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somewhere.
    Cara
looked towards the house. Maria and Ada were still inside. She decided to catch
up on her emails. She jumped as Robin appeared in the passenger seat.
    He
shook his head and muttered darkly, “It’s a good job I have the patience of an
angel. That Nigel! Don’t get me started!”
    “I
won’t,” Cara said. She put her phone down and pointed towards the residential
home. “Maria is inside with Ada. It was Ben’s idea for them to pay a visit
today.”
    Robin
folded his arms. “You were right about him. Do you think he’s sneaking into
Ada’s house and moving things? He could have even employed that nurse to give
Ada some sort of hallucinatory tablet as well.”
    “I’ve
known Suzanne since school, I can’t imagine her doing that. I do think that Ben
could be at Ada’s house now, moving things around. I’ll check on my
surveillance cameras later. Oh, they’re coming back out.”
    Robin
laughed. “Look at Ada move! I didn’t know she could walk that fast!”
    Maria
called out after Ada, “Wait for me!”
    Ada
stopped at the car and pointed back towards the building. “Get me away from
this place as fast as possible! It’s like death’s waiting room in there!”
    Maria
opened the car door for Ada. “I’m so sorry, I didn’t know it would upset you so
much.”
    Cara
felt her heart speed up. “There’s no way I’m letting Ben put Ada in that home!
How dare he? And now he’s got Maria involved in his nasty plan!”
    They
heard Ada declare as the door closed, “I’d rather die than go in a place like
that.”
    Maria
walked round to the driver’s side. Cara’s blood ran cold as she heard Maria
mutter under her breath, “That can be arranged, old woman.”

 

 
    Chapter
8

 
    Cara
and Robin looked at each other in stunned silence. Cara broke it by saying,
“They’re in it together!”
    “Or
is it just Maria?” Robin asked.
    Cara’s
hands shook as she started the engine. “I can’t believe it. Maria seems so
nice. She’s always helping Ada … oh! Last night, the soup! Maria was alone with
the soup in the kitchen, she could have added lots of salt to it.”
    Robin
added, “And she could have picked up that cow-shaped gravy jug too. It was
definitely there when Ada was cooking earlier that day. She patted it and told it
she’d be using it later. Maria could have gone up to the bathroom and put it
there. Or, she could have passed a secret message to Ben to let him know she’d
planted it.”
    Cara
ducked her head as Maria drove past. As she straightened up she said, “It’s all
making sense now. Maria and Ben are trying to convince Ada that she’s losing
her mind. That’s probably why Ada can’t sleep at night, despite drinking decaf
tea and coffee. Oh! Maria brought some tea and coffee for Ada today.” Cara
wagged a finger at Robin. “I bet they’re not even decaffeinated, I bet they’re
full of caffeine. No wonder Ada can’t sleep.”
    Robin
pushed Cara’s wagging finger to one side. “Aren’t we going to follow them?
Maria could be taking Ada to another residential home.”
    “Oh
heck, of course. Which way did they go?”
    Robin
floated out of the car and into the air. Cara watched through the windscreen as
he looked left and right. He nodded and then floated back to the passenger
seat. He told Cara which road Maria was driving on. Cara smiled and said,
“You’re better than a GPS.”
    “It’s
nice to be appreciated. That Nigel,” he tutted, “you probably don’t want to
know!”
    Cara
pulled out of the car park. “I do want to know. It’s better to get your
complaints out in the open. Tell me everything, it’ll take my mind off the evil
Maria and Ben.”
    Robin
told Cara about his dealings with Nigel. Cara listened as she drove along. At
one point she said, “He does sound a bit of an idiot.”
    “A
bit!” Robin shrieked. “He treats me like some sort of angel machine. Telling me
to do this, that and the other. He never says please or