At one point he said, 'Do you want to torture me?'

You know what? It takes a lot of fight to get things to change and get things to be better. We're prepared to do it. We're not going to walk away.

Her attitude toward (Ngai) was of a very caring and patient surrogate mother dealing with a slightly retarded child.

It seemed to me that he was there for her.

She had taken him under her wing ... and he helped her with shopping, cleaning and various other things she was no longer able to do.

I had the feeling she was taking a doctor-patient confidentiality role.