the letter
A registered letter from M. Medeiros, so this morning I had to go pick it up at the post office counter at the back of the pharmacy. Avis de modification du bail. The rent goes up $18 a month from July 1st. Both our names on it, Élodie's first.
If I want to leave, I have a month to tell him. If I don't answer, I've accepted. That's the law here, apparently.
I called Élodie. She was nice about it. She said she's already off the lease in her head and I should do whatever I want, and she'll sign whatever she has to. Then she told me she found a place in Verdun. A woman is moving to Gatineau and handing over her lease from May 1st. Cats allowed. So Patate goes home in May.
Félix says move. His building in Villeray has a five and a half opening up, and in his words it doesn't come with a bedroom where I talk to ghosts.
I like it here. I like the stairs. I'll think about it.