- To my college classmate.
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“Let me take you by car.
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He shook his head.
↓ - No, Andrew. I need to go alone.
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The door slowly closed behind it.
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And I was in the middle of the living room, surrounded by money, without ever feeling so poor.
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That night I didn’t sleep.
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I sat at the dining room table, looking at the documents and money that Sofia had brought. Each paper reminded me of a choice that he had made out of love, while I had judged it because it was gone for five days.
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In the morning, I called a lawyer specializing in real estate transactions.
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I explained the situation to his home and asked him to check if the sale could have been stopped.
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After a few hours, he told me that the transaction had not yet been completed. There was a pre-contract, and the buyer had paid an advance, but the transfer of the property was to be done only in a few weeks.
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“We can try to negotiate the termination of the agreement,” the lawyer explained. But there may be penalties, and the buyer is not obliged to accept any proposal.
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I want to try, I said. I’ll bear all the necessary costs, if you can reach a deal.
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On the same day, I contacted the buyer through the lawyer.
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The man was a businessman from Brasov, who intended to renovate the property and turn it into a holiday home.
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At first, he didn’t want to talk.
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But when the lawyer explained to her that the owner was going through a difficult personal situation and that I was willing to cover up the expenses and reasonable compensation, she agreed to look into the proposal.
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After two days of negotiations, we have reached an agreement.
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The sale was to be canceled with the agreement of both parties, the advance was to be refunded, and I would bear the costs and compensation set.
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Sofia’s grandmother’s house was saved.
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But that didn’t mean that Sofia had forgiven me.
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