A few days had gone by. The new jobs were going according to plan. Stephen, however, was still processing what his current situation had become. He had been truly unprepared for the tasks involved in taking care of an elderly man. The tasks so far included transportation, cooking, and more revealing actions such as assistance in changing the man's clothes.

Frances, on the other hand, was fully prepared for her new job. She had been practicing, late at night, on the musical's ...