This story starts out slow, but hopefully you will enjoy how it progresses. I pray you don't get bored before the real excitement begins.
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Eric had dropped out of school a month ago. At 20, he felt like he had wasted the last few years of his life. He wasn't well built enough that girls would swoon over him, or smart enough that they would ask him to do their homework. Mom tried to encourage him to get better grades, but he was always too busy trying to look down some chic's blouse, or daydreaming about what was beneath the blouse. Dad proved to have better judgment than mom. One day, he just told Eric to either up his grades or find a job - or else.
So here he was, a door-to-door salesman for a small company that sold those exercise machines which promise on TV to make you a hunk or supermodel or get your money back. Any wages were only in the form of sales commissions, so the company readily hired him, no questions asked. Given his shy nature and geeky looks, Eric wouldn't have been able to sell a robe to a woman stripped naked by a hurricane, but he had a job, so his father allowed him to continue staying at home.
Every morning, Eric and others like him received a list of people who had called the TV hotline, but hadn't placed an order. The company had worked out some unscrupulous way by which to trace the caller Ids and pin them to an address. It was his job to convince them to make the purchase. He figured that since they had called, they were already interested. Also, since they had bothered to call, they must be home-bound people who had just too much time to watch infomercials. It would be a cinch. Was he wrong! He hadn't thought about the other side of the coin - why they had hung up without placing their order.
In the last month, Eric hadn't been able to convert a single potential customer. In fact, many of his house calls slammed the door on him with threats that are best not mentioned here. His company didn't care. If he didn't make a sale, they didn't have to pay him. He didn't care. He had a job, so his dad wouldn't throw him out. Plus, he got to drive all day, even if it was in a beaten down second-hand van, and eat junk food between stops. Sometimes he'd even down a beer or two.
On a routine morning this Friday, Eric got a list from his supervisor, not too different from a list that a courier carried before smart devices were common. It had three names with addresses, phone numbers and the products they had called about. A Jack Thorneburg, a Lexi Garcia, and a Sal Whiteman. He looked up a huge paper map, sketched out a route, then loaded up the back of his van with everything he would try to sell today. He put on the company's badge and drove off. As expected, Sal slammed the door on his face after threatening him with a powerful-looking shotgun. Eric had seen a few of these in the last month and wasn't as scared any more. Jack only threatened to sue the company.
Lexi was the last house. He didn't have any trouble finding it. It was an expensive house near the end of a secluded street. If he had arrived later, he might have seen kids playing in the lawns surrounding him, but they were all at school. He parked the van near the driveway, adjusted his hair and walked up to the front door. DING-DONG rang the bell as he pressed the switch, as if he meant to summon the whole neighborhood, not just the occupants of the house.
There was no answer. This happened sometimes. He called during office hours and some of the bored TV viewers were, in fact, office-going people. He shifted his weight from left to right for a minute, looking around. No one from the neighborhood answered. As though someone was watching him, he acted like he had an appointment, rang the bell again and looked furtively at his wrist (which didn't have a watch on it) as if he was getting late for something very important. Finally, he shrugged his shoulders (still acting for any watchers), turned around and took his first step away from the house. The door flung inwards and a gasping voice called out, "Yes?"
Eric turned around to see a woman in her late twenties or early thirties standing in the doorway. She was breathing heavily, her bust wrapped tightly in two layered sports bras (light blue on top of white) and her firm butt was hidden under a pair of loose black gym shorts. A pair of long, well-defined legs seemed to be recently shaved or waxed. She was hurriedly trying to dab away beads of sweat that glistened from her arms, chest, waist and legs with a small towel. Her eyes followed the towel as she did so (fortunately - otherwise Eric would have to explain what he was staring at).
Despite the double layering, Eric was taken by just how much of her cleavage he could see. The inner white bra apparently had a very low neckline. The only way Eric knew it was there was because it peeked out a little from the sides and the straps were visible next to the blue ones. How deep the neckline went was hidden by a front zipper on the outer light blue one, which was pulled half-way down. The breasts were - Eric made a mental reference - maybe as large as tangerines, and stayed perfectly ensconsed in her bras. He was staring hard enough to notice very faint points of her nipples pushing through the double layers.
Her features were somewhat Latin American, with dark eyes, full lips, a very prominent jaw line and not-very-fair complexion. Her dark brown hair was tightly packed up behind her head, making her neck look longer than it really was. Her arms and legs looked like fruits of years of exercise, like someone who runs a marathon while doing bicep curls. As the woman dabbed her stomach, she turned her focus to Eric. "You lost, young man?"
Eric took a big gulp as he tried to gather himself. "No, ma'am. I'm looking for Ms. Lexi Garcia."
"That's me."
"Good afternoon, ma'am. My name's Eric. I'm from Total Fitness Enterprises. I believe you called us about our Ab Pro Workout System?"
"Oh, yes, I did. But I told the lady on the phone I'd need more time to think about it."
Eric considered this a success. He hadn't had any dogs released on him yet and he had lasted a full two minutes! "Yes ma'am. That's what I'm here to see you about. I've got the Ab Pro Workout in my van along with our other fitness equipment. Why don't you try it out once? I can assure you, it's a must-have in your exercise routine."