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backside.”
     
     
    “We’re aware of those and have been treating her-”
     
     
    “Not when she is laying in her own filth!” Several people turned to look at them and the man from the front desk came over to them.
     
     
    “Is there a problem?” Robin just watched the nurse who finally just lowered her eyes.
     
     
    “I’ll take care of that.” The woman said discreetly.
     
     
    “Please do, before my next visit.” Robin turned and walked away without another word. She was seething, shaking. Pinnacle might be assholes, but the aids had taken care of Miss Lucille, much better than this place had!

Chapter 4
     
     
    When Robin arrived at Jason’s, even the idea of seeing him couldn’t elevate her spirits. She was tired and wanted to crawl into her bed, cover her head with her pillow and fall into a deep, empty sleep. She wanted to cry and she wanted to fight someone. But then Jason opened the door wearing a big smile on his face and standing on his crutches. Even in her funk she couldn’t help but to return his smile.
     
     
    “We really have to get you a key, Sweetheart.” She closed the door behind her and gave him a kiss, lingering into it. He hugged her and she sighed, leaning her head against his chest.
     
     
    “I’m tired and hungry. Let’s think about dinner so that I can sit down and rest.”
     
     
    He pulled back and looked at her. “What have you been up to?”
     
     
    “Oh…I’m too tired to explain right now. I’ll tell you in a minute.” She was really mentally and physically exhausted. He gestured with his head to the reclining chair. “Sit down, Sweetheart. We can just order something for dinner.”
    “Are you sure?” She sank into the comfortable chair and felt the tension ease out of her body.
     
     
    “Yep.” He walked to the kitchen for several menus. “Hmmm, pizza…we got pizza, and guess what; pizza!”
     
     
    She smiled. “How about…pizza?”
     
     
    “Good choice.” He named several pizza restaurants and she chose one that she knew served chef salads. Jason quickly placed the order and then he went to his wheelchair and sat in it. He wheeled to her and gently lifted her feet.
     
     
    “What’s wrong, baby?” He removed her shoes and rubbed her feet.
     
     
    “Mmmm….” She hummed. “That feels good. I should be rubbing your feet. I get paid to take care of you-”
     
     
    “Stop changing the subject. What’s wrong?”
     
     
    She sighed. “Remember my first client?”
     
     
    “The old lady?”
     
     
    “Yeah.”
     
     
    “She okay?”
     
     
    Robin explained about her visit and the condition that she had found the woman in. Jason’s expression had taken on a sad cast.
     
     
    “Unfortunately things like that happen all of the time, and not just to the elderly. People with handicaps like mine are just…left…unattended all of the time.”
     
     
    Robin watched him. “Did…that ever happen to you?” Of all of the things that they had discussed, Jason had never broached the subject of his childhood neglect. There were very few fond memories that he had of his childhood and to him, no reason to dredge up unpleasant memories.
     
     
    “Yes,” he said neutrally. Robin sat up straight.
     
     
    “What happened to you?”
     
     
    “I had some aids that didn’t do their jobs half as well as you do.” He smiled slightly at her. “And the past is the past. Now the question is what are you going to do with the information that you have?”
     
     
    “I’m pretty sure that she knows I have her number and she’s going to be more careful. I just need to make sure to visit on a regular basis. I’d tell her son, but…it’s not like he really cares.” She wasn’t saying that she thought Bentley didn’t love his mother. She just thought that his love was that distant thing that people had for those that were too much effort or trouble. Sometimes that type of love was easy to put on the back shelf. Robin definitely