Originally Posted by
CSHNow 
isn't he sort of taking advantage ?
That's what alcoholics do. They'll take advantage of anyone who will help them fuel their addiction.
The difference in this case, though, is that:
HE thinks he's taking advantage of lulu by getting her to prepare him lunch in bed while she "cleans out the filing cabinet", but really SHE is taking advantage of his desire to sleep all afternoon so that she can get her copies made and important documentation all backed up.
In short, for the moment, it's kind of like some weird quasi-symbiotic relationship thing... for now. Then Verbena will have her freedom on her own terms, and the balance turns in her favor. *Grins*