Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 257

I said, “Sounds perfect. I haven’t had that in ages. Thanks, babe.”

Just the mention of that old diner had my mouth watering. It was all about the fresh seafood. A bit of chill and dressing made it unbeatable, contrasting the modem fried and baked ones.

As we got into the car, the real estate agent ran out, panting, “Ms. Webster, Ms. Jackson, hold on a moment. The owner of the suite you checked yesterday morning got back to me. They’re willing to lower the rent.”

Christine asked, “Which one?”

“The office suite next door.” The agent pointed across the street to the towering building.

The rent was steeper there, but Christine and I were taken with it, though we hadn’t seriously considered making a move.

After exchanging a glance, Christine and I voiced our decline, “Let’s pass. They probably won’t drop it by much, and we can’t spend that much on the rent right now.”

“The owner is willing to drop it to this,” the agent said, holding up a few fingers to indicate the number, “They mentioned the need to do a good deed after consulting with a psychic. It seems they’re trying to bring some good karma their way”

Christine and I shared a bemused look. Such superstitious reasons left us both a bit puzzled.

experiences, Christine asked, “We’re not going to run into

even the contract signing, is done through courier. Nothing like today will happen again.” The agent awkwardly smiled before pressing. “So, what do you

office space at the right price is rare, so I hesitated before asking, “Can we pay a deposit first? We’ll gather the rest of the money as

this area were highly sought after, with rents typically

on the market and investments up in the air, just scraping together the rent had

about to refuse, reconsidered, and quickly agreed, “Sure, sure, that’s fine. It’s quite common under

circumstances”

enough, we signed the contract

were quite

to our lawyer for review,

it is a case of good luck following bad?

“Could be,” I replied.

came from the agent over the next few days.

further word from her. It seemed Susan might have tried to intervene but to no avail. The other party didn’t take

product ideas, I got a call

is Bryant finally ready to go through