Wife orders husband to help a neighbour who has lost her husband. He takes over more than the little jobs in the house and all on the insistance of his wife.
A randy young man discovers personal advantage over the strong women in his family. Taking advantage of that advantage proves challenging, however. It risks destroying his chances and the family's integrity forever.
This is one of my longer stories. Paul has neighbors who he socializes with, before and after his divorce. He is attracted to the wife but remains aloof. When she becomes widowed, he tries to lend support for her and her nineteen-year-old daughter. Consoling them both at different times, during a period of 'pillow talk' the widow tells him about how she grew up and how she met her husband.