Chapter 247

Allison shook her head and carried on with her tidying.

“What’s the scoop, Allison? Who’s got you head over heels?” Daisy nudged.

“Daisy, are you here to help me clean or to pry into my love life?” Allison replied.

“I’m here to help, but I’m also nosy! Come on, Allison, dish the dirt! Who’s the apple of your eye?” Daisy kept chattering around Allison like an unstoppable parrot.

Allison didn’t bat an eyelid, just kept on with her tidying. Eventually, Daisy dropped the interrogation.

She continued, “Allison, I know a guy who’s got a place. It’s in the city center at Blue Mountain Estate, a swanky eighty–something square meter pad. It’s a real steal. He’s living abroad and no one’s staying there. Fancy a look?”

Allison had seen places at Blue Mountain Estate online. They weren’t cheap, and required a three–month deposit, and the annual rent wasn’t exactly chump change. But the location was tops and it had a lot going for it.

At five in the afternoon, after a meal with Daisy, they hopped in a cab to Blue Mountain Estate.

the door. The

has to pay someone to clean it. He said if you rented the place,

good to be true, at least five times lower than the going rate for Blue Mountain Estate.

was seriously tempted.

your friend I said

replied, “Tomorrow, I’ll help you

up a big van with Allison’s stuff, and they were busy until the afternoon.

where she’d lived for many years. She looked at the cherry blossom tree in the courtyard.

trunk now.

first came here, that

sturdier. The small house was still furnished with the original table and bed. She looked

Ricky had played in this small yard, while Grace picked vegetables in the Flanagan family’s back kitchen. Through the back door,

came back and hoisted

bit her lip, closed the

over to the cherry tree and gave it a hug, “I’m leaving now, take care.

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