The Guy With The Suitcase by Chris Ethan

Author:Chris Ethan [Ethan, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-02-13T23:00:00+00:00

“And there is always hot water, except for late at night, when the valve is switched off automatically, but it shouldn’t be a problem. We’ve not had any complaints so far,” the woman said.

She was short, brunette, with dark skin, wearing a black suit with blue heels that even they failed in making her taller, especially standing next to Pierce. She was giving them a tour of a house in the Bronx, a three-bedroom flat with no communal areas other than the kitchen and the bathroom.

“We don’t care about the water in the middle of the night. The room is great. The area is…great. Can we get to paperwork?” Pierce asked, and Rafe, who was standing a little behind him, pinched his thigh.

“Sure. What we need from you is a holding deposit, two forms of ID, references from two past landlords, your bank accounts to run a credit check on your behalf, six weeks of pay stubs, and our agency fee is a hundred and thirty-nine dollars per person, which you will need to pay before we can run the check on you,” she said, and Rafe already knew they were walking out.

It had been the seventh or eight house they had viewed in the past week and they all required the same. Even private landlords they had found through Craigslist required some form of income for the two of them, and a damn credit check. Rafe was losing hope that he would ever be able to get his medication.

Even though Pierce and Rafe combined had enough money to pay for deposits and a month’s rent, everyone wanted to run a credit check, and since Rafe had no account linked to his name, that was impossible. Everyone also asked for proof of work, which again, Rafe didn’t have. And no one was willing to risk letting an apartment without the security of future payments. And Rafe couldn’t blame them. He didn’t know if he’d let them stay in his place if he had one.

Pierce was not giving up. He kept phoning people up and getting viewings, thinking he could talk his way with them and score them both a place.

That was what he was trying to do now. Explaining the situation, with as little detail as possible, in hopes it would change her mind.

“I mean, if you are working, we could technically run the check on your name and do the whole contract, but if you say you’re working part-time, I don’t think you’d pass the credit check,” she told Pierce.

“No, he has to be in the contract too. He needs to apply for medical help. He will get worse if we don’t find a place soon enough. Are you sure you can’t do an exception for us?” Pierce tried to sound pleasant, but he usually sounded plain rude. God, bless him, he couldn’t shake off the brutal image no matter how hard he tried. But Rafe knew what hid under it. A heart of gold.

The estate agent squinted and shook her head.

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