He was in the shower for almost a half hour, I made breakfast, he came out clean shaven, and smelling oh so good. Even his clothes looked better.
"You're a new man now you look great." I told him checking him out.
"Thanks been a while since my last real shower." He admitted.
"Are you living in your truck by any chance?" I asked knowing the answer.
"Yes I am, my big mouth got me kicked out of the last place I was staying at, I lost my job, been a bad month." Billy told me hanging his head in shame.
"Tom I am sorry for being a jerk yesterday, I don't even know why I picked on you of all the cars on the road. You scared the shit out of me when you followed me. Thank you for all you have done for me." Billy said being honest.
"Your welcome Billy, now lets eat then we can go get your truck from the bar." I told him.
"So where will you stay?" I asked him concerned for him.
"I don't have a place to stay actually I will be back in my truck trying to find odd jobs to do till I find something full time." He answered honestly.
"What kind of work do you do Billy?" I asked.
"Construction, I can do all kinds of work related to construction." He answered with pride.
"I might have a few things you can do for me here, I can let you stay and pay you for the work you do. we will finish eating go get your truck, then I can show you the things I need you to do for me." I suggested.
When we got back I showed Billy what I needed to be done, he pointed out the roof on my shed, the door needed work, a multitude of things to be done.
"Billy let you do what needs to be done, you and I can go get supplies and whatever you need." I got all of Billy's clothes in the wash, and any of his personals he had set up in the spare bedroom. Billy made a list of things he would need, he would ask me if I wanted certain things done,
"Billy you know better than I do, repair replace what needs doing." I told him honestly.
We got in Billy's truck, it was a really cool thing to ride in you could see everything, our destination the local "Home Depot", I loved that store so many hot men in there. We got what Billy needed, I looked over and his gas gauge was on "E". I filled his truck with gas, and headed back home. We unloaded, and I went in to start lunch, Billy came in an few minutes later I gave him a water and told him lunch would be ready shortly.
"Are you okay Billy? You don't look so good." I asked concerned.
"Yea just a lot hung over is all, I guess, I really don't feel well." He told me honestly.
"Go crawl back in bed." I ordered him.
When I went to his room to check on him, he was laid out on the bed in his clothes, you could see he was sweating profusely, I took his temperature, it was very high. I started to remove his clothes.
"What are you doing Tom?" He asked defensively.
"Your burning up, we have to get your fever down, this is more than a hangover." I told him taking his clothes off.
"I feel so weak, and tired like I could pass out anytime." He said sounding so low.
"Just lay back and let me do what I do." I told him.
I stripped Billy naked, filled the tub with cool water, picked him up and placed him in the water, once cooled down I took him from the tub, put him back to bed. His fever was down, now he needed sleep, his body was clearly run down.
Billy slept most of the day, I fed him some broth, gave him something to keep the fever down, He did not actually get up till the next morning. He did not look very good at all his color was bad,
"You're going to the clinic, there is something wrong with you for sure, this is not just a hangover." I told him.
I helped Billy shower and get ready, he laid down while I showered, I got him in the car and off to emergency, he was getting worse by the minute. Billy passed out in the emergency, they got him on a gurney and wheeled off, they asked me questions of who I was, his medical records that sort of thing. I went back to the house got whatever info I could find about Billy.
Billy had a bad flu virus, they would run antibiotics thru his system, to help fight it off, I spent as much time as I could at Billy's side, he did not have any family, his parents had passed many years ago. He was single, never married, no girlfriend, I did find a few odd things while looking thru his truck, receipts from a local bathhouse, a gay bathhouse. In a few days Billy was back to his old self, his color was better, he was eating solid foods. He would be released tomorrow, if he had someone to watch over him.
When I got Billy home we got comfortable quickly, he wanted to get to work on the backyard, you are not going to do a thing for a week or so. Billy was feeling much better day by day, he was pacing the patio door looking in the backyard. I had him draw up plans on what he wanted to do in the backyard. He was working on the plans when I walked up to him and asked.
