The Weekly Visitor
She came to see him every week, on Wednesday, at two and stayed until six. She'd cook his dinner at five, wash the dishes, and she'd leave promptly at five fifty-nine and drive away in her old, blue Honda Accord. She would undress when she arrived and would stay nude until she left. They'd have sex from two thirty until four, every time. She would give him head, climb on top and ride him cowgirl so he didn't have to exert much energy, since at his age he was not in good enough shape to do much for himself.
She was a married woman with three nearly grown children, and her husband was a doctor, a pediatrician, and he usually got home at seven. She would have dinner ready for her husband and whatever kids were staying there with them at the time. She would once a week fix two dinners, on Wednesday, one for Charley and another for her husband and kids that were home.
It had been a year since she started going over to Charley's once a week, having sex with him, fixing his dinner, then going home. On the other nights of the week the Meals On Wheels people brought his food at five. It wasn't clear who they thought was cooking for him on Wednesday, but they knew he was being taken care of, they just didn't know to what extent.
Charley never knew why she started coming, why she would agree to have sex with him, or what he did to deserve such kindness. All he knew was that someone came to fuck him once a week, would blow him, and fuck his brains out. He did not know her name, and she called him Mr. C, but they didn't talk much, did not chat about politics, the weather, or sports.
He didn't know much about sports, or politics, and all he knew about the weather was what he could see out his bedroom window. What he did know was what game shows had been on that day and who had won, although he couldn't remember their names. He watched game shows all afternoon, everyday, except on Wednesdays when he was being serviced by the angel who came every week and cooked for him as well.
He did not know why she came, that an old friend of his had asked her to, paid her a small fee for her time, and made sure there were groceries to cook and kitchen supplies provided. He was unaware that the old friend was one who had worked with him in Panama when Charley was a foreman for the company and had saved his young friend's job and perhaps his life by testifying on the witness stand that the young worker was innocent of what he was charged with.
A woman had been raped and beaten and Charley took the stand in his young friend's behalf. The young man, Jacob, had been falsely accused and Charley stood up for him when no one else would. The young man accused was black and the others were afraid to get involved. Charley was the only one who would risk repercussions. The young man never forgot what Charley had done.
When he heard Charley was in poor health and not able to get out, he arranged for the woman to give the old man what he couldn't get for himself. She had, when she was young, worked the docks in Panama as a hooker, and had moved to the states, married the doctor, and became a mother, working as a nurse, then coming to take care of Charley.
She knew Charley from the days in Panama and when she heard he was homebound she volunteered to help. Jacob had run into her at the local farmer's market and they talked about old times, the people they knew, and Jacob told her about Charley.
"I wish there was something I could do," she said. Her name is Brenda, but she went by Claire in Panama. Jacob told her he thought there was something she could do. He proposed she cook for him. "I could do more than cook," she said. "I can give a man what other women won't," she said. "I remember Charley and what he did for you," she said. "He is a rare friend. I would like to give him what I have to offer. My husband does not know about my past, but I still have something to give and Charley deserves to have a woman once in awhile. I will do that," she said with conviction.
"I will pay for the groceries," Jacob said, "and for your time." She said that wasn't necessary, but he said she should consider it as part of the deal.
"Okay," she said. "I guess I am still a working girl in my heart. You can take the girl out of the streets, but you can't take the streets out of the girl," she said. "I will give him a good time once a week. I promise."
"You are a princess," Jacob said. "Charle will be so grateful. He probably won't remember you, but that's not important. The main thing is he gets what a man needs."
She decided not to tell him her name. If he didn't remember, that was fine. She wanted to make his life better now. She had not worked the streets since her days in Panama, but she was willing to do what she could to make him happy.
Charley was thirty five when he worked on the canal in Panama, and she was still in her teens, so even though it had been many years, she was still young enough to be a vital and attractive woman, especially to him. Even in her fifties, she had a firm and attractive body, and had kept herself active and in shape. She was what most people would call a beautiful woman, and her hair had not turned white and her skin was still creamy and tan. Her life had been far easier as the wife of a doctor in the United States and the mother of active children, than it had been as a sex worker in the labor towns of Panama City.