When Love Breaks by Jack

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”

shared a bemused look. Such superstitious reasons left us both

guard from earlier experiences, Christine asked, “We’re not going to run into crazies like earlier,

done through courier. Nothing like today will happen again.” The agent awkwardly smiled

is rare, so I hesitated before asking, “Can we pay

this area were highly sought after, with

market and investments up in the air, just scraping

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

circumstances”

signed the contract and paid

were quite

worried about potential pitfalls, so we sent the contract to our lawyer

is a case of good luck following bad? When things

“Could be,” I replied.

half–expected some complications from the Myers family, but no bad news came from the agent over the next few days.

so she probably wouldn’t let us rent the office without a hitch. Yet, there was no further word from her. It seemed Susan might have tried to intervene but to no avail.

while brainstorming new product ideas,