The Rental

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“It looks okay to me”, Joe said matter-of-factly. “ and if we took the top floor, we’d have a balcony! I don’t know what that big opening is under the top floor, but it’s probably just an open door to somebody else’s apartment.”

“ You don’t think it looks really odd? I think it looks sort of creepy”, Julia remarked. Joe was just looking for a good deal and Julia was looking for a good home. Julia was the one who would be there during the night without Joe. She looked up again at the top. It looked nice, but then there was that opening underneath. She stared at it for a minute. All of a sudden something appeared in that hole, just for a second. It looked like a shadow, a white shadow, which was really strange because the sun was shining on that area of the building. She poked Joe in the ribs, saying, “ did you see that? It was in that hole or a doorway or whatever you wanna call it. It just appeared for a second. Joe, this place is too creepy for me. I don’t care how low the rent is.”

“But Julia, we can only afford a small place. Are you sure you don’t want to take a chance?” They both looked up at the top of the building once again, and suddenly whatever it was appeared in the opened doorway/hole again. Joe took Julia’s arm, turned away from the building and started walking down the sidewalk. “Think we’ll just look around a while; we’re not in a hurry after all…”

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10 thoughts on “The Rental”

  2. disaster averted, a woman’s intuition for the save!

    (tends to make for shorter stories lol) unless Joe is up to something on his own! More than just being cheap.

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