She was outside the bar, fumbling with her carkeys. She kept dropping them, clearly too drunk to drive.
She was 50ish, 5'4, stocky, with blonde hair, disheveled, make-up run-down, wearing a tight skirt/suit. The light rain had soaked her through, and she was shivering. 0bviously, a business woman who had a few too many after work.
I had downed a few myself, but was fairly functional, especially compared to her. My car was next to hers. "Hi, do you need a hand?" I asked.
She turned, took in my 5'10, 170 lb frame, trim beard, and being at least 20 years younger than her. She smiled, lazily. "I'm having a little trouble finding the hole." Pointing at her car door.
I smiled. "I can see that. Are you sure you want to drive? There's a lot of cops around tonight, I can call you a cab..."
She touched my arm. "I really can't wait that long. my boss is in there, and if he sees me like this, I'll be canned by tomorrow."
"Yeah? Well, I'd hate to see you get jammed up with your boss or the cops. How far do you have to go?"
It turned out she was on my way, about a mile away. Feeling magnanimous, and chivalrous to the mature damsel in distress, I retrieved her keys and helped her into my car, pulling out just as her boss was exiting.
"Oh My God! Thank you! If I was still trying to get in my car, he would have seen me!"
"Yeah, that was lucky that we met. You can get your car in the morning. I'll put some heat on for you."
She gave me a big smile. "You're like my Guardian Angel, protecting me!"
I had to smile at that, being anything but an angel.
As we drove, we chatted, her name was Rose, she was a secretery at a shipping company. Her boss was married, had a girl friend on the side, and chased anything in a skirt.
I introduced myself, Harry, currently unemployed, out of work bartender, musician, truck-driver, etc.
Her eyes shown in the darkness, a glow that seemed more than casual, and as I glanced over at her, I noticed how her skirt barely covered the tops of dark stockings, which women rarely wear, i thought, preferring pantiehose. She also made no effort to cover herself. Her breasts were pressed against a red satin blouse, under the suit jacket, and ample flesh could be seen as she breathed deeply, still smiling at me.
"What?" she asked.
"Huh?"
" What are you looking at me like that for?"
"I was just thinking, I can understand why your boss is chasing you."