Eventually, Tim woke from a deep snooze and dragged himself from the floor. On the one hand, he felt a deep sense of personal disgust at his depravity. On the other, was a niggling feeling that he was on the threshold of an exciting rollercoaster of perverted pleasure.
He screwed up his wife's photo, now encrusted with his dried sperm, and carefully hid it, deep in his rubbish bin. Then he remembered. The red satin panties that Mrs Hendry had deposited in his laundry basket!
Hesitating guiltily, for only a few moments, inevitably, he gravitated towards the dirty linen container. Reaching inside, he retrieved the soft, silky garment and pressed it to his face.
Oh, those scents. Her heady, lingering perfume, the dried female secretions and yes, he was sure: her husband's spent lust.
That night, he took them with him to his lonely single bed, and once again, abused himself.
Next morning he had conviced himself that this erotic saga could no longer carry on. He would call the agency after breakfast to cancel his home-care contract!
But; he delayed and prevaricated; promising himself that he'd call the next day. However, the next day came and went without action. His thoughts were turning irrevocably towards the erotic promise of Mrs Hendry's next visit...
'Good afternoon Mr Symonds' she said with a breezy manner, as she let herself into Tim's house. (She had now had his door keys copied, as agreed.)
'How are we today? No coughs or temperature I hope! Why don't I make us a nice cup of tea and we can have some of this walnut cake I baked yesterday?'
Tim was a little surprised and rather relived at her 'matter of fact' attitude. He had dreaded the thought of enduring her pity or disgust.
'Oh, how lovely. I haven't had a decent piece of cake in years!'
They sat together in the kitchen, talking about the number of coronavirus deaths and her husband's attempts at DIY during his furlough.
Eventually, Tim could resist no longer.
'Do you think I could have an extra hour of care today, Mrs hendry?'
She looked at him with a mixture of amusement and disdain.
You haven't paid me for your last session, have you 'Timothy'?'
'Ah, well, no, I suppose not. Is there any way...'
She interrupted,
'Don't worry. I've thought of a solution. I need to do some more grocery shopping for you today. Why don't I go to the cash machine and collect my little fee? You would have to let me borrow your credit card of course, and the pin number.'
'Ah well, I'm not sure, you see...'
She interrupted again,
'Don't you trust me, Timothy? Perhaps we had better give the 'extras' a miss today?'
'No, please, sorry, you're right of course. Here, let me find the card.'
Credit card carefully stowed, she was soon on her way to the local shopping centre. She withdrew Β£200 from Tim's account and returned with two bags of food.