The Landlord vs. the Crazy Sister-in-Law
Still on the call, he headed back out to the balcony.
I was dodging Bernice and Mark as they came at me, and just as I was about to dial behind my back, my phone started ringing.
In the middle of dodging them, my thumb slipped and hit the speaker button, and Mr. Hale's gravelly voice blasted out of my phone.
"Hello? Is this Mr. Blackwell, the landlord for Farlon Tower, unit 207?"
Bernice still hadn't caught up to what was happening and went for my phone, but Mark had already gone still.