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”

a bemused look. Such superstitious reasons left us both

“We’re not going to run into crazies

today will happen again.” The agent awkwardly smiled before pressing.

before asking, “Can we pay a deposit first? We’ll gather the rest of the money as fast

sought after, with rents typically paid annually.

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

seemed about to refuse, reconsidered, and quickly agreed, “Sure, sure,

circumstances”

the contract and paid the

were quite

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

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

“Could be,” I replied.

from the agent over the next few days. I breathed a little sigh of relief. Nevertheless, I was

probably wouldn’t let us rent the office without a hitch. Yet, there was no further word from her.

ideas, I