Exactly one week after I caught my wife fucking the local Laundromat owner, I moved in to a shitty 2 bedroom place in a shitty part of town. Exactly one week after I paid my first alimony check, I moved into a shittier place in a shittier part of town. Forget about the wrong side, this place was virtually ON the tracks.
Still, it was close to work, so I saved money on the commute, and I could come home for lunch if money was really tight. And I must admit, the landlady was good for my ego.
Mrs. Feeny was 58, a widow who would be divorced herself if her husband had lived long enough. At 23 years older than me she was literally old enough to be my mother. She'd been a looker in her time if the photos she showed me were anything to go by. Her figure still held hints of its former bombshell glory. Her hair was still a dark chestnut, though she freely admitted it was no longer her natural color. Yeah, Mrs. Feeny was still a sight for sore eyes like mine, so when I'd been there for a couple of months and she came right out and offered to let me fuck her in lieu of a week's rent, I damn well almost took her up on the offer.
I did turn her down, though. Mostly out of my own pride more than anything else. I didn't want to be the kind of guy who did that sort of thing rather than pay his way in life. But she'd said it again; when I made mention that my sister's birthday present had left me a bit short. And then again last week, when I told her about my car needing a service.
I was pretty sure she wasn't kidding.
"I'm not so broke that I'd take advantage of you like that, Mrs. Feeny." I had told her last week.
"It's Liza, as I've told you a million times." she replied "And it's not taking advantage if I offer!"
I suppose it shouldn't have been a surprise then, when Mrs. Feeny didn't come down at 7pm to collect the rent as she'd said she would. After all, how better to get me up to her place?
"Hello Axel," she purred "I was just on my way down to see you."
"Dressed like that?" I asked, looking straight down her almost-entirely-open robe.
"Why not?" she replied, "The offer is still open, you know."
"Mrs. Feeny," I started, then corrected myself: "Liza..."
"Yes?" She breathed the word like an old-time movie vixen.
"I'm not going to sleep with you in exchange for the rent." I said, handing her the envelope that contained this week's payment. "I'm just not like that."
Her face fell a little. I hadn't insulted her, just disappointed her, I guess. Maybe the thought of being able to get a younger guy in bed was what made her feel sexy. And what the hell? She was sexy and I was horny.
Like I said, what the hell?
"But that doesn't mean I don't want to sleep with you at all!" I finished.
Liza's face lit up like a little kid's on Christmas morning. Without a word she simply opened the door wide and let me in. I slipped my arms around her ample waist and my tongue into her mouth. She dropped the envelope on the floor and shrugged out of the top half of her robe.