* This story has a somewhat longer intro than usual. Bear with me.
Tuesday evening
That night at dinner, Anne reminded her husband that she had an early doctor's appointment the next day. She quickly glanced at John, to make sure that he got the message.
'Is something wrong, Mum?' her daughter enquired.
'No, darling. It's just a yearly check-up, but I'll have to go early,' Anne said, hoping that John would understand that she would be unavailable for his needs for a day. Maybe she could catch up with a friend afterwards, perhaps Jenny, or even Sue or Louise, who she hadn't seen for ages.
'I have to go and get some things tomorrow morning,' John responded. 'I can give you a lift. Maybe we can have a coffee afterwards.'
'No, thanks John. I'll be fine. My doctor is over in Hamilton,' Anne responded, not wanting to be with John the next day.
'Actually I was hoping to take the car tomorrow,' her husband cut in. 'I forgot to tell you that I have to make some site visits and all the company cars are out or at the workshop at the moment. It'd be great if John can take you there and you can get the bus back?' he asked with a knitted brow.
Anne was caught. Her husband did not need the car often, and she hated to inconvenience him, as she knew things had been tough at work lately. But she didn't want to depend on John, and the buses in peak hour took forever, and she would need to change. Bugger, she thought. But she also felt guilty already towards her husband and didn't want to make his life harder, so in the end she heard herself saying, 'Ok dear. You take the car and I'll go with John and get the bus home'.
Her heart sank. She had been hoping for a day free of John and his desires, but it was not to be apparently. But maybe it would be better out of the house. John was usually a real gentleman in public. Maybe if they spent some time in the outside world, it would make things better between them. This was the hope she had for the next day.
Wednesday
The next day, when Anne made breakfast for the family, John was at the table too, in a decent pair of jeans for a change, all politeness and ease, joining in the breakfast banter. Then her husband and daughter left, and Anne rushed to take a quick shower before getting ready. She only had 20 minutes before they would have to leave in order to make it to the doctor's by 8.30.
She finished her shower and put on her undies and bra. She had just started to put on the nice cream pleated skirt and grey blouse she had chosen, when John walked in to her bedroom without knocking. He was wearing the jeans and a clean white t-shirt, rather than the boxers and old shirt she usually saw him in. He looked quite presentable really, handsome and athletic-looking. Someone she would not be ashamed to be seen with.
'What are you going to wear?' he asked, watching her, and taking in the curves of her body.
'Just a nice skirt and blouse to see the doctor in,' Anne replied, annoyed that he would ask her something like this.
'Why don't you wear something prettier?' he asked. 'I saw you wearing a red skirt and white blouse one day that looked amazing.'
Anne was taken aback. Which skirt and blouse did he mean, and when had he seen them? She didn't think young men really noticed such things about older women. Then she remembered that she had worn a pretty red skirt with white blouse one weekend to see a friend for lunch a couple of weeks before. How amazing that he had noticed that! He must watch her often she thought, reddening slightly.
'No, those things are too casual to see the doctor in,' she laughed, and began to put on her cream skirt.
But John stopped her from stepping into her skirt, holding her by the arm.
'No Anne. Wear the other ones. You look good in them. I'm sure the doctor will be impressed too.'
Anne protested and tried to put on the clothes she had chosen, but John grabbed the clothes from her and threw them across the room. Anne seethed in frustration. Why was he interfering? It was no business of his what clothes she wore.
She attempted to retrieve the clothes, but John stopped her and dragged her over to her walk-in wardrobe, the wardrobe that he'd forever spoiled for her by fucking her there in the first week of his stay. For a moment, as she struggled there, wearing only her bra and panties, she feared he might push her down again and force her to miss her appointment while he fucked her again amongst all her nice clothes. Maybe the wardrobe would bring out the beast in him again. Time was ticking past and she would soon be late, and she so hated to be late for anything. Punctuality, as her mother had told her and Anne had told her children, is a matter of respect for other people.
'OK Anne. Where's the red skirt?' John's voice brought her back to the problem. He obviously wanted to see her looking pretty, even though it wasn't really appropriate for the doctor. To save time, she quickly found the clothes he wanted and put them on, under John's watchful and approving eye. The skirt was a shortish A-line skirt in a light fabric that moved gaily as she walked. It was pretty, but she rarely wore it as she thought it was too short for her, and it was difficult to control on windy days when she had to keep it from blowing up. The white blouse was also pretty but it was a little tight and low cut and tended to show off the shape of her breasts rather more than she was usually comfortable.
She scowled at herself in the mirror. She looked too pretty for the doctor, but she could see why John had wanted her to wear these clothes. She could see too much leg and too much cleavage. She could also clearly see the outline of her nipples pushing at the blouse, despite the bra. She tried to adjust the blouse to cover herself a bit more, but to little effect. Then she looked at the time. She would be late if she didn't go now. There was no more time to argue with John and try to change. She grimaced to herself, and then rushed out with John, who was smiling at her. Perhaps he meant to indicate his appreciation of her looks, but to Anne it looked like the smirk of a winner.
At first the traffic was slow, and Anne seethed in silence and frustration. John had made her late, and now she would see the doctor dressed like she was a twenty-year-old on a date. Eventually they arrived with only a minute to spare, and she ran into the waiting room, only to be kept waiting twenty minutes as the doctor had squeezed in a young expectant mother before her.
The appointment went well, the doctor commenting how well she looked. Her blood pressure was better than normal, and the doctor checked her breasts and found no lumps or worrying signs. Then the doctor gave her a pap smear, after which she commented that Anne's vagina was looking very healthy, and asked if she had been exercising a lot, or if her sex life had improved. Anne blushed and said that it had somewhat, but of course she couldn't go into details. But it was embarrassing that the doctor could tell she had been fucking a lot recently.
So the doctor gave her a clean bill of health and told her to come back in a year. Anne was relieved of course, and left to look for a bus. But the first thing she saw when she came out of the door was John, waiting on the footpath for her. She was glad in a way, as she did not much like this part of town, which was not as nice as her leafy suburb. She didn't fancy getting two buses home, as you never know who would sit next to you on the bus, particularly around here. She didn't like to be elitist, but unemployment had been high around here since a spate of factory closures, and unemployment made people a bit meaner.
'Everything ok?' John asked, patting her shoulder lightly. Anne nodded and managed a half-smile. She couldn't tell him that the doctor had complimented the state of her vagina, or he would think he was helping her!