This is a work of fiction...
There was knock at the door, not the doorbell, but a knock.
A knock had a particular significance, at least knocks of a certain kind.
This one was that kind.
Three, pause. Two, pause. Three more.
Hank looked at his watch and shook his head. There was no one expected at this hour, no one wanted, as far as that was concerned. He sat for a moment, thinking of ignoring the knock, letting whoever it was determine that he either wasn't interested or wasn't home.
The knock came again.
He waited.
And again.
Damn! He thought, guess someone's in need.
On the walk to his front door, Hank hoped the persistent caller would have already decided to leave, that his opening the door would be fruitless, the porch empty.
It wasn't.
Standing in the darkness, illuminated only by light issuing forth from inside his house, Hank saw a young female, what he would consider a girl.
Hank was 47 years old, though he looked a little younger, somewhere in his late 30's, as if that small amount really mattered.
The girl looked very young to him, younger than she ought to be, knocking on his door like that, at this time of night. Knocking in the rhythm that implied she knew something, wanted something, expected something from Hank that others had gotten, still got whenever they could schedule time.
Hank looked at her with a scowl on his face.
She was smiling, sheepishly.
"What can I do for you, miss?" he asked politely, more politely than he wanted, out of respect for her age, or lack thereof. He figured, in a glance, that she had somehow knocked the special knock by mistake, and in her ignorance had intruded on his evening.
"Uh, I... well, I'm here for the... treatment," she said, stammering, saying the words as if they were rehearsed, memorized, not truly meant.
Hank scowled again. "Y must be mistaken," he said, a bit taken aback by her words, the words he required to be said before he let anyone in who really was there for his treatment.
"Uh, no... I'm here for the treatment, sir," she said again. "I know what that means."
From the tone of her voice, Hank thought she really believed what she was saying, that she knew about what followed those words. But, he thought she still didn't know for sure what she was saying.
"Who put you up to this? This some kinda joke?" he asked, his tone hard, edgy. He wasn't in the mood for jokes.
"No... I, uh, am here for the treatment," the girl said, her eyes pleading, as if she wanted to say more but didn't dare.
Hank stepped out onto the porch, forcing the girl backwards. He looked both ways, up and down the street in front of his house, wondering who was hiding, watching, thinking this was funny.
Then he had another thought.
"You a cop, or work for 'em?" he asked. "'Cause if you are then you can get the hell outta here. I don't do anything illegal." He stepped towards her as he spoke, his large body looming over her, threatening in its own way.
"No sir, I'm no cop. This is no joke. I'm here..." she started to repeat the statement but Hank interrupted.
"Stop! Goddamn, let's talk inside," Hanks patience was thin, easily exhausted this particular evening.
The girl nodded, went inside after he motioned her ahead of himself. For the first time Hank noticed her physically, really looking at her body rather than seeing her with a filter, as he had been doing, already having categorized her as too young. Her ass was full and firm looking, her tits larger than average, especially for a girl this size. Hank put her at about a size 3.
Maybe she's older'n I thought, he told himself, but still too young for me.
Too young to be knocking on his door and asking for the treatment.
The sound of the door being shut made the girl stop. There was nothing spoken, but she stopped in front of the mirror, just as he made the others, the ones who were really there for what he offered.
"Now, miss...?" Hank waited for her to give her name.
"...Tracy," she answered on cue.
"...Tracy, okay. Now, Tracy, why are you here?" he asked in a tone that left no doubt he was still irritated.
"I'm here..." she started once more but Hank stopped her again, this time by slapping his hands down on a table he had in front of the mirror.
In a tone that he knew was scary, intentionally, he interrupted her. "Goddammit! No more of that shit! Now you either tell me why you're really here or I'm either gonna throw you out on your ass or call the cops! Understand?"