hostage tender_square the deal, which the tenant himself requested, expires tomorrow, ahead of the holiday weekend. council tells me she believes this will stick because he's asked for august termination twice. he's mercurial and bitchy. and i'm sure this interest in leaving is temporary and to toy with my hopes that he will exhaust himself with his tantrums and leave. it's the end of the month and his account is inundated with payments he has already spread about town. upstairs, he is twitchy and agitated, regurgitating his comebacks from weeks prior as though he were experiencing the confrontation for the first time. in my fantasies i imagine winning a small sum in the lottery, enough to give him cash for keys so i can stop being held hostage to his mind games and abuse. 230629 what's it to you? who go blather from