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92She looked at it. %u201cI already have one of those in my hand,%u201d she said.%u201cYes. I put that extra one there earlier. You have had quite an excited day. It%u2019s important you rest tonight.%u201d He held the wine out for her. %u201cDown the hatch.%u201dShe chucked the pills into her mouth, took the glass from his hand and drank the lot, placing the glass back down onto the table.%u201cGood. Tina told me to give you a little pain killer tonight,%u201d he told her.%u201cI%u2019m not in any pain,%u201d she said.%u201cTina said you sometimes get woken in the night with cramp. This is to stop that,%u201d he replied.%u201cYes. Sometimes,%u201d she said.%u201cOpen wide.%u201d He told her.He felt her legs open under the duvet, and smiled. %u201cNo, Elsie. Your gorgeous kissing mouth.%u201dShe opened it and poked her tongue out and he dropped a double dose of liquid morphine onto her tongue. She swallowed it and he gave her the tot of whisky. She held it and said, %u201cLook, Keith. You don%u2019t have to get me drunk or drugged to fuck me. You can stick it in, front or back, any time you like day or night. Let yourself go, laddie. Life is short. Enjoy it before you end up lying here like me.%u201d%u201cThank you. Now Elsie. Do you want this night cap or not.%u201dShe took it and swigged it back. %u201cAnother?%u201d he asked her.%u201cFill it up, Danno,%u201d she said, sticking out her glass. %u201cHave one for yourself, bartender.%u201dHe smiled and poured her a double tot. %u201cLast one, a big one.%u201d He told her.The Carer