3- The Meeting

Marcus's POV

I had a meeting with the new owner of the building and the tenant who runs a coffee shop at seven this morning . I really thought it was too  early for a meeting but I wasn't interested in a meeting as I was just going to lease the two floors he was going to convert into apartments, the owner agreed with my decision and said he was just going to let me sign the contract .

As I jumped out my car and began to walk to the corner of the street where the entrance was , I was suddenly hit by something or someone .

I rubbed my chest from the impact of  the person who hit me ,when I looked down and the person exclaimed "que mierda ,ah....... what the hell did I hit".

If my spanish was correct that was a curse and if my hearing is also that's a girl voice I hear , she was dressed like a boy , she had her hair cut short with shaved sides and the rest tied up, the only thing I noticed on her that was feminine on her was a jade pendant on a chain around her neck .

 She looked up at me and began to stare for a few seconds as if she was captivated by my appearance.    "Are you alright miss ?" I smiled and  asked her gesturing out my hand to help her up , she was rubbing he butt where she fell down, she grabbed my hand and got up.  "I'm fine thank you........and I'm not a miss." She snapped letting go of my hand , some of her belongings fell out of her bag and I noticed her ID card read Julie on it, I crouched down to pick it up and the other items from her bag , I also noticed there was another one with a different name on it , I didn't question it .

  "Really?.....Julie is not a name for a guy." I said to her.

  "That is of no concern to you!" she snapped as she grabbed the items and stuffed the items in her bad ,as she began to walk away,"I'm Marcus by the way." I said.

"I don't care. I'm late for work."  She said as she headed down the street and walked into the coffee shop.

'Well that was interesting '  I thought to myself and continued on my way to the meeting.

When I got to the room for the meeting room there was one other person sitting at the table , I said morning took a seat opposite the man who seemed discourteous , he didn't even accept my presence . A few minutes later another man walked in holding some documents , he placed the documents on the table and made his introductions.

"Good morning, I'm Mr.Henry Mendez, I am the attorney representing the owner of the said property who does not wish to be disclosed ."  He then placed a folder in front of me and the other person who by now I assumed was the owner of the coffee shop.

Reviewing my contract , I found all the details were acceptable all I had to do was sign it and be on my way. When I finished signing the contract the other man stood up and started to argue with the lawyer.

"You cant do this! ......I've run that shop for years. " he snapped .

"I'm sorry Mr. Archer the owner is going to use the space for his personal use and is willing to pay you for all the items . All you have to do is sign the contract."Mr. Mendez replied.

" But I don't want that all . I could just continue to pay rent ." Archer replied .

I should've left at least two hours ago but this Mr. Archer was not letting up on his argument with the lawyer , I was ignored most of the time as the quarrel just went on with the same results. Mr. Mendez made  a phone call for a few minutes , he glanced over to me and continued to speak, "Ok.........Understood sir." as he hung up he walked over to me,

"I'm sorry Mr. Wayland ,I've talked to the owner ,he said you may start your renovations as soon as your ready ." he said. I got up and started to shake his hand , " Tell him thank you and I shall start right away ." I started to walk away as he went to Mr.Archer "His decision is final and this meeting is over , he will not be purchasing your inventory and you have six weeks to move out." Mr. Mendez said with a stern face  as he packed up and walked out of the room.

I headed back to my car to make preparations for my apartment , after a few minutes on the phone with my contractor I got out of the car and headed to the coffee shop,he said he would meet me in a few minutes to show me the plan for the apartment, when I walked in there weren't much customers and Julie was behind the counter preparing the coffee , there was another girl working the register ,right at that moment she turned around and stared at me with the same look as she did earlier. I smiled and made my way over to the counter near her and leaned over " So this is where you work." I teased her.

She got serious and asked what I wanted , in that moment it tried to lighten the mood a bit .

 " You know the one where you add the milk and make the little heart on it ?"I asked her hoping to get a smile , but nothing.

  "A cappuccino?" she asked.

 Ah yes ............that's it. Can I have one of those with a really big heart on it." I said in a playful tone ,but it seemed she was still upset with me .

  "Sure. Anything else you would like?" she asked. "No that's all." I replied as I walked over to the cashier to pay for my coffee and take a seat , I pulled out my phone to make a few more calls and to check my messages.

After a few minutes I saw my coffee being placed in front of me 'she really made a big heart' Ithought to myself.

  "Here's your coffee." she said and began to walk away. I saw she was still angry so I called her  "Hey J" she stopped and turned around to reply  "Its Julien."

  " I'm sorry about this morning ." I said, she gave a small smile while walking away and I went back to what I was doing .

I must say though her coffee was very nice.

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