Chapter37

It hurt to admit it but I'd finally believed them. "What do you want me to do? Sheridan disappeared into those woods and apparently never came out. Trust me, if he were back or alive, he would let me know. He'd promised." "Heather, anything can still happen." "Maybe. But until then, I have to accept that he's gone." Shirley was silent as we drove off. And she remained until I dropped her off at her place. On my way back home, I thought of all I'd told her. Tears filled my eyes. I had to get over it and close that horrible ###Chapterof my childhood. Ace's POV: I'd noticed that the house uncle Victor had left me with had a very very big garden and backyard. It was beautiful. It was big enough to go horse riding. I had a sudden feeling of nostalgia. It'd been long I'd not rode a horse. Something I loved to do. I couldn't buy one here in los Angeles though. I wanted to have at least one pet. A white dog would be perfect. I'd call it strike, just like the white horse I had when I was a kid. I was sure Christina had sold him off. That caused a lump in my throat. I then decided to buy a white dog. Sunday morning, I adopted one. That night, I thought and thought of my plan. Was I doing everything the right way? What if Sawyer insisted on coming to my house? I couldn't bring her there. She would get suspicious of me when she would discover that a young employee like me lived in a mansion as big as the one they lived in, and plus, all alone. And I too didn't really appreciate living all alone. I had an idea. I picked up the phone and called Keith. "Hello?" "Hey, hello Keith, watup?" "I'm chill, man. How's it going?" "I'm aight for the moment. I wanted to ask you something." "Go 'head." "That super chic building of yours, are there any more free apartments as big as yours?" "Why you wanna rent one??" he asked, excitement in his voice. "Yeah. Living alone in this big house kinda sucks." "I hear ya. I'd creep out if I lived there alone. It's the type of place nice to stay in when you got family or company." "I know. It might be useful to me when I get married or something. For the moment I need an apartment. Tell me how apartments are over there." "Super. They have big living rooms with huge glass windows that show a great view of the city, especially at night. There are medium sized and modern kitchens that come with everything, nice bedrooms with Californian king beds, and each apartment has three toilets. They come with TV and cable." Wow. "Woah! All that?" "Yeah, but you gotta have some money on ya for this." "Am I poor?" I joked and we both laughed. "If I can rent this out, you can too. Just come with all your clothes, bedsheets, kitchen utensils and personal stuff. Done." "I'm on it. Call the owner and tell him about me. He should reserve an apartment for me." "Okay. I'll call you later and let you know." "Okay." About an hour later, Keith called me. "Yup?" "Guess what, fuckboy." "What?" "There's a free apartment just close to mine. We're gonna be neighbours dude. Owner said you can come over tomorrow to see if you like the apartment or not." "Okay. I'll come with the money at once to pay, so that by the next weekend, I'll be parking in." "I'll be waiting for ya. Dude, it's gonna be parties all night." I chuckled. "You bet, fuck boy." Ace's POV: Monday morning, I went to work as usual. I hadn't seen Heather since the day we met in the elevator. I didn't want to go to her office so I would avoid intimidating her. If she needed my help, she'd call. As for Christina and Sawyer, they kept on with their ridiculous flirting and seduction manoeuvres. Of course I pretended to be affected. Yeah, right. During the lunch break, I decided it was the best moment to go visit that apartment like I'd promised. I drove through town until I reached and went through a gate before parking my car in front of the building. It was a big building and looked expensive. I took my phone out and called Keith. "Yeah, hello Keith? Yeah, I'm here." "Enter and come up to my apartment. Number 36. The eight floor." "Okay." I hung up and went in. I then took the elevator to the eight floor. Everything looked expensive, from the building itself to the people living inside. I reached the floor and made my way to Keith's door where I knocked. He soon opened and let me in. "Hey, pal." "Hey." we hugged each other and went in to sit. His apartment was really beautiful, spacious and did have a beautiful view on the city. If mine was gonna be similar, I'd be satisfied. The manager of the place soon arrived for us to talk business. He took to us to apartment thirty seven, right after that of Keith. We got in. Just the entrance was attractive. It was similar to Keith's but better. I loved it already. I visited its kitchen, living room, opened its fridge, checked the toilets and the beautiful bedroom. Perfect. "So fuckboy, you taking it?" Keith asked. I turned to the manager. "I'm taking it." I said with a smile as I paid him my rent for a whole year in advance. "Fine, sir. Thank you." the manager said, taking the money and giving me the keys before leaving. Keith put a hand on my shoulder and we both stared at the apartment from the door for a while. "Welcome to my life, dude." Keith said. "Oh, yeah." I smiled. The place was more than perfect.