Dominant Landlord

“I think you’ll need to have a talk with the landlord after inspecting the apartment because I’m just a house broker.” That is what Billy was told by the broker that had helped him inspect the apartment complex that he was interested in. He really liked this apartment because it had an incredible finishing,the lighting was perfect and the walls were beige and he was one of those people that would go for beige colours. He was into monochrome walls and general aesthetic. The apartment complex was close to his work place, favourite restaurants and his friends could also easily access it. Well part of the reason why he wanted to move here was because most of his friends all lived around and he wanted to be around them so they’d nolonger have to drive over 1 hour to visit him. They occasionally had random sleepovers where they had movie nights and drink ups in which they’d talk about their boring dating lives and also work lives but he lived so far away and his friends always joked that he lived at the other side of the planet because they had to endure long hours of traffic to get to him when it was his turn to host them. Billy felt he had just hit a Jack pot with this apartment and he wasn’t going to let it go away like that because it was the only available one in the unit. “So where will i find the Landlord and how can I reach him?”Billy asked kindly. “Let me give you his number.”replied the house broker. Billy reached out in-to his pocket, pulled out his pink case covered phone and handed it over to the broker who put in the landlord’s number. “Here,call him or send him a text message because he is a very busy man. He could still be at work or getting back home.” “Thank you, I’ll call him right away because I desperately need this apartment.” Billy replied while leaving reaching out to grab the door knob so he could exit the apartment. He got into the car and thought to himself “If I don’t call this guy right now I may find the apartment taken by tomorrow and I won’t forgive myself for letting this go south.” So he called him immediately. The phone rung while Billy waited for whoever was at the end of the call to pick it. He was a bit nervous because he didn’t like talking on phone. He preferred to text rather than call. Finally the landlord picked up and Billy remembered that the landlord was called James Atkinson so Billy went like… “Hello Mr Atkinson my name is Bill Clark and…” and before he could even continue his sentence James interrupted him saying “Can you call me in a space of 30 minutes please?” Bill replied “Yeah sure I’ll do that in exactly thirty.” “Thank you!”James said and hang up. Bill smiled and rolled his eyes in excitement and almost kicked his feet in the air like a little girl because the man he had just spoken to had the deepest voice he had ever heard and he sounded sweet and mature at the same time. Billy sat in his car contemplating on what to do next. He didn’t know if he could just drive back home and call James later or hang around in the car at the Parking lot of the apartment complex. Another idea came in mind, he could use this short time and chance to visit one of his friends who lived with in the vicinity. They could catch up and talk,so he called his friend Blaze. “Hey Blaze what’s up” Billy asked. “Nothing much,what’s good B!”Blaze replied. “Aah well where are you? I am in your area and I was just wondering if you were home, I’d drop by and see you.” “Billy what are you not telling me? Boy first of all what are you doing in my side of town? You usually tell me you are coming here before you even dress up to get in the to bring yourself here.” Blaze asked inquisitively. “Hahaha…Calm down, it’s not what you think B” Billy replied while laughing. Blaze went on to say “Oh you better tell me what it is, lol” “Well why don’t I come over and tell it to you personally.” Billy chuckled. “Yeah sure, you better be on your way because I’m waiting for the news so badly. Hurry up, okay!” Blaze added. Billy said “See you in a jiffy mate, bye!” as he ended the phone call and drove off to Blaze’s. They had already talked on phone for five minutes and he was remaining with twenty five minutes only,before he could call Mr.James Atkinson so he had to be at Blaze’s in twenty minutes so he that he wouldn’t have an excuse as to why he was calling late. So yeah, off he went. It was a Sunday evening so there wasn’t really any much traffic and Billy made it to Blaze’s in about only fifteen minutes and texted him while at the parking, “I’m already here, coming upstairs now.” He went upstairs and Blaze opened the door and jokingly said “There he comes…yeah come on get in but remember no shoes because we don’t want Sophia playing with them.”Sophia was Blaze’s pet and she loved to think all shoes were toys so Blaze made sure to remind all his visitors not to get in with their shoes lest they could not find them when time to leave came. “Uugh Sophia, how’s she” Blaze smiled while getting in and opening his arms to embrace Blaze. “She’s naughty as always” Blaze replied while hugging Billy and exclaimed “Uuugh you smell so nice B what do you have on today?” “Oh thanks! It’s the BVLGARI Wood Essence that Emma bought for me on Valentine’s Day.” Blaze nodded his head “Oh yeah now I remember. I do,how is he by the way?” “Emma?” Bill replied. “Boy! Ofcourse, who else do you think I was asking about? At least he’s the only one you are talking to as far as I know unless you have someone else in mind you want to tell me off.” Billy threw his head back and laughed while saying “Shut Up already, I might tell you about someone else by the end of the night.” “Now sit and tell me everything. It seems you’ve been busy collecting men like gem stones.” said Blaze while leading Bill to sit on the couch that he was laying on before Bill came in. By the time Bill sat on the couch it was exactly already Five-Thirty PM and he knew he had to call his soon to be landlord. Drawing his phone out of his pocket he smirked his lips and said “Let me get off this phone call and tell you Everything okay.” Blaze stared at him in amazement and bewilderment. He didn’t know what Billy was into. He just stood there glaring at him. Billy instead grinned and hissed, then put his phone against his ear and went. “Hello Sir, you asked me to call you thirty minutes ago..” “Yes please, how may i be of help?” James asked. He had so much maturity and authority in his tone and Billy moved one of his shoulders forward in excitement and replied “Well, like I said earlier,my name is Bill Clark and I happened to be looking at your apartment complex today with the house broker who shared your number with me because I liked the property and wanted to know how I could make payment since I want to move in as soon as possible as it meets my standards.” James was silent for a split second as if trying to form words in his mouth before he uttered “Oh!when do you plan on moving in?” “As soon as tomorrow Sir.” Billy reiterated. Mr James Atkinson told him that he was at the Gym leaving and he’d go change and step out to have dinner and he was going to be free for the rest of the Sunday evening. “I will be free this evening and I could meet you physically so that we can discuss more on this matter if you don’t mind.” Billy nodded his head in acknowledgment and answered “Sure that’d be better. Where do I find you? I mean where can we meet and do I come with the cash or is there another payment method?” “I will be at Skyz Hotel. It’s where my Gym is but I’ll be at the Upper Restaurant after changing in the next 20 minutes or so.” Billy told him that he would make it. Then James hang up. Blaze sat there still waiting for answers and he didn’t want to pry so he just smiled and openly gazed at Billy continuously for three seconds without saying any word then muttered “Anha? What’s that? Are you gonna tell me what’s going on?” Billy stood up,looked at Blaze and said “Look I have to go now! and I mean now or else I’ll miss out on this opportunity and I don’t really want to miss it.” Blaze was out of words but he was already boiling inside him because Billy wasn’t telling him anything right from the time he came. He just kept leaving him in utter suspense and his patience was running out.