1. Max and Rosie Pt. 1


    Date: 10/19/2017, Categories: Love Stories, Author: Sisyphus, Rating: 13, Source: LushStories

    an orange for her and placed the rind over her teeth and smiled at Rosie. When she swept the kitchen floor and Rosie was sitting looking out the window, Robin gently swept Rosie’s feet then said, “Oops,” which made Rosie laugh hysterically. Robin often plugged her iPod into a speaker she had and played old songs from the seventies and it seemed like Rosie was remembering songs she liked. Rosie even moved her head from side to side. A few times, Robin got Rosie out of her chair and took her hand and they danced. Robin snapped her fingers and wiggled her hips and Rosie did the same thing and laughed. Max enjoyed Robin’s manner with Rosie and thanked her every day for all the things she did that were beyond the routine of taking care of Rosie’s needs—showering her, taking her to the bathroom, combing her hair, making sure she took her medication and vitamins. Several times a week, she would dress Rosie in one of her old outfits and let her look at herself in the mirror. “You look so beautiful,” she would say. Rosie smiled as she looked at herself. Robin would then present her to Max who would look up at her and smile. “You wore that dress when we saw Les Miserables at the Academy.” “Really, this is the dress I wore that night?” Rosie smiled and looked down at her outfit. “I think I remember that night.” Robin kept the kitchen and other rooms spotless. She made delicious meals and would sit with Max while she made up a menu for the week and together they would make a ...
    shopping list for him in order to save trips to the market. He did the shopping on Thursdays after his classes, but occasionally Robin borrowed Max’s old Volvo and would do the shopping and pick up items she needed. They settled into a routine and Max enjoyed Robin’s presence in the house and the way she respected his need for quiet and privacy. She stacked Max’s New Yorker magazines neatly and put them in a corner out of the way rather than leaving them in a sloppy pile on the floor next to his recliner. She brought Max tea while he was writing in his small office or going over his students’ stories from his creative writing class. Rarely did she join them for their afternoon ritual of tea and raspberry jam on rye toast, but many times she walked to the park with them to feed the ducks. “I love the fresh air and this park is so beautiful,” she would say. She also picked wildflowers which she brought back and placed in a vase that she put in the middle of the round oak kitchen table. Rosie was now in a wheelchair and Max would push it slowly while they went to the park, but gradually, Rosie stopped tossing bread and it was just Max and Robin feeding the ducks. Eventually, as it got colder and it appeared Rosie didn’t know where they were or didn’t care, they stopped going to the pond. Leah came over several times a week to visit and after greeting her mother, would join Robin to drink coffee and chat. Leah would tell her about Ron, the man she had been living with and how the ...
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