We lived on a country road which was named Ernest Road, though it's nickname was "Hunchback Road." It was given that name back in the '40's from the number of car accidents it has caused, particularly in the icy, snowy winter months. It was a tired, old, long road with seldom a house in sight - except for ours of course. To the nickname of "Hunchback Road", teens and young adults have always put a sexual spin on it as well, but having grown up on Hunchback Road and being the only student in my graduating class to live way out here, I've pretty much heard it all.
I'm 20 years-old and having graduated college, but with no job and the demand for my field of work very little (floral design), I was jobless, broke and having to live back with Daddy.
I have to admit I was enjoying it though. After two years of living with roommates, one smuggling pot in a Adidas shoebox and the other arrested for embezzlement, I didn't mind living with my old man in our run-of-the-mill house where there was peace, quiet and freedom from the cops pounding at my door every thirty seconds.
But back to Hunchback Road. It was just my father and I living together, my two older siblings having moved out years ago. And growing up on such a hazardous road, usually two or three times every winter season we'd go out and find someone stranded in his car, or someone knocking on our door if a tow truck wasn't available, or if it was in the night, etc. When my Mom was alive, she'd take care of the drivers real well, fixing them a meal and hot cup of coffee and offering them a bed or the couch to rest on.
It was December 2010. A huge blizzard was coming our way. The weather people warned everyone to keep off the streets. My father and I did so and went to bed early that night after a heavy dinner. At about two o'clock in the morning, I heard a bang from downstairs and my father's voice call out to me.
"Christine!" he hollered.
I rolled out of bed and put on my bathrobe, heading downstairs. My father was sitting a man down on the couch and then went into the kitchen. The man had walked two miles in the freezing weather and finally found our house after he had crashed his car into a ditch. He wasn't injured, just a slight bump on the head. His pants were soaked from walking in the snow.
At that moment, he hadn't noticed me standing there yet, his head was looking down at the floor. I tapped him on the shoulder. He looked up at me with soft brown eyes.
I smiled at him sympathetically. "Are you alright?"
He grinned, "Oh yes, I'll be alright. It's a mess out there!"
"I'm sure it is. Would you like to take a nice hot shower? I could lend you my brother's bathrobe."
He sighed in relief. "I would love one, thank you."
"Hold on just a second," I told him.
I went down the hallway on the first floor and went into the bathroom and laid out a couple of towels and washcloths for him and fetched my brother's old bathrobe. I lead him into the bathroom and a moment later I heard the stream of the shower turn on.
My Dad was in the kitchen making coffee and I started to make a nice, hot breakfast for the man, though early it was for breakfast! I made waffles and bacon and set a place for him at the table.
I learned from my Dad that the man's name was Robert. I was instantly attracted to him. He had this softness about him, this sweetness. He had soft eyes and I fantasized about them opening and closing in slow-motion, making eyes at me. He had brown hair and stood about 5'9" with a skinny frame.
This is usually what I did for drivers who had gotten stuck in the snow, but there was an extra, additional instinct in me to want to take care of this man. I wanted to take care of his needs and it wasn't long before I thought of his sexual needs and how I would love to take care of those, too. He brought out an instinct that made me want to mother him.
A few minutes later he came out with my brother's blue bathrobe on and grinned when he saw the breakfast, which by now had been made for all three of us to be enjoyed. I sat next to my father with Robert across from us. The early-early breakfast was purely platonic, with not even a flirtation happening, but I couldn't help but notice how truly beautiful his eyes were. Big, expressive and wide-set. He had a kind of nerdy look to him - not the stereotypical nerdy look with huge glasses and suspenders, but an average-nerdy look. I estimated his age to be about 42 or 43.
"Christine, show Robert to his bedroom," my father said. "I'm going up to bed."
I nodded. The three of us cleared the table and I lead Robert down the hall to his room. He was quite impressed with the guest room, with clean sheets and a television. I turned down the blankets for him, and I could feel him watching me from the doorway, my bottom bent over in my silk bathrobe. Or was I just imagining it?
"There you are, Robert," I said to him and turned around with a smile.
"Thank you very much, young lady," he said to me. "I appreciate you and your father welcoming me into your home. I sense that this happens quite often."
"In the wintertime it does. Good night, Robert."
"Good night."
I shut the door behind him and took his clothes to the laundry room and threw them in the dryer. I noticed they were slacks, a button-up shirt and a tie. There was also a pair of boxers, which excited me. I laid snugly in my bed, knowing Robert was right below me, myself fantasizing, wondering if he was too...
When I woke up in the morning, I saw how thick the snow was and how the road was blocked in. There must've been four feet of snow in the roads, and it hadn't even been plowed yet. It was one of the worst blizzards in years, the weather man said, and I was happy that Robert would be staying with us for a little while longer.
He and I were up in the morning before Dad was and we were sitting in the living room, talking and joking. I saw something more in his eyes this morning - a little twinkle in them when he looked at me. I giggled at him flirtatiously and fetched his clean clothes for him to wear. I went up to my bedroom to get ready for the day, too. I showered, dried my hair, brushed it, brushed my teeth and put a pair of tight jeans and a violet sweater that was low cut and warm, but sexy at the same time. I put on some makeup and investigated myself in the mirror.