It was the perfect cover. Edith had been needing Eddie’s company to help her with her anxiety issues at first. So after her holiday away with her finance Richie, she was still feeling abit uneasy during each evening as Richie had started back in night shifts again. The fact that Richie was working nearer to home didn’t seem to make any difference, as Edith was still feeling quite anxious at times and still feeling quite uneasy about being alone at night and not having a man around each night, as she’d mentioned to Richie, as he was about to begin his new night shift patterns.
So Eddie started going round night after night for a few hours each evening making sure that Edith was feeling at ease, very comfortable and safe, calming her anxiety issues in his own sweet way.
Eddie and Richie had been friends for a couple of years now and they met when Richie use to work with Eddie, at Richie’s old job. So Richie had no issue with Eddie visiting Edith each night, while he was he was on his night shift, for hours in end, until the early morning.
Edith and Eddie, had a close connection and speak with each other, about many things. Edith had often mentioned to Layla a...