Strange Turn of Events Part 4

Home at his apartment building wearing some cheap clothes he got at the lost and found section. Desmond after having to wait at the Newport hospital cuffed to a bed for so many days let out a long awaited sigh of relief. "The DCPD people let me go because of lack of evidence and because the case was no longer theirs they had it transferred to a different group of people.

Since the doctors already gave me some surgery because I accidentally nicked something when I stabbed myself and since I was healthy as a man who just got stabbed they let me go. The funny thing about this world is surgery is very cheap I asked them to just give me a healing potion, but it cost 150 magic crystals for the cheapest one".

Desmond berated himself for chugging down those healing potions like there was no tomorrow he did that till he was in front of the door to his room. Where he saw it was closed shut with some rope and a nail, Desmond shook his head at the shabby work done to fix his door then removed the rope and walked in.

His room was a mess he could tell it was the DCPD because he didn't think Vincent's gang was built much on close ties and loyalty plus he had never heard of officers that fix the place up when there done searching it.

"At least they didn't ruin my books" Desmond turned on his magic sight and took a look around his place to see if he could find anything with magic on it. He could tell if something is magical or not even guess the strength of the magic inside something depending on the intensity of the glow around the item in question.

After walking around Desmond found nothing just the glow from the magic Crystals he had hidden under his bed along with the 800 drachma (8 Gold mine) which the DCPD definitely found. He was happy that at least nothing was taken before Desmond could celebrate his small victory he heard someone walking in his living room he wasn't surprised to see it was Oleg.

Oleg was Dressed only in a pink bathrobe and fluffy slippers the hair on his body was still wet the man clearly just got out of the shower. Whiffs of steam rose up off his body while drops of water dripped down his legs moistening the floor beneath him making this hairy beast of a man look as wild and untamed like the Amazon Rain forest.

His gaze locked on Desmond when he entered the room like a hunter who found its pray "Desmond fucking Gillies what the hell man? You come back after weeks of not paying rent, get your ass beat up in my apartment building, have 2 men stalk my halls for days scaring my tenants they even break my door. Then I have my place raided by the DCPD asking question after question to me and everyone else that knew you. Only for me to find out you got into all this shit because of Vincent Marino.

Aren't I a good landlord I buy a big and beautiful A/C unit for all my tenants I even have a cellphone booth attached to the building. So why do you insist on bringing me all this trouble?

Desmond with his mouth wide open not believing what he was hearing "That A/C unit you bought has never once been turned on in all the time I've been here".

"that's because I only turn it on when its hot outside"

"It's hot right now and that cellphone booth you're talking about was put in for public use by the city"

"it's attached to my building which means that I own it. You know what I don't need to take this kind of harassment I want you out of my building you are to much trouble".

As much as Desmond wanted to punch Oleg in the face he needed a place to stay "Now there's no need for that I just got back from a stressful situation so I lost my temper a bit here take this it should help make things up".

Desmond handed Oleg 10 magic Crystals Oleg looked at them with a bit of greed in his eyes but refuse. So Desmond took out another 5 magic Crystals Oleg took longer to consider, but still refused that's when Desmond pulled out another set of 5 Crystals. There was clear hesitation from Oleg since Desmond was essential paying a years rent for 40 tenants which is more than Oleg makes a year.

After fighting it over in his head Oleg accepted Desmond's offer. With the minor problem solved Desmond told Oleg to fix his door and to get him his new key. Oleg said he would get everything Desmond wanted in a few days and for him not to make a racket now that he's back. Oleg went back home loudly shutting his door and immediately turning on his radio playing the same music Desmond now began to hate.

"Alone at last so much stupid shit keeps getting in the way of me practicing magic. I'm not having any more of that, nothings gonna stop me from learning magic now". Ready to immerse himself in the world of magic Desmond prepared to first take a shower because it's been almost a week since he last has done that.

In his bathroom Desmond looked at his old wrinkled self in the mirror tired of all the things that's happened to himself "look at me why couldn't I be young and beautiful time is a cruel mistress everyone else so lucky had a better affinity with magic at birth so you get to stay young longer than me.

It must be the same for you too such a handsome face and that silky smooth long black hair with those piercing dark eyes even your skin is flawless your like a newborn baby. Yet, the trick is your probably way older than me maybe you're some kind of 1000 year old hermit who collects teeth in his spare time".

It took Desmond a second to register what he was saying with what he was seeing, when he did he turned around to see no one standing behind him. Still, he could see clear as day another man standing behind him in the mirror "Oh Shit!"