She Just Fell In My Lap

Two years ago these two lesbians moved in next door, the older one mid forties, the younger one early thirties. They kept to themselves. Then one evening around nine the younger one rings my doorbell, she is nursing a black eye and a bloody nose. I took her into the kitchen and got her nosebleed under control, and checked her orbit around her eye. My initial feelings were to take her down and get an x-ray.

In the car she admitted her 'partner' hit her, several times. A longstanding issue between them. The more she talked it sounded like she went through a lot until it exploded. The ER confirmed a blowout fracture. I took her home, my home, gave her the pain meds, and put her to bed.

That was in April, she lives here, works for a company from home, she picks up after herself, snuggles up with me when she's cold, doesn't care if she gets my motor running and I get on her. She won't, doesn't want to leave, so I have her here. If I wasn't a grandpa I'd be on her, but 30 years is a big gap to reconcile. She makes me happy so I'm not in a hurry to help her move on. Sure feels good when she snuggles up.