Meg assumed he had been coming into the store for quite some time before she finally noticed him. When she did, she saw that came in alone, two or three times a week and always got in her line to be checked out. He didn't buy much, a few cans of this or that, a loaf of bread or a quart of milk and sometimes a piece of fruit or two and always a lottery ticket. Although he limped a little, walked with a cane and his clothing was a bit threadbare, he was always neat and clean with just a delicate hint of aftershave. He was tall and slender and carried himself with a certain regal elegance that she found intriguing.
Other than her long gone husband, Meg hadn't had many men in her life. Her Grandfather, her Mother's father, died before she was born and her Father had abandoned his family when she was only 2 and then was killed in prison the following year. Her mother committed suicide and at 4 years of age Meg went to live a solitary and lonely life with her grandmother, a bitter old woman. She got pregnant while still in high school and married the cheating, no good, alcoholic bum just before her son was born. After years of abuse, Meg's husband left her for another woman when the boy was 5. She felt it was a blessing in disguise. Now, she was alone and had been for 8 years. She didn't date often because, somehow, being alone suited her. However, she did miss sex.
The stately gentleman had been coming in a few months when Meg started exchanging pleasantries and then began to hold actual conversations with him. She found out his name was Don; he was 75 years old, a veteran of the Korean War and a widower. He retired from a company that went bankrupt and took his pension money with it. He lived in his own home on his social security, a small veterans disability pension for wounds received in Korea (the cause of his limp) and some dividends from stocks and savings.
One day while scanning his groceries she asked him, "I notice that you always wait for me to check you out. Why?"
"Well, please take this as a compliment, but you remind me of my dead wife, Helen. We were married 45 years when she passed away. Your beautiful blue eyes and blond hair make you look just like Helen, my virgin bride, when we were married almost 50 years ago. She was tall and very pretty, like you."
She chuckled and blushed a little. "Thank you very much but I am 31 years old and I have been around some. I was married and have a 13-year-old son. I'm hardly a virgin."
He smiled at her and, with a twinkle in his eye, said, "That doesn't matter. It's what I see in my mind that makes me happy and I just don't have a lot of things to be happy about any more."
The thought of her making him happy haunted her long after he left. She caught herself thinking about his smile and graceful way of expressing him self as she worked her way through he day. In bed that night she dreamt about kissing him and watching him smile as they made love.
"What foolishness." She thought, "almost 45 years difference in their ages and at 75 he probably couldn't make love anyway." The odd thing was she still found herself excited and wet when she woke. The toy in her nightstand brought relief from the tension caused by the dream. The release was rapid and welcome. She hadn't used the toy in months.
The following day, Tuesday, she watched for him but he didn't come in. He finally showed up late on Wednesday and bought two cans of soup, a can of pork and beans, a package of hot dogs, some bread, an apple and a lottery ticket.
When it was his turn at the register she said, "I missed you. I was afraid you were sick or something."
"No, no, I'm fine. I had an appointment at the VA hospital for a check up and I passed with flying colors. It's just that I don't have a car and I have to take the bus across town to get there. It takes forever and they aren't the fastest people in the medical profession either."
"No car? How in the world do you get around?"
"Mostly I walk. I only live about two miles from here so shopping is no problem unless it's raining. Almost everything I need is here in this mall. Or I can take the bus when I need to. The main problem is when I need to buy something big that I can't carry a long way by myself."
Later that night she could once again visualize him, trudging through the rain carrying a huge bundle. When she offered to help he dropped the bundle, took her in his arms and kissed her. The bundle was a mattress that he opened up and used to make love to her, right there beside the road. Meg awoke with a start to find her pussy seeping juice. A quick touch of the vibrator brought a mind blowing orgasm, leaving her weak in the aftermath but somehow strangely unsatisfied.
Although Thursday was busy she kept her eyes out for him but he was a no show. Friday, she was about to give up on him when he finally came in. It was almost the end of her shift when he dropped his meager purchases on the checkout counter in front of her.
Meg was relieved to see him. "Hi, I thought I'd missed you."
"Oh, the VA hospital called. They lost one of my tests and I had to go back again. I thought I would pick up what I needed for the weekend on my way home."
She was pensive as she scanned his few items. She said, "Don, I'm off in five minutes. If you like, I could give you a ride home."
"Why, I would like that, Meg. I am beat from pussyfooting around that hospital all day. Would you mind if I bought a couple of other things and a case of beer? It's too heavy for me to carry all the way home so I can only get one when I have a ride."
She laughed, "Of course not. Maybe I'll charge you a beer for the ride home."
He bought the extra items and the beer and waited by her car while she checked out her register and turned in the day's receipts.
On the way to his house he said, "I hope you weren't joshing about joining me for a beer. It's been quite some time since I entertained a beautiful young lady in my home."
She flushed a little and said, "Why thank you. I was kidding but now I would be honored to join you for a cool beer. Like you, I have nothing to go home to. My son is with his father for the weekend."
"Well, if you like I could whip up some dinner too."
"Oh, no, I couldn't put you through that much trouble."