THE NARRATIVE ARC

He Promised to Raise My Rent if I Didn’t Lie For Him

Supposedly he was just joking

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I’m in front of my apartment building when my landlord comes up with two prospective renters.

Uh oh.

“Here’s one of our long-time tenants, Christine,” my landlord, Kyle, says with a smirk, “she can tell you if the…