It was the early evening of a lovely summer's day and I was driving home. I'd had a hard day trying to make my appointments in a string of coast towns amongst the holiday traffic and was looking forward to getting home. I was about twelve miles away when I saw a woman stopped by the side of the road. As I passed by her I realised that she was having trouble trying to change a wheel. Just ahead of me there was a small lay-by about fifty yards on so I stopped there and went back to see if I could help her change her wheel.
The woman was between her early forties to mid-fifties by looking at her and she had a really nice figure. She was well-dressed and attractive and looked up at me as I walked up her.
"Having some trouble?" I asked.
"Yes," She answered.
"I have a puncture and I can't get the damned wheel nuts off to change the wheel," she smiled.
"Here, let me have a go," I said.
The wheel-brace was one of those right angled things, however it did fit the wheel-nuts tightly but I just couldn't shift the nuts using my hands. So I stood on the shaft and bounced up and down on it and I soon had the nuts loose. I jacked the car up and removed the wheel then fitted the spare and did the nuts back up again. I let the jack down and put the punctured wheel in the boot along with the tools away at the same time.
"There you, job done!" I said.
"Oh, thank you so much, I'd never have got those nuts undone on my own." The woman said.
"Are you on your way home?" She asked surprised me.
"Yes I am," Was all I answered.
"Well, you're hands are absolutely filthy, I live only just down the road, why don't you leave your car there and come with me in mine and you can get cleaned up?" She said to me.
I accepted with pleasure as my hands were in fact extremely dirty. That wheel hadn't been off the car in a very long time by the looks of it. So I got in her car and she drove to her house or rather a bungalow. It was a big place, sitting back off the road in a large garden. She opened the door and we went in.
"I expect you could do with a drink," She asked as she raised her eyebrows.
"Tea or something stronger?" She asked again.
"Well I was looking forward to getting home but if you don't mind I will have a large vodka and tonic if you have it?."
"Right, tell you what, you get yourself cleaned up then go get your car then you can have a large vodka and tonic when you get back!" She said to me.
"Ok," I replied.
I washed up and then walked back to my car. I drove it back to her bungalow and parked it in the drive. As I went in the front door she came out of the kitchen.
"Just in time," she said.
"I've just made us both a drink." She certainly had by the looks of it.
She handed me a large tumbler which turned out to have more vodka than tonic in it, not that I minded. Then she led me into a lovely sitting room that looked into the back garden, it was beautiful.
"My name's Carol," She said to me.
"And before you ask, I'm a widow and I live here alone. As you can see my hobby is gardening." She said again.
"My pet hate, but I'm used to gardeners, my ex-wife was a very keen one. I laughed.
"My name is John by the way," I replied.
"I am very pleased to meet you," Carol said.
"You were a real knight in shining armour today! I know it's none of my business but you said 'ex-wife'?" She enquired to which I nodded.
"I was a naughty boy and got caught, although I have to say that our marriage didn't turn out as we'd hoped."
"Yes, I somehow got the impression that you might be a player, you're very attractive to women, I bet you were quite a naughty boy!" She said laughing.
"It's funny, isn't it? When I was married women wouldn't leave me alone and now that I am single again all the married couples steer clear!" I stated.
"Well, I'm not married!" She replied and somehow that did not surprise me.
"No, and you are a very attractive woman!" I said as she inclined her head.
"Thank you, it must be apparent to you that I am considerably older than you are, would that be a problem?" She asked.
In the few moments I had been with her we had now reached a point that would normally take weeks.
"Not at all, I prefer experienced women and although I have had many married women I do like to consort with those who carry no baggage." Carol laughed as I said that to her.
"Yes, I would guess one or two of your married conquests wanted more than you were prepared to give!" She replied as I finished my drink and stood up getting ready to leave.
"Surely you're not going to drive after that drink?' She asked and I sat down again.
"No of course not, I'll get a taxi." I replied.
"Well, that's up to you, you're not going back to anyone I presume?" She asked again.
I shook my head.
"Well then why not stay here I haven't had a man for quite a long time and I really fancy you!" She said with a sly grin on her face.
I had never been propositioned quite so bluntly but I accepted immediately.
"I find you extremely sexy and attractive so sure I'll stay." I smiled.
"Great!" Carol said as she got us both another drink.
"You sit there and watch the news and I'll get us some dinner." She said and off she went back into the kitchen as I said there and watched the news on the television that she had put on. Half an hour later she produced a nice salad and a bottle of wine.
"All produce from my garden," she told me as she sat the plates down on the table.
"I have a lovely kitchen garden as well as all the flowers and shrubs." She aid as we sat down to the salad and wine that was Chablis which I thoroughly enjoyed.
It was followed by a mixed fresh fruit salad which she said was also from her garden. Afterwards I went out and got my bag. I'd been staying away all week, it contained leisure clothes and I went to a bedroom and changed. After that we sat down with a coffee and got to know each other a bit better and we learned a little about each other's history. Carol had actually been married twice.