If You Love Me, Kill Me

What if the price you pay for being a caregiver proves to be too much? "The call lasted an hour and forty minutes. Within ten minutes of starting my conversation with the technician, Mum began calling. 'Barbara! Barbara!' Every few minutes she called, distracting me from the job at hand. When the technician disappeared to check on something, I shouted to Mum, 'Shut up! I won't be long. Shut up, you're driving me nuts! Will you just shut the hell up?' It made no difference. She never...
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What if the price you pay for being a caregiver proves to be too much? "The call lasted an hour and forty minutes. Within ten minutes of starting my conversation with the technician, Mum began calling. 'Barbara! Barbara!' Every few minutes she called, distracting me from the job at hand. When the technician disappeared to check on something, I shouted to Mum, 'Shut up! I won't be long. Shut up, you're driving me nuts! Will you just shut the hell up?' It made no difference. She never let up. I felt as if I were going crazy. It was surreal what with Mum calling and the computer technician logically putting me through my paces. With the computer up and running again, the technician said his goodbyes. Head pounding, I put down the phone and wept. Mum called again. Afraid of what I'd do to her, I stayed in my seat, screaming, 'Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!'"When Pauline brings her elderly parents from England to America to care for them in their later years, she little realizes the hardships she endures will bring her to the brink of murder, madness, and suicide.