I pegged him as slightly cuckoo, too. A stroke maybe.
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She'd sit very close to me and she'd smell of tuberoses - which is not my favorite perfume. Not by a long shot. Sometimes as we'd watch, she'd clutch my arm or my hand, forgetting she was my employer. Just becoming a fan. Excited about that actress up there on the screen. I guess I don't have to tell you who the star was. They were always her pictures. That's all she wanted to see.
The plain fact was she was afraid of that world outside. Afraid it would remind her that time had passed.
Then I talked to a couple of Yes men at Metro. To me, they said No.