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CHAPTER 1

Molly

“So, what do you do for a living?”

The woh “I’m a musician”

I glanced down at the renter’s application in my hand Lyric Chords was the name listed at the top

I bit ue and tried to keep an open mind This was the twelfth woman I’d interviewed as a prospective roommate Just because she had a few safety pins in her eyebrow and what looked like a dog collar around her neck didn’t mean I should rule her out

“Oh That’s nice Are you a singer?”

Lyric shook her head “Drummer Do you know the di in? I have two sets of drums I need to fit”

“Umm I think it’s fourteen by fourteen But you don’t practice at ho for a quiet roohts”

“I do But no worries I’ll practice in my room”

My bedroom and my potential roommate’s bedroom shared a wall, so that was the end of interview nuhed and forced a s I have a few other people left to meet with before I decide I’ll let you know”

“Great” The woman stood “Also, I know your ad said two ht now Would one be okay?”

I s here

After Druirl, I intervieo more candidates One wanted her boyfriend to h le And the other arrived twenty minutes late, reeked of alcohol, and slurred her words…at three thirty in the afternoon

Why in the hell was it so difficult to find a roommate in a city of almost three-million people? I neededto have to shell out money for another ad and start the entire process all over And I definitely didn’t have the tiot stuck paying the full a cat food for a month

When ht on ti, and asked the big guy in the sky for a little assistance

Opening the door, I blinked a few times