Mom Living With Me
I had just had a divorce from my wife who I found out had been having an affair with one of the men she had been working with. I knew she traveled for work as a flight attendant, but I trusted her only to one day when I came home from work all her clothing and personal items gone and on the bed an envelope. The envelope contained the letter saying all she wanted was the thirty thousand in our savings account and I could keep the house that was paid for and everything else. I was shocked and called her on the phone to try and talk to her. She answered and we talked only a moment and she gave me the number of her lawyer and to speak to him from now on. I hung up and looked around everything in the house and now how silly me getting upset was. I called her lawyer and told him to meet me at my lawyer's within the hour, as I wanted to go over the paperwork he had and get the divorce over as soon as possible.
I showered and went to the meeting and everything was spelled out just as she had said and my lawyer told me, "There is no way she can come after anything else the way she filed and there is no violence or adultery on your end. If she ever tries there is no way." I hated the fact she was gone and how empty the huge house with the guest apartment next to the pool would be.
I went home and called into work and requested a week off so I could get my life in order. My boss understood and let me have the week as well as the next one-off as I had plenty of vacation time saved up.
Mom was my next call and we talked for over an hour and she was as surprised by the event as I was. Mom lived across town and I invited her over for pizza and a glass of wine, as I just needed another human around for the night.
Dad passed away four years ago and she had been in a small two-bedroom house they bought after I was born The house was over fifty years old with some plumbing and drywall troubles and was starting to need some work done here and there. Mom even had been talking of selling it after she retired and find a smaller place without any upkeep.
It took her two hours to get over to the house after running her errands. She carried her large purse as well as an overnight case and placed them next to the sofa as she sat down. "Well, here I am so open the wine and call in the pizza. I want a medium cheese and red wine. I need to go take a shower and change out of these work clothes and by then the pizza will be here. I will use the guest bath and unpack in the back bedroom so I will have my privacy tonight." she said as she turned and walked down the hall to the back bedroom.
I called in the order and went into the living room and carried two glasses and a bottle of Merlot and turned the television to a classic movie channel mom loved. I heard the shower running and since it was getting to be around seven in the evening I changed out of my work clothes and slipped on a t-shirt and gym shorts. I was in the living room and was in the middle of refilling our glasses when the doorbell rang. I answered the door and paid for the pizzas. I tipped the driver five bucks and he was off. Mom came in wearing the floor-length zippered robe she always wears and I went to grab plates, but she just grabbed a slice of her pizza and grabbed the remote, and turned on the television. We watched three movies and finished two bottles of wine before going to bed.
I awake in the middle of the night and heard the television in the living room going so I pulled on a pair of shorts and went out to see what she was doing.
Mom was watching one of the few movies in my porn collection. It was a straight man and woman video I had bought and had in a cabinet with the rest of over a hundred regular movies. She had not come across it by accident. I turned and not wanting to embarrass her I went into the kitchen and made some noise and slipped my robe on before walking into the living room with a cold soda. I saw she had changed to an HBO movie and I sat next to her.
"You having trouble sleeping?" mom asked me and I nodded my head yes as I tried to get the thought of her watching that movie out of my head. Finishing my drink I got back up and went to bed and slept the rest of the night.
In the morning I woke up at six and showered and mom had just finished making coffee and I had to fill my travel mug and kissed her on the cheek and was out the door for the day. Around lunch, I called her and there was no answer at her house so I called my phone. It rang four times before she picked up. "Mom what are you doing there?" I asked.
"Well, your sheets and bedding needed to be done as well as some good old-fashioned housekeeping your wife never did from the looks of things around here so I thought I would do them for you so the place would be spic and span when you got home. I just need to finish another load of laundry and I will be done and on my way home." mom said in a normal matter-of-fact voice.
"OK I will be home around six-thirty and I was thinking about dinner," I mentioned in a questioning manner.
Her reply was, "How about I fix us some oven-roasted chicken with potatoes, carrots, and onions with cherry apple cobbler for dessert."
"Sounds good, but what else are you going to do today? "I questioned.
"I have to call my lawyer about my house and your father's estate and then I will run by the house and grab a few things and come back to fix dinner. Why don't you stop at the store and buy us a few bottles of white wine for tonight with dinner and afterward? I will stay the night again if that is OK with you." she said.
I was glad for the company and the rest of the day went fast and I closed several accounts out my now ex-wife had no idea of and stopped on the way home and bought four bottles of wine and on a whim a bouquet and went home. Once I walked into the house the smell of food hit me and I was suddenly hungry. The house had not smelled like that in a long time. I followed the smell to the kitchen and mom was just putting the cobbler in the oven. I saw mom bent over wearing the denim house dress she wore for comfort and I leaned against the door frame and watched her. She washed a few dishes and was drying her hands as she turned and saw me standing there.
"Your dad always did the same thing when he came home. Standing in the kitchen door watching me. You remind me so much of him at times. I miss him so much at times and cooking and cleaning the house today made me miss him even more. Now go shower and I will finish dinner. It will be on the table when your done getting yourself cleaned up. ", She said as I turned to go take my shower.
I went to my bathroom and sure enough, she had cleaned it top to bottom even scrubbed the toilet. I stripped out of my dirty clothes and let the shower heat up before getting in under the water. I pulled back the shower curtain and stepped in and took a hot shower. Mom had replaced my soap with a non-scented shower gel and a back scrubbing brush also. I dried off then wrapped a soft towel around my hips. I shaved with my regular razor. Pulling on a pair of shorts with no underwear and a t-shirt I went downstairs to the kitchen only to find the table set in the dining room.
Mom handed me the wine to open as she served dinner filling a generous helping onto our plates and sat down opposite me at the other end of the table. I poured us a glass each and before sitting down I held my glass up and thanked her for a wonderful dinner and hoped for more in the future. Mom blushed with my comment and I did not understand why. The food was fantastic as we finished off the bottle of wine with our meal.
When we finished eating I cleared the table and told mom, "You go and take a bath and I will clean up the kitchen for you as you worked hard all day." she got up and I told her to use the spa tub in my master bath and I would take care of everything tonight. I had just finished the dishes and wiped down the countertops as she came in wearing a towel in her hair and a large bath sheet size towel around her body. I poured her a glass of wine and as I handed it to her I noticed a softer and relaxed look on her face. Mom took the glass and sipped it before turning and walking back out of the kitchen to my master bath again and I swear she swung her hips more as she walked away.
I went into the living room and sat in my recliner and turned on the TV and was watching a sitcom when mom came in wearing her housecoat and sat on the sofa. Her glass was empty so I leaned forward and filled it for her. There was something different, but I could not figure it out and sat back and watched TV. When the nightly news at ten came one when had finished the second bottle of wine and I was getting tired and excused myself to go to bed for the night. Between the huge dinner and two bottles of wine, I was pretty knocked out and sleepy.