I read the newspaper ad "elderly man looking for a living in nurse". Being a certified male nurse I decided to check it out. I was excited about finishing my residency and being considered the top nurse at the hospital I worked for but everything was put on hold after my girlfriend of four years decided to go on a Bahama vacations with her friends and found someone else more compatible with from our zip code. Not wanting to be around anything that reminded me of her I backpacked it around cities after cities hitchhiking here and there all until I got to this cash and carry store away from town and decided to glance the classified ads. The ad didn't really come with much detail other than a contact number and that I would be taking care of an older man. Of course I had to frisky up my resume a bit lied about the kind of doctor group I worked for and the job I was doing to get an interview but it was almost too easy. Too easy getting the job and they could of easily proven me a liar by dialing any of the references I had given them.
Getting to the only house near the only lake in town was easier to do that I had given myself credit for. Being so far away from a town I used to call home I would need to at least have a sense of directions but not having a specific place in mind and just following the road up north wasn't rocket science. All roads leads to Rome mind of thinking. I was quickly ushered in introduce and presented with a choice of whatever I wanted to drink I went for the safest answer and ask for water. The madame I had spoken too came through the double doors rolling a wheelchair with what would be my patience for the upcoming month or months as she wasn't sure how long her job would keep her away.
A quick shake of the hand did it for her and she assured me that my story checked out and so she would be glad to take me in as long as I still wanted the job. With my poker face intact I go for the mister's hand and it was almost as if he has used all his strength to yank me by the arm all the way to eye level for a malicious grin and a wink. It took a second or two to recompose but I couldn't hide the blush in my face and having him staring me like a hunter do to its pray didn't help me in any way. After a rather rushed explanation of his physical limitations, medications, routines stuff I felt like I was somehow in the know. Being me I wanted to ask about how he ended up in the wheelchair and that's the first time I heard his very deep voice answering my question "age, being old would do that to you". Suddenly the floor seem more appealing at the moment and I wish being eye raped by the man in questioned was in the list of my job duties so I know not to apply. Of course I have had man awkwardly stared me down in the locker room at the fitness center I attended but being into girl all my life I honestly never being exposed to anything the like. Besides I probably was just exaggerating. I don't play well with strangers who does.