The Carer

By: Jane Holland

I thought I’d found the perfect carer for Mum. I was wrong. It’s just been me and Mum for years. She’s only sixty-eight, I would’ve said she was thriving. But three years ago, my lively, funny and brilliantly clever mum was diagnosed with dementia.

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I thought I’d found the perfect carer for Mum.

I was wrong.

It’s just been me and Mum for years. She’s only sixty-eight, I would’ve said she was thriving. But three years ago, my lively, funny and brilliantly clever mum was diagnosed with dementia.

I’m a book editor. It sounds impressive, but I hate my boss. He’s a creep. I’m forever turning down his offer for an after-work drink.

All my time is spent either working or caring for my mum. We do have a carer to help. But he hasn’t turned up for a couple of days now.

A friend recommends the perfect replacement. Ruby. She’s sweet and utterly brilliant with my mum. An absolute lifesaver.

But one day I come home to Mum acting strangely.

Something is wrong. I push up her sleeve, and gasp. There are marks on her arm — dark and purple. ‘Who did this to you?’

Mum says it’s nothing — a clumsy accident.

But does she not remember . . . or is she too scared to tell me the truth?

Have I let the wrong person into my home?

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