In the bedroom, the child lies quietly as the woman speaks.
Across the city, countless other youngsters must be listening to lullabies and fairy tales; the confirmations of love, comfort and security before sleep.
But not this boy. He is full of foreboding. That is because his night terrors are not imaginary but real — and inflicted upon him with this woman’s connivance.
Tonight, her bedside chat would sound very odd to an eavesdropper. She calls the boy a ‘little queen’ and talks of him doing ‘tricks’ for money: £20 a time .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk