My name is John. I'm a recent university graduate. I'm back in the family home, at least for the next few months. I have a job lined up but it start for a while. I have no problem with that. It is nice to have a bit of a break. In the meantime, I'm working part time at a local coffee shop as a barista. This is something I'm used to, as I relied on this during my university studies, to provide a bit of extra cash.
I had a few relationships at uni but nothing serious. The sex was fine, as a young man, any sex is good. Nothing special the usual mutual masturbation, oral and fucking. As far as I knew, this was what you were meant to expect.
Fast forward to my current routine. I'm working three days a week. A pretty standard routine. You get used to the regular customers who come in all of the time. After a while, you get to know them and strike up conversations, when they come in. One of these would lead in an unexpected direction.
Marie is maybe forty years old. She is a fairly average looking brunette, about 5' 4" tall, nice looking but not what you would call classically beautiful. She has been coming in, most days, for a couple of weeks. I had a feeling that I had seen her somewhere else. As we chatted, it turns out that she had recently moved into the same road, where my parents live. I'm guessing I saw her walking about in the area.
It turns out that she was recently divorced and moved here, as part of a clean break from her previous life. A fresh start, somewhere with no reminders of her marriage. She said that she was grateful, that she had no kids, as she'd seen the impact on some of her friends.
Marie would come in, first thing in the morning and pick up a latte, on her way to work, in a local office block. I didn't ask what she did. I'm guessing if she wanted to let on, she would tell me. She would sometimes pop in for a snack after work.
As time went on, she let on that she could do with a hand around the house. She was working relatively long hours and hadn't had time to fully unpack all of the boxes from her move. I agreed to help, having a fair bit of time on my hands. I agreed to visit her house on Sunday, to give her a hand.
I had a reasonable idea of what to expect, as all of the houses in the street were roughly the same. They are semi detached three bedroomed houses with average sized gardens. I arrived at about 9am, wearing a pair of jeans and sweatshirt. I presumed I'd be lifting boxes and shifting things. It turns out, that I was correct. Not much in the house was sorted out. Only the kitchen and bathroom appeared to be as you would expect. The main bedroom had a double bed and wardrobe in place. The rest of the furniture and loads of boxes were piled up in the lounge. This was going to be a long day. Luckily, the boxes had all been labelled, so we set about relocating them.
By the middle of the afternoon, at least all of the boxes where where they should be. Marie said that she would sort them out over time. Next up was the furniture. I'm sure she would have struggled shifting this on her own, some of it was quite heavy and awkward. With the boxes gone, it didn't take long to sort out the sofa and chairs. All that remained was a chest of draws and a bedside cabinet. We took the draws from the chest and carried them to the bedroom. We then lifted the carcass between us, up the stairs and into place. The bedside cabinet although not particularly heavy was awkward. A draw at the top and a cupboard underneath. I stood below, taking most of the weight, whilst Marie guided it up the stairs. Halfway up, the stairs turn 90 degrees. This is where things took a turn. The cupboard handle caught the handrail on the stairs and popped open. Marie's face turned bright red and her mouth gaped open. Tumbling down to my feet was a substantial collection of sex toys. I told her not to worry, we should carry on up and sort things out in a bit.
After installing the cupboard in place, we went and picked up her night time items.