Heisunbearable,vain,proud,brutal,inconsistent,human.Withouthim,Iwouldhaverottedtodeath.Abdellookedaftermewithoutfail,likeIwasaninfant.Attentivetothesmallestdetail,presentduringallmyabsences,hedeliveredmewhenIwasaprisoner,protectedmewhenIwasweak.HemademelaughwhenIcried.Heismyguardiandevil.’Asthedescendentoftwoprominent,wealthyFrenchfamiliesandDirectorofPommeryChampagnes,PhilippePozzodiBorgowasnotinthehabitofaskingforhelp.Then,in1993,rightontheheelsofhisbelovedwife’sdiagnosisofaterminalillness,aparaglidingaccidentlefthimaquadriplegic.Hewas42yearsoldandunabletodoanything-evenfeedhimself-withouthelp.HiddenbehindthehighwallsofhisParistownhouse,Philippefoundhimselfthemodernequivalentofan’untouchable’--histotalparalysisrenderedhimunabletoreachouttoothers,andseemedtomakeothersafraidtotouchoracknowledgehim.Forthefirsttime,helearnedwhatitfeltliketobemarginalised.Theonlypersonwhowasn’tbotheredbyPhilippe’sconditionwassomeonewhohadbeenanoutsiderhisentirelife-Abdel,theunemployedAlgerianimmigrantfromtheoutskirtsofsocietywhowouldbecomePhilippe’sunlikelycaretaker.Inbetweendramasandjokes,hesustainedPhilippe’slifeforthenexttenyears.
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