Chapter 2 Jess and the Couch
“Why are you selling it?” Jess asked his neighbour. “Looks good as new.”
“Practically is,” the guy said, jingling the change in his pockets. “But it's time to move on.”
This neighbour of his was tall and slim, with very light skin and very dark hair. Well-dressed. The newer tenants in this building had money. Rents had skyrocketed in the last couple years. Old tenants leave and the landlord cranks up the rent for the next guy. If it wasn't for rent control, Jess would be high and dry. Say he moved out of his place, right? He could never afford to move back in—especially now, with Tony out of work.
Not that Tony had ever chipped in with household expenses, much less the rent. Tony took care of Tony. Jess took care of everything else.
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