Envious Deception by Katie Keller-Nieman

Author:Katie Keller-Nieman
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-12-07T05:00:00+00:00

TODD:

His car rolled slowly down the crowded downtown street. He looked up at the substantial gothic revival building, newly renovated, complete with shiny new secured doors.

“Fucking hell,” he grumbled. He maneuvered his car into an empty space by the curb and killed the rumbling engine. He glowered at the upscale building and growled in frustration. This was a superbly bad idea; he knew this when Tony had offered. In fact, the extreme “badness” of it was probably the main selling point to his screwed up head. He always picked the bad choice. The worse, the better. Plus, he hadn’t really had any other choice. Fuck Aurora. Her mind games had sent him into a tailspin that he was still reeling from. He hadn’t even realized the end of his lease sneak up on him and without time to bring in some new roommates or find a new home, he was now moving in with Tony, into this massive old building of expensive apartments.

He could understand why Tony picked this location. It was at the center of everything, close to college, restaurants, bars, and shopping—essential for someone with no car, but Todd hated it for that. Money was practically stamped on everything in sight, including the people. Tony’s building might as well have, “Rob me, I’m rich,” painted on the side. Todd was more inclined to live in the neighborhoods labeled, “Mess with me, I mess with you.” Places where everyone was in the same shitty boat and no one started trouble because they knew it would bring on the apocalypse. But this… crap. He really hated the look of the huge building in front of him. This was not meant for people like him. Not even close.

Tony stepped out of the glossy main doors. He stared at Todd’s car while holding the door open for him. Apparently Tony expected that he had arrived willingly and would just enter without hesitation. Stupid.

“Mimes, where are you?” Todd grumbled.

He heard a meow from the back seat. She hopped over the armrest and climbed onto his lap.

“Are you ready for this shit? Cuz I sure as hell am not.”

Mimi purred. She always purred.

Dammit.

He reluctantly got out of his car with Mimi scooped up in one arm and slammed the door shut with the other. Tony was still waiting at the door, impatiently now, and Todd fought the urge to make him keep waiting. It wasn’t a good idea to start pushing Tony’s buttons just yet. He should probably wait until he at least got the keys from him.

Todd walked stiffly over, leaving his shit stacked in his car, not worried about being robbed. It was usually expected in most places in the city, definitely including this one, but anyone passing by would see his shitty TV on the passenger’s seat and know there was nothing worth stealing inside. That was the good thing about being dirt poor. Nobody wanted to take your crap. That was also the bad thing. Nothing worth pawning.

“Took you long enough to get here,” Tony complained.

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