You don't hear the term mother-in-law apartment much anymore. Maybe it's not politically correct. You know, the righteous elitists think it implies that older women are expected to live in small apartments that are tucked into bigger houses that younger families occupy. Or maybe the abbreviation MILA is just too close to MILF and prudish parents don't like having to explain the difference. The urban planning term is accessory dwelling unit, which is abbreviated to ADU, or least it will be until some smartass sees it could mean Asshole Development Unit. Anyway, I like the term mother-in-law apartment and in spite of my leftist leanings, I've really got my belly full of this political correctness horseshit. The point is that these MILA's or ADU's are the kind of places I prefer to rent. You will see why if you have the patience to read on.
It was towards evening one day in late fall that I was cleaning and putting the tools away in the garage after having laid a couple hundred square feet of concrete pavers on the patio adjoining my mother-in-law apartment. The apartment was in one of those so-called raised ranch-type homes, which in upstate New York and in Pennsylvania were quite popular in the 60's and 70's. Now a raised ranch means just that -- it's a ranch-type home that is raised up so that the main floor is 3 to 6 feet above the ground. The house in which I was living was on a lot that sloped to the rear so that in the back, the basement stuck out of the ground far enough so I only had a few steps to go down to enter in and I had sort of normal windows. The apartment consisted of a big room containing the kitchen, dining table and living area plus a tiny bedroom and a tiny bathroom with toilet, lavatory and shower. Couples used to build houses like this figuring that some day, one of their mothers-in-law would become widowed or divorced and need a place to stay. Hence the name: "mother-in-law apartment".
Anyway, it was getting cold and I was rushing with the cleanup when suddenly, I heard the side door of the garage opening and turned to see a lady walk in. It startled me because the landlady, Ruth, an early 70's widow, who occupied the primary residence in the house, was in Scranton visiting her son, so I hadn't expected to hear or see anyone. The surprise lady turned out to be the Ellen, the landlady's daughter, a mid-40's nurse with a build comfortably somewhere between that of a marathon runner and someone who might be heading for obesity -- in other words slightly stocky. Yes, almost stocky, but still here was a woman that most 40+ year-old men would kill for to have as a wife.
She opened with "Never thought you'd finish that patio today. Got a backache?"
"Didn't think I would either. Backache?" And then I joked: "Yeah, but after the shower, my personal trainer is coming by to give me a massage."
"Sounds like the way to handle it. Anyway I'm really glad you can take care of some of this stuff for Mom. The way that patio was - been worrying us for years. Where'd you learn to do that kind of work? Used to do it professionally?"
"Nah, not really, just picked it up along the way. After I got declared excess in my mid-40's, I wasn't overloaded with job offers." (I don't like to let on too much about where I've been or what I've done.)
"Anyway I'm glad you fixed that patio." With that she turned and went out and I heard her start the car and then drive off.
Damn but my back hurt! That patio, 13 by 24 feet of 16-inch square concrete pavers, had had low spots, wobbling pavers and weeds. I had removed and stockpiled all 180 of the pavers and then dug out what was below -- mostly dirt that some incompetent and/or crooked contractor had put in years before -- and then wheel-barrowed it all to the front drive for pickup by a local trucker. After getting the trucker to deliver base rock and crushed gravel, Ruth had driven me to Home Depot where we rented a tamper and picked up 2x4's for the borders and to make a screed. Then I'd wheel-barrowed in the new base rock and compacted it with the tamper.
Yesterday afternoon, I'd finished screeding off the crushed gravel and began laying the pavers back in place. Today, I'd finished relaying the pavers. A 16-inch paver weighs a little over 22 pounds and you might say that's not much, but when you lay these things, you've got to lean out while kneeling. That just isn't the kind of work a 60+ year-old ought to be doing.
Not that I had any choice after my job loss and subsequent divorce some 15 years earlier. As the marriage was falling apart, my ex had made some accusations that a policewoman and a shrink had blown up into some pretty serious criminal charges. To make a long story short, I jumped bail and took off with not much more than what fit in a small rucksack. Now when I should have been playing golf in Arizona, I was janitoring for below minimum wage in a nightclub five or six mornings a week and doing any odd jobs that came my way. At least the rent in the half-basement apartment was low and the yard and maintenance work for Ruth helped offset even that. I really like to live in mother-in-law apartments because they let me feel less like the fugitive that I am. Unfortunately, it isn't easy for a guy like me to rent them because I can't bring references and even if the landlord agrees to take me, they get suspicious when I have to pay in cash. Fortunately, lots of homeowners are greedy and they realize that when they get the rent in cash, the IRS can't find out about it.
After I got the tools cleaned up and put away, I couldn't get under that hot shower soon enough and I stayed in 20 minutes or so to loosen up the back muscles. Dressed in a towel cloth robe, I came out of the bathroom with the intent of making a pot of tea. There stood a smiling Ellen in her nurse uniform!
"Ready for your massage?"
Then I noticed the portable massage table set up where the coffee table normally stood.
"Ellen, really I was joking -- I don't want to pressure you into doing favors. I'm not into mooching. You probably work hard enough at the hospital without having to give freebies."
"Al, please don't argue with me. Just lay face down on the table and I'll fix your back."
Well, pushover that I am, I got myself on the table face down with the robe draped over me like a blanket. After taking the robe away off and replacing it with a towel, Ellen went to the head end of the table, leaned over my head and started working on my lower back, simultaneously on both sides of the spine. Leaning over my head like that meant her breasts were constantly sliding over the back of my head and even more so as she went further down to and onto the rise of my rear end. Predictably, this initiated a warm stirring in my crotch. Time flew as I was mentally trying to keep myself under control. Then she went around to the foot end and, successively on each leg, worked the foot, calve and thigh ending at the bottom of my ass and even the inside of my thigh. Now I really started swelling up and my hard dick between the pubis bone and the thin cushioning of the portable massage table must have raised me up by an inch. Surely she must see what was going on as her hands came all the way up to the inside of my thighs?
"Now why don't you roll over so I can work your pectorals and chest?"
"Ahmmm, well, ahmm, this could be a little embarrassing for both of us?"
"Silly boy, you know I'm a nurse. Don't you think nurses ever have male patients get an erection? That issue gets covered very early in nurse's training. Besides I've been married to Andy for 22 years and we consummated our marriage well before the happy day."
"Well what do you do when a patient gets a boner during his bed bath?"
"Generally, I drape a cold washcloth over the offending member. Another way is to flick the pole with my finger but this is frowned on by the profession and for me, that's just too aggressive."
"What about just giving the patient a release?"
"That's not very professional but I know of nurses who do that. Now please stop procrastinating and roll over."
Well, I rolled over expecting her to put an icepack over the tent pole -- the situation was that obvious. Instead she just let the tent stand and went to work on my shoulders, pectorals before working her way down to the edge of the tent. She was again working from the head end of the table so I couldn't help noticing that she was breathing differently and her breath was taking on a pleasant musky scent. This time her breasts were brushing my cheeks, sometimes lightly and then more often with some pressure. Now my dick was throbbing like a steam engine and an uncontrolled release would not have been a surprise outcome.