C17 WE MEET AGAIN

**Aurora**

The apartment was tiny.

I stood in the middle of the living room and sighed.

“No.”

Jessica laughed beside me.

“You’ve said no to the last six apartments.”

“I know.”

“The budget is the problem, Rory.”

She wasn’t wrong.

After paying the lawyer, booking the hotel, and putting down a deposit for temporary accommodation, my savings weren’t exactly where they used to be