I landed a new job this last Monday, working for a roofing company putting a roof on the new factory being built in town. Friday evening when I got home from work, mom told me my girlfriend, Alice called today and wanted me to call her as soon as I got home, so I called to be told she would be out with her mom and dad for the weekend and she was sorry, she had to call our date off for tonight.
I hung up the phone, “Crap if that don’t suck!”
“Sounds like you’re in the same boat as I’m in this evening.”
I looked over at mom and asked, “Dad called and said he had to work late and couldn’t keep you guys date tonight, am I right?”
“You hit the nail on the head. He called as soon as he got to work to tell me he’s going out of town tonight on a business trip.”
“Didn’t you take the day off to go on this date with him?” I asked, remembering what mom told me this morning.
“Yes I did and I was not able to change to an early shift, after asking to have the time off to get ready for this evening.” I knew mom didn’t need to work because dad had a good paying job. Mom just worked to have something to do more than anything, and she just saved her income in case something happened that we would be hit with hard times.
“Yes I know that for sure. We can talk about this once I am done with my shower if you want.”
“Okay. I guess I better figure something out for our supper tonight.”
“Okay.” I rushed up to my bedroom and laid out some clothes to wear after my shower then walked down the hall to the bathroom, removed my work clothes and jumped into the shower. Back in my bedroom I put on a button up shirt that I had cut the sleeves off of, due to having holes in the elbows of the sleeves. I usually left the top two or three buttons undone, going with just the two buttons undone this time. When I finished dressing I went back to the living room to see mom sitting on the couch in her usual position, “Have you figured something out for supper yet?”
“No I haven’t. Sorry…”
“Slip your shoes on and let’s go out to eat.”
“Mm, I do like a man that knows what he wants.” swinging her legs around to put her shoes on.
“I like a woman that knows how to look good for the man she is waiting for and you do fit the bill really well.”
“Why thank you very much. I’m glad that I look good to at least one man around here. It’s just too bad I don’t look so good to the one I married, like he used to say I did.” mom finished slipping her shoes on.
“Dad has just let money go to his head and forgot to keep his eyes on the good things he has at home and care for what he created. You look so beautiful and sexy and he’s gone blind in his old age.”
“Why thank you son for thinking I’m still beautiful and sexy.” I locked the front door, held my arm out toward mom and she took it. I escorted mom down the porch steps and we walked out to my pickup. “We could take my car to save your gas son.”
As we stepped around to the passenger side, “I need to stop for gas, and I’ll do that on the way back home.”
The dress mom was wearing to lounge around in this evening, has just a little bit of flare from the waist down and she managed to get into my pickup without flashing me a quick view up her dress because of it.