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With a loud inhuman wretching sound, the drunk guy throws up my strawberry lemonade cake all over the bar.
I turn to Lauren with a sigh. “Are you sure you don’t want to stay?”
I’m in a deep sleep when my phone rings obnoxiously loud.
I fly up in bed, confused, disoriented, and annoyed that someone is calling me in the middle of the night.
It’s not really the middle of the night though. It’s nine-thirty in the morning, but to me, it’s deep REM time. I went to bed at five after closing the bar, driving home, taking a shower, and having a snack.
I have blackout curtains in my room, so it’s pitch black. I reach for my ringing phone with a groan.
“Hello?” I say, my voice as hoarse and rough as sandpaper.
“Is this Norah Ellison?”
I don’t recognize the voice. It’s a masculine one. Smooth and deep, but still annoying since he’s calling me so damn early.
“I told the other guy last week that I’m going to pay the water bill.”
“Norah Ellison the realtor?”
I burst up into a sitting position. Did he just say realtor?
“Oh! Yes! I’m the realtor. Norah Ellison, that’s me. Professional realtor at your service. Um. How can I help you?”
My heart is racing. This is my first call and I’m already blowing it.
“I’m looking for a house,” the man says, “but I’m new in town and I don’t know the area too well. Can you help me?”
“Yes!” I say, nearly having a heart attack. “I’d love to. Um, where are you looking? Oh right, you said you don’t know the area too well. Um. And uh, what’s your budget?”
Was that too soon to ask? Damn it! I should have asked the number of bedrooms instead. I have to build a rapport before I start talking about money, they told me that in the first class!
“I’d like to start looking in Cedar Hills,” he says. “So, let’s start there.”
Cedar Hills?! That place is crazy expensive. Who is this guy?
“And for my budget,” he continues. “My max price is four. But that’s my max. I’d like to get something for two nine or low threes.”
“Million?”
“Yes.”
“And… You have that much money?”
Shit! What are you doing?
He laughs. “Yeah.”
“Cool,” I say, nodding along. “Good for you. Sure! I can see what’s available and set up some viewing times.”
“Okay,” he says. “I’d like that. Can we meet up tomorrow and start looking at some places?”
“Definitely,” I say as I jump out of bed. “I just need your contact info.”
I yank open the blackout curtains and get assaulted by the sun.
Ah! My eyes!!
