The Two Boxes

An elderly man helps someone to his detriment.

The apartment that I was now renting was small and the building dilapidated.

But at my age of seventy and my desperate financial situation it was the best I could expect.

Years spent following unrealistic dreams and lost opportunities had taken their toll and now all I had were disappointment and regret.

My neighbors on the one side were a young couple who had recently got married.