Easily Amused
“Two units up, two units down. Because Kelly’s father was the landlord, she and Hubert had a choice apartment with window views of a seedy courtyard ringed with plastic benches and the kind of stand-up ashtrays usually only seen outside retail outlets. Kelly’s dad owned the whole complex, as far as the eye could see from the middle of the parking lot. Charmingly known as Vista View Apartments, the property was comprised of several once-grand apartments, a freestanding party room building, and a ...separate little house labeled “The Laundry Hut.”
As we drove through the complex’s winding roads, Hubert directed me. All the buildings looked the same. I thought back to the housewarming party and how I’d wandered about in the dark after parking on the street. If it weren’t for Hubert’s balloons, I never would have found the place.
“You can drop me off at the door,” Hubert said, indicating an entrance topped by a green and white striped awning.
But that didn’t feel right to me.MoreLess
As we drove through the complex’s winding roads, Hubert directed me. All the buildings looked the same. I thought back to the housewarming party and how I’d wandered about in the dark after parking on the street. If it weren’t for Hubert’s balloons, I never would have found the place.
“You can drop me off at the door,” Hubert said, indicating an entrance topped by a green and white striped awning.
But that didn’t feel right to me.MoreLess
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