Love Thy Neighbour - Annecia Ellies (autobiographies to read .TXT) 📗

boxes so I want to start packing up the smaller things.” Morgan replied

“Hey we still have to go check out your new place Morgs.”

“Yes I know, as soon as I have the keys in my hand we will do that.”

“Want me to help you pack? I can come later.” Saurelle offered.

“Sure, thanks, although it’s not much to pack, your help is appreciated. Flynn has a team to help me move the heavy stuff already.”

“Ok, great, I will see you later.” Saurelle said as she kissed Morgan on her cheek, Morgan responded with a little hug.

She left Saurelle’s office to head to hers deep in thought about what she told her about Filipe and Flynn.

 

Meanwhile Filipe was just walking into the office of Ludwig’s Enterprises. Pancho is waiting outside for him. Ms. Thumbs motioned to him to have a seat as she was just finishing a call.

“Filipe Le Mar?” she asked raising one side of her very thin eyebrow.

“Yes, I have an appointment for two o’ clock with Mrs. Spinner.”

“Yes, please hold a few minutes. She will be with you shortly.”

He went on his Facebook profile while he waited. Not long after the door opened and a middle aged lady came into the room.

“Mr. Le Mar I presume?”

“Yes” he said standing up and extending his hands.

She took it and gave a brief shake then said “follow me.”

They both went into the office where she shut the door then sat by her desk.

“What can I do for you?”

“I’m interested in a place to open a Café in Trinidad. I’m from France though and I have a chain of Cafés currently. I want to open one over here and I’m looking at available real estate properties, do you have any?”

“Yes,” she nodded. “Which area you’re interested in?”

“In or around Port of Spain will be perfect.” He replied hopefully.

She thought for a moment. “You know we are just about completing a residential building in Belmont. It’s carded for residences from the first floor to the sixth, but we want businesses on the ground floor. Will that location be good enough for you?”

“Tell me more about it.” He slightly changed his position on the chair

“There will be two buildings on the compound, Tower One and Tower Two. Both buildings are for residential purposes, two and three bedrooms according to the preference of the tenant, with two penthouses at the top. The ground floor will be for businesses only. We already have a clothing store coming, a dry cleaner, two variety stores, an electronic store and a mini mart or mini supermarket as we like to call those, and also a Printing shop. There is a corner spot available, I believe a Café will be a wonderful addition there.”

“Sounds great, but tell me, do you already have tenants for all the residences?”

“We have three spots that are still vacant. Besides the spot for the business, two of the penthouses are pending, I’m still awaiting someone to bring in the down payment for one of them but the other is yet to be rented.”

“Can you reserve the other Penthouse for me? I’m based in France, but I will need somewhere to live when I am in the country.”

Mrs. Spinner smiled sweetly. “Yes that can be arranged Mr. Le Mar. The down payment on the Penthouse is twenty thousand dollars.”

“Great, can I see the brochure and the floor plans?”

She went to her filing cabinet and pulled out a file marked Hibiscus Towers. She took out a brochure and handed it to Filipe while she continued chatting about the finishing of the building which will be by the end of the week. They are just waiting for the inspection to be completed, and the fire escape has to be painted...” she was saying to Filipe, but his mind was far thinking about the possibilities of living there. He smiled and looked up at Mrs. Spinner who was looking at him curiously.

“I will definitely take it as long as it can accommodate me Mrs. Spinner; I can have the down payment to you as soon as I confirm. I will be looking at the Penthouse also. How soon can I have a tour of the building?

“As soon as tomorrow, I will arrange it right now.”

“Perfect,” he said, standing up and shaking the hand Mrs. Spinner offered him. They exchanged contact information.

“Looking forward to doing business with you,” she smiled at him.

Filipe nodded and walked out the door.

 

 

Later that evening, Morgan was deep in thought and packing her second box when her cell phone rang. She picked it up from the bed where it lay when she realized it was Filipe on the other end. She answered after taking a deep breath.

“Hello”

“Hey Morgan, how are you?’

“Hello Filipe, I’m well, thanks. How’s it going for you?”

“I have some good news, I got through with a location for the Café. I went to a meeting this afternoon and everything went well. Thank you for the referral.”

“Glad to help, tell me what happened.”

“I was told that they are currently completing a new building in a place called Belmont. It is intended for both residential and commercial. As luck will have it they had one spot available in the commercial area and one of the penthouses was still on the market, I asked for both.”

Morgan sat heavily on the bed. “Belmont you said?” she asked, her eyes opening wide.

“Yes, a place called Hibiscus Towers.”

Her mouth fell open, at that moment Saurelle walked into the bedroom. She had come to assist her with the packing as promised.

“What’s the matter? What yuh gaping at so?” Saurelle asked her amused.

She put her finger on her lips and held up her hand motioning for her friend to be quiet and continued speaking into the phone.

“Hibiscus Towers you said?”

“Yes, I have a brochure and was told I can go over and look at both places tomorrow. If I am satisfied I will arrange the payments and occupy.”

“Oh, ok. So how soon do you intend to occupy these places?”

“I’m leaving in four days to head back to France. I have to go and organize some things over there to get the Café started, but I will be back soon. I will let Grayson, who is my Assistant Manager, start organizing from there and I will come back and organize things across here. Once the equipment and other necessities are shipped and the place is fixed up, I will be ready to open.”

Morgan could not believe what she was hearing. She sent him to Ludwig’s hoping that they will give him an idea of what they have available, if they had anything available, now he is telling her he got a place and will be opening the Café, for real, and he’s looking at a penthouse as a residence. He’s seriously going to be staying in Trinidad.

“Are you there Morgan?” He was saying in her ear.

“Yes I am. I guess we will be neighbors in more ways than one then,”

“What do you mean?” he asked curiously

“Actually, I am moving into one of the two bedroom apartments in Hibiscus Towers, I’m in Tower one and I’m packing as we speak.”

“Are you kidding me?” He asked with disbelief

“Yes Filipe. I’m moving in next weekend.”

“Wow, so we will be neighbors indeed. Then we need to celebrate.”

“Talking about celebrate, Auri was asking me if I think you’d want to go to a beach lime with us and a couple friends.”

“Sure, I haven’t been to the beach as yet and I have something for both of you.”

“Something?”

“Yes, just a friendly gift.”

“Oh, ok. What about Saturday?”

“Day after tomorrow, that sounds perfect.”

“Then it’s settled, tell Pancho Maracas bay, ten o’ clock Saturday morning. We’ll swim, eat, play games and have some fun. It will be a group of us, so you will get to mix and mingle with some more local people.”

“Looking forward to seeing you all”

“Bye for now.”

“Au revoir”

 

 

Chapter Ten

Morgan glared at Saurelle, “Are the Gods working in your favor?”

“Whatever do you mean honey?” She grinned at Morgan and sat on the bed.

“That was Filipe, well the beach lime is on for Saturday. He was also telling me that he will be checking out two places in Hibiscus Towers tomorrow and if he approves he will then have a place so he can actually bring a Café. Also, he’s checking out a penthouse to live in for when he is in the country.”

Saurelle gaped at her open mouthed.

“You serious?” she asked

“Yes, I’m serious.”

“Oh my God!” Saurelle shrieked. “This is great.”

Morgan shook her head and looked at her friend. She felt a bit nervous, too much excitement she guessed.

They continued packing until almost everything Morgan wanted packed was packed, save clothing and necessities she needed for the week.

“We have to tell Kwassi, Flynn and Zoe about the beach lime on Saturday.” Saurelle said sitting down to look over their work.

“Yea, do you think we should invite Gemma and Dick?” she asked Morgan

“Hey I haven’t seen them in a while, let’s invite them, if they free they will come along.” Morgan said.

Gemma is Saurelle’s cousin and Dick is her husband.

“Maybe we should ask Gemma to bring some of that pone she makes. It tastes so good.”

“Maybe.” Saurelle said, then they both laughed. The last time Morgan saw Gemma, she was raving about a cassava pone she had made. Everyone could have seen the pone was burnt but she claimed that it was perfect because it tasted so good. The girls now laugh every time they remember the incident.

 

Filipe was sitting waiting in the car driven by Pancho bright and early next morning in front of Hibiscus Towers. He had to wait for Mr. Caesar to show him around. Filipe was on his phone while Pancho was happily chatting away with apparently someone he knew on the other side of the car, when someone knocked the window on his side. He looked up to see a man in a farmer’s hat looking at him and smiling. He opened the door and stepped out.

“Good morning, Mr. Le Mar?”

“Yes, are you Caesar?” He nodded and they shook hands.

“Yes, please come this way.”

Filipe nodded at Pancho and followed Caesar. They went towards the building where Filipe was taken to the end unit at the far left of Tower two.

“This is the available spot for the business. What do you think?” Caesar said to Filipe.

Filipe walked around looking at the available space and taking mental notes. He went on the outside through a door to the side of the building and came back in. There are two entrances on the outside. He checked the windows then asked

“Can I put in whatever additions I may need or will you do it once I tell you what I want?”

“We can come in whenever you’re ready. If you’re taking it we will fix it up to your liking.”

“Great, I like it.”

“Good, now on to the penthouse.” Caesar said smiling.

They exited and headed towards Tower one. Filipe liked the fact that the Café can be accessed from both the outside and the inside of the building. He followed Caesar into the elevator and they went up to the sixth floor. Stepping off the elevator they came into a lobby area. “This area will be solely yours to decorate as you please.” Caesar was saying as he went towards the huge double door, put in the key and pushed it open. Filipe walked in behind him, the first thing that caught his eyes is a spiral staircase heading up. He looked around the room and was quite impressed with the amount of space available. He followed as Caesar walked him through while talking about the possibilities in owning the penthouse. It consisted of a huge living and dining area, a good sized kitchen. The pantry was also large although he wondered if he will make use of it. There was a huge bathroom and a laundry room close together. A good sized porch can be seen through an open door. Caesar then led him to what can be used as