In this story by Henry Slesar, a sensitive, handsome man has spent his life having his every need catered for by the women in his life. Unfortunately, he now finds himself trapped in a loveless marriage to a rich, bed-ridden woman who takes pleasure in having him at her back and call. Things take a positive turn when she hires an attractive nurse/companion. Romance blossoms and the two come up with a plot to do away with the wife. Things don’t go as expected, but the desperate husband has a backup plan. Themes include control, despair, manipulation, deception, jealousy, crime.