Today’s excerpt is from Father
Mulligan, Book #8 of the nine-book Asps Series. Jim and team getting house near the Papoulias
estate to monitor the arch villain who was responsible for the murder of one
member of the team and wounding of several others. Enjoy and have a fantastic day.
m.j.
At
that precise moment—after Jim and Sarah had gone through all listings they
could find on the internet, then having found the ideal house to buy—Patty said
to the receptionist at the real estate office she was calling, “Hello, my name
is Patty Clark. You have a listing—um,
number six one seven four, according to what we found online. I would like to purchase it. May I speak to the agent I should talk to?”
The
receptionist nearly dropped her phone, before she mumbled, “Yes, of
course. Hold the line for just a
moment,” then she transferred the call to an older gentleman in the office who
had the listing.
The
man answered, “Hello, this is Walter Umbrow.
May I be of assistance?”
Patty
replied, “Yes. I’m interested in buying
your listing, six one seven four. Is the
price listed online the correct asking price?”
Poor
old Walter nearly fainted. He had gotten
his company financially involved in what those in the office called “Walter’s
piece of crap.” The company was on the
hook for over a hundred thousand dollars if the house didn’t sell within the
next three weeks, because the bank was going to foreclose then. He took a deep breath, held a second,
exhaled, before he calmly said, “Yes, the listed price is correct.”
“I’ll
take it. When can we close if I wire
transfer the money into your company’s account?”
“The
entire amount?”
“Yes,
of course.”
By
now, Walter was visibly shaking and his breathing was getting quite short. He gulped in another large breath. “Um…well, we would have to set a closing
date…”
“Excuse
me for interrupting. Just give me your
bank routing number. I’ll transfer the
money into your account. With the money,
I will send instructions as to how the deed should be made out…in the name of
my husband and myself. Tomorrow, we will
fly out, so you can give us the deed and keys to the house. Is that satisfactory?”
“Er…umm,
do you want title insurance?”
“Of
course. Tell me how much extra to add
for it, so I can include it in my transfer.”
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