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”

look. Such superstitious reasons left us both

earlier experiences, Christine asked, “We’re not going

owner’s too busy for that. Everything, even the contract signing, is done through courier. Nothing like today will happen again.” The

I hesitated before asking, “Can we pay a deposit first? We’ll

spaces in this area were highly sought after, with rents typically paid

investments up in the air, just scraping together the rent had left

reconsidered, and quickly agreed, “Sure, sure, that’s fine. It’s

circumstances”

enough, we signed the contract and

were quite

the contract to our

some food, Christine pondered, “Do you think it is a case of good luck following bad? When things seemed

“Could be,” I replied.

the agent over the next few

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

brainstorming new product ideas, I