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“No, what makes you say that?” I frown at her.
“Maybe I have my wires crossed, it was just something Jack said last week, that’s all.” Her brows draw together in a frown, just like mine.
“Well, I still have my apartment, and I’m moving back in today.” I can’t help but feel a little worried at her expression. She looks almost anxious, I shake off the feeling, must be work stuff.
“I’ll be back in an hour for my shift, see you in a bit.” Walking away, I take a quick glance back I see her reach for the phone. “Oh and please don’t tell Jack!” I shout, she looks at me and places the phone back down, staring at me, with a confused and worried expression on her face.
As I pull up out the front of my apartment block, I see five police cars parked outside. When I walk up to the door, an officer walks up to me, and stops me in my tracks..
“Do you live here?” he says
“Um yes, moving back in today, why?”
“What apartment number are you?” he asks, flipping through a pile of paperwork in his hand.
“Number 3A, my name is Millie. Sorry, Emilie.”
“I don’t have you on the residents list, sorry, you can’t go in,” he says, shaking his head at me.
“What do you mean? I don’t understand? I paid for a six month lease? How can I not be on the list?” I say, trying to look at his paperwork, as he moves it away.
“Sorry I don’t have you on my list, maybe you should call the landlord, see if he can help.”
“Okay, what’s happened? Why can’t I go in?”
“Unfortunately Miss, someone was found dead here this morning, no-one is allowed in unless they live here,” he says walking away.
“Oh my god, I’ll ring the landlord!” Grabbing the phone from my bag, I dial his number, I have to call him twice for him to answer.
“What?”Rude.
“It’s Millie, from apartment 3A on Bench View. The police won’t let me in the building saying I’m not on the residents list. Can you just confirm with them that I am, so I can get back in please?”
He huffs down the phone. “Why would I do that? You gave notice, and moved out last week, you don’t live there anymore,” he yells at me and he hangs up.
“What the fuck?” I say out loud, and the officer looks at me.
“Everything alright?” he asks
“No, not really, but in the grand scheme of things, it will be. I just have to find somewhere else to live, cuz apparently I don’t live here anymore, fucking rat of a landlord.”
I don’t want to call another taxi. So I decide to walk to calm the anger that seems to be taking over me.
I head back into town, how could this happen? I never gave my notice. Now I have nowhere to go, well I do but my humiliation from last night is still so raw, I can’t face being there. It will be bad enough when I see him around work, knowing what happened. He will try and help me, giving me those pitying looks that I can’t stand.
As I walk into town I decide to pop in and see Em; she will know what to do, but when I reach her office, she’s not there.
Shit what am I meant to do now?Homeless is the word that pops into my head. I have nowhere to go, other than back to that hotel. It won’t be for long, but I’m now down five months’ rent/deposit. I’ll have to put a few things on hold with the business for a month or two, that should sort me out. I need coffee and cake, maybe that will cheer me up. As I walk down the road, I see Em coming out of Bruno’s café, I wave and head over.
“I just want to say sorry for last night, I ran out on you.”
“What happened? One minute we were talking and having a great time, the next you looked like you were going to explode and ran. Talk to me!” Her hands come up to my shoulders as she hugs me tight.
“I will tell you, later maybe, but first I need your help, a massive favour, if I could? I need you to help me look for another apartment. For some reason my landlord just told me I don’tlive there anymore. I only found out because the police found a dead body there this morning, and they have restricted access to residents only!” I say moving away from her hug.
“Wow, that was a lot of information to take in! Why aren’t you staying with Jack? I thought he said you were going to be with him for a while?”
I sigh and dip my head; I need to tell her, if I don’t, she won’t understand and think I’m being stupid and stubborn for no reason.
