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- Author:Sarah Ready
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- Genre: Romantic Comedy
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IF I’D KNOWN MY NEW APARTMENT WAS A SEX MANIAC’S LOVE DEN, I
would never have invited my parents along.
In my defense, it’s not as if the real estate listing explicitly said,
“Warning: studio apartment moonlights as center for titillating orgies and
acrobatic loving.”
No. It said, “Affordable, quiet studio apartment in Murray Hill, wood
floors, street view, unique décor.”
I stare out the apartment’s single, narrow, grime-coated window at the
bustling, crowded Lexington Avenue, and watch a city bus chug past. I can
almost make out a patch of blue sky between the buildings, muddy and
weak, filtering light through the apartment.
Through the open window, the familiar music of buses rumbling, sirens
fading in and out, and horns honking swirls to me, carried on the cool
spring breeze.
I’m airing out the apartment. When we first walked in it smelled like
sensual spicy massage oil, sandalwood, and sex. Now it smells like bus
exhaust, city dirt, and stale coffee—courtesy of the coffee cart parked on
the sidewalk below.
Which is…better.
For the moment, I avoid looking at the rest of the apartment, at my
parents, and at Fran.
I need a minute to regroup.
The key here is to look on the bright side. To look beyond the
apartment’s exterior and find the good. You should always look beneath the
surface to find the good inside.
So. What’s good?
First, I like quiet. I’m a quiet person. Excessively quiet, some might say.
A quiet person and a quiet apartment? What could be better? Nothing, not
even erasable pens.
Second, wood floors are lovely. Even the ones that creak, collect dirt
between the planks, and are ice cold on your toes—they are lovely.
Third, Murray Hill is close to my office on East 44th Street, which
means I’ll save money, because I can walk instead of slogging to work on
the subway or the bus.
Finally, it’s affordable. Sensationally affordable. So affordable I don’t
have the option to walk away. I just can’t.
The low monthly rent, the location, this apartment is the holy grail of
Manhattan real estate.
Which is why I signed the lease agreement and collected the keys from
the harassed, jittery real-estate agent, sight unseen.
I mentally run through the amount of money I have in my savings
account, my checking, and on that gift card Fran gave me last Christmas,
and, yup, I can’t afford to walk away.
So, looking on the bright side, this apartment isn’t an orgasmic
abomination, it’s a godsend.
There. See? A godsend.
Pasting a bright smile on my face and smoothing my hands over my
baggy gray sweatshirt and jeans, I confidently turn to my mom and Fran.
My mom has a deep wrinkle where her eyebrows are pulled together
and she’s frowning, slowly spinning in a circle, as she takes in my new
home. The old wood floors squeak and moan as she turns.
I don’t look like my mom, she’s willowy, with wispy blonde hair, green
eyes, and a gentle expression. She prefers flowy dresses in pastels and
quilted vests. Some people think she’s pretty in an airy, delicate way, but
most people agree it’s my dad who’s really good-looking.
I don’t take after him either
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