Story 22 Chapter 1

  Derek knew two things about his employer. She liked her lawn mowed low and she was a single woman who was way older than he was. He observed her temperance and engaged her intelligently. She never wasted time on chatter like some of his previous employers did.   She simply hummed her greeting and waved her hands as she went by, for a jog or a stroll to the mall for grocery. He made a vague estimation of her age in his head and placed it at a number above fifty at least. It was only a difficult estimation to reach given that she looked younger sometimes.   He worked for her for over two months before they exchanged any words other than their regular bits of hummed salutations and waves. But she paid on time and she paid well. It was all Derek needed and it was all that mattered.   Derek thought she was beautiful but it was in an innocent way. She kept herself fit by her strict exercise regimen and once or twice he had seen her with a mat in her sitting room as he made his way to the b