. I brought you some.%u201dHe reaches into his shoulder bag and brings out something and prises the lid off. There%u2019s a sound of paper rustling and his fingers come up with a pink coloured cube covered in icing sugar. He shows her.%u201cThese are my favourite. I bought them just for you, Turkish Delight.%u201dHe offered the sweet up to her mouth and as she opens it, he popped it in. She started to chew, and she smiled. %u201cNice. Thank you.%u201d%u201cI%u2019ll leave them here on the table.%u201d He told her.%u201cI hope you don%u2019t think I%u2019ll have sex with you, laddie. What? Just because you gave me a box of sweets,%u201d she said.%u201cMother!%u201d Tina said. %u201cI%u2019m sorry, Keith. It%u2019s the illness talking.%u201d%u201cOf course not. I know you%u2019re not a cheap woman. I think you are pretty and a decent person, like me,%u201d Keith told Elsie. %u201cI am like a doctor. I treat my patients well. I will care for you like a son.%u201dShe ignored him and rummaged in the sweet box, took one out, and chewed it.%u201cGood. You can hold my hand then,%u201d she said not looking at him, as she closed her eyes and chewed.He held her hand for a few minutes and she fell asleep. He stood up and went with Tina back down stairs. At the table, Tina said, %u201cI did not wish to use a private agency. It%u2019s not the fact they charge more than you, but they would send different people. I wanted someone she would become familiar with.%u201dThe Carer