After putting the lady to bed, I returned to my room.

• Knock, knock.

I heard a knock at my ear, though naturally, it wasn’t from the door, but from the window.

“…Sir, are you there?”

“One moment.”

I didn’t understand why he knocked on the window when there was a perfectly good door, but since my tenant preferred the window, I didn’t question it. I just nodded.

“Come in.”

With a creak, Hans climbed through the window, looking around as if unsure where to sit before settling his gaze on me.

“Take a seat on the bed.” …