KARIN
It was a rough couple of hours, but the doctor finally came out of the examining room and told us Dad would be okay. He threw a lot of technical jargon at us, but the bottom line was that Dad might have had a minor cardiac episode, but mostly it was sheer exhaustion. This was very unusual for a man under forty who hadn't just run a marathon, and who didn't have any underlying conditions, but he seemed to be okay.
Maybe it would have helped to tell the doctor that Dad had just had out-of-control sex twice, first with Mom and then with his eighteen-year-old daughter - but I thought it would be better not to mention that.
JEREMY
I couldn't help feeling somewhat responsible, though I'm not sure what I could have done. Maybe if I'd been able to convince Naomi to stay. But after we'd had sex, we both wanted to be as far from one another as possible.
That seems to ease up after a while - I'm okay around Karin now, after all, even though there's no sexual attraction...
Anyway, when I heard Dad's car take off, and I realized Naomi wasn't in Karin's room, I knew she was in his car and I knew what was going to happen.
The doctor told us we could take Dad home in an hour or so. Mom needed to fill out some paperwork, and in the meantime a nurse just went in to give him some instructions about diet and exercise.
Holy shit no!
I thought, and ran into Dad's room, almost bowling over an old man with a walker.
The nurse, wearing a tag that identified her as Angela Bennett, was demonstrating some breathing exercises, and was startled by my presence. "Is there something I can help you with, young man?"
I guess she was about thirty, so a dozen years older than I was, but still it seemed odd for her to be calling me "young man."
"That's my father," I told her.
"I understand, but you still need to wait outside with the rest of your family."
"I know, but... he can't be alone with a woman." Because sex right now would probably kill him, but there's no way I could explain that.
"I'm not a woman," she said curtly. "I'm a nurse."
Oh, she was definitely a woman, I thought. "It's a religious thing. He can't be alone with any woman, even a nurse."
"What sort of religion is that?"
"Uh... the one Mike Pence is. Is part of."
I could see she was wondering whether I need to be escorted to the psych ward, but decided it wasn't worth the bother. "Well," she said, "I think we're about done here. There's some more information he'll need, but I suppose I can give it to you. You are over eighteen, aren't you?"
Ouch. "Yes, ma'am."
"Okay, come with me." She grabbed a folder from a small table next to Dad's bed, and led me out of the examining room into a small office, barely large enough for a doctor or nurse to draw blood or take blood pressure.
She opened the folder, and took out some prescription sheets. "We'd like him to take these for a week, and then come back for a follow-up and we'll see where he stands." Then she gave me a small pile of papers with illustrations on them. "Your father should do these light exercises once a day. They'll help his circulation and stamina." She demonstrated a short series of stretches. "Ten reps of this," she said. "It's important that he keeps his back as straight as possible, because we don't want him back here because he pulled something."
"Okay, thanks," I said.
"The second set of exercises, maybe you should look more carefully." She unbuttoned her green scrubs blouse and took it off, revealing a light green bra. It seemed sturdy enough to support her through a long day, but the cups were sheer enough to show off her areolas and nipples. "Watch my lower back," she told me, as she began the stretches.
I doubt she expected me to really be watching her lower back.
"Okay, let's see you do them," she said. When I began, she said "Shirt off. It's okay, Jeremy, I'm a nurse."
Once I had my shirt off, I went through the stretches and she put her hands on my chest to make sure my muscles were stretching properly.
She had no idea what was happening, but of course I did: I'd gotten her out of Dad's room so he wouldn't
die
, but then I'd been so focused on what she was telling me that I forgot we'd been alone together for more than fifteen minutes.
Oh well... it's not as if I'd planned this, but I wouldn't have said no to her even if
I did
still have the ability to say no.
(Though in a larger sense, does
any
eighteen-year-old guy
ever
have the ability to say no to sex?)
"Any leg exercises you can recommend?" I asked.
She smiled. "I do, I fact."
She untied her scrubs pants and let them drop to the ground. She lifted her leg and placed her foot on a chair, showing me both her flexibility and a wet spot on the crotch of her white panties.