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“Hello, this is Cleo,” I said inthe way he behaved like a bull in a china shop “I’e—”

“Oh, thank god,” he said with a sigh “You have no idea how happy I aet a hold of you all night”

“Well…people sleep at night”

He ignoredto Manhattan in a week Escrow just closed a few days ago”

I logged in to my computer and accessed the list of deeds to the properties “Which address is it?”

“Uh…” He shuffled in the background until he found what he was looking for “32C”

That was over halfway to the top, with a beautiful view of the park The client who had lived there before was a retired o There was a long waiting list for the building, so this client must have had a connection to that piece of real estate “Who’s the client?”

“Well, we’ve got to do all the NDAs first—”

“Jeremiah, you represent one billionaire I represent two hundred I’ll sign your NDAs after you fax the Noho’s the client?” I grabbed my notepad and started to scribble

He didn’t challenge me “Deacon Hamilton”

No idea who that was

Jere

“Just another rich person to ht, when does he intend to move in?”

“A week from today”

“You mean, he’ll arrive and stay elsewhere?” The place was empty

“No,” he said in a clipped tone “That’s why I wanted to get a hold of you He wants the place furnished and ready to go the second his plane touches down He’s already spoken to the decorator She’ll be at the building any minute”

“The unit is 6,000 square feet—”

“He’s very eager to leave Los Angeles…nasty divorce”

“I’m sure he can stay at the Four Seasons—”

“He wants privacy Can you do this or not?”

Jesus, I hadn’t even hadcoffee yet, and I had to make a miracle happen But I never said no to a client—ever That hy I still had this job The only person above , and we hardly ever coetting an annual raise every year because of it “Yes”