The free will ( eng)

17. Sugardaddy and new business idéas?

When school starts I have to open my shop again. It was nice to be back in town but I was stressed about not having done what I planned. You can't build a new roof when it's raining all the time. I prepared the shop and put out half of the interior on the street as usual and lit the candles inside. My thumb got all warm and when I looked at it, it had this blue glow around it? Maybe one shouldn't disinfect them with alcohol first? I could soon write the book "Shop keeping for dummies" with all the tips of what you should not do when you had a shop. The main tip was to always pick the right LOCATION. If you didn't, your customers won't find you and you have to spend endless time, money and energy on marketing, which might not be enough. It's also important to check up on eventual building plans. Otherwise it might just happen that it will look like a war zone outside your door, if it is even visible from the street? You might think that the seller, real estate agent or perhaps owner of the house would say something to inform you before you buy it? But that is only in the best of worlds. I didn't live in that. Did Don Quitoe live there? I could publish that book along with "Building for dummies- How to NOT do when you build" ... and Love for Dummies – finding Mr. Right and avoiding psychopaths" where I had some experience and thoughts.

Soon an old business friend would come over for lunch and I took an extra sweep around my "flat" with the broom and checked that there were no thongs hanging to dry somewhere or other crazy stuff lying around. Not that it used to, but it had happened and people came pretty often unannounced.

- Hi Magnus! How nice to see you! I said and rose from my stool behind the counter when he showed up at the door.

- Hi! How are you? He said and his face lit up like the sun when he went down the stairs. He gave me a big hug and inspected me thoroughly.

- I'm fine! And you look brilliant!? Have you lost weight?

- I'm great! I have started working out and attend yoga too.

- I can see that! I said and nodded appreciative. We sat down on the stools at the counter. He had sushi with him and I took my homemade salad from the fridge. I was very picky with my food and Sushi was mostly rice with carbs and arsenic. The little piece of tuna had loads of mercury and toxins. It didn't sound healthy to me.

- How are things going with your lawyer and your landlord? He asked.

- They have now agreed to my demands but my lawyer who hasn't done anything has sent me a bill for thirteen hours a 200 Euros an hour.

- WHAT? That doesn't sound reasonable?

- No, you could say that, especially when he was a "friend" and has postponed everything with missing scheduled meetings and go away for several months. He hasn't contributed to anything at all. I even wrote the letter to the board. He can't have put in more than two hours. What kind of people are you really? I asked and looked at him sideways with both irony and seriousness.

- Ask for a specification. It sounds too much.

- I have written a complaint, telling I wont pay that much.

- You should be careful. I checked him up. The word is he is working for Hells Angels.

- WHAT? What are you saying? I said and almost spit out my coffee. I came to think of my lady friend. She was friends with the previous boss that was shot dead. She was interrogated by the police.

- He is lawyer for Hells Angels. Magnus looked at me with concern.

- But, are you saying I SHOULD PAY?