Getting ol’ McFadden settled took some time—enough time for the two carers to become exasperated.
By the time the coast was clear, Bunnie was pulling up at the back of the care home. And by the time Legless and Mandy had made it to the TV room, Beryl was staggering out of Bunnie’s Fiat 500, and Bunnie was so excited she needed the loo.
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Legless, impatient as a child on Christmas morning, raced to the TV room and charged to the couch. He wanted to escape before he had time to change his mind, think of Beryl.
Forgetting Mandy was holding one of the backpacks, he began to lie back.
Mandy wrenched him off the couch.
“Wait,” she whispered. “We need to fit your camera.”
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Hilda poked her head in the window; the corridor was clear. “All systems go,” she whispered.
Bunnie, Izzie in h
