Sunday Six Sentence Story word prompt

for April 13 2025, is “lease”.

1. The neighbors were on their best behavior when the prospective tenant and their family came to view the apartment; they knew the whole rigmarole.
2. Although the landlord tried to get an extended lease, the new tenants signed for six months.
3. As predicted, all hell broke loose after the tenants shifted in.
4. The walls and doors were like porous as all neighbors in all directions could eavesdrop into every conversation; and then shared the juicy details among themselves.
5. The matriarch of the family couldn’t take it anymore – she packed up her family and belongings to move into a short term rental.
6. The leasing company failed to supply a unit and put them up in a suite that was in a long corridor of suites; escalating the old situation – it seemed all the neighbors were talking all at once.

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Host is Denise at https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-362/