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Prologue: A crack in the cup...
The day was like any other, Hannibal had finished with his last patient and was driving home. Unlike most days, today he had managed to go without breaking a single thing in his office, or tripping, or even bumping anything out of place. Such a relief to his bank account, not that it mattered since his entire lifestyle radiated lavishness. As graceful as he seemed, he was in fact incredibly, almost ridiculously clumsy. Thankfully his driving was better than his walking.
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Will had forgotten to pack his lunch... again
His mind focused on taking care of his furry family, he hadn't even bothered with himself.
Sadly this occurred to him long after he had left his house. He had spent a long time on the job today, thankfully he carried a wallet with him at all times. He quickly put up his tools and got ready to find a shop to eat from. Turning to look at what he had done, he smiled and headed for the door. He knew tomorrow was gonna be a happy day if they liked the new flooring as much as he did.
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Dinner was almost ready, an almost perfect day, until Hannibal attempted a complex knife flip into the air. Slicing into the light-fixtures main wiring, the knife soon got stuck in the ceiling with sparks flying around. Not long a moment later, only a second of so, Hannibal's dinner came to a halt with a light fixture smash in a $2,625 marble countertop."...Well, looks like I'm I need of a new countertop." Hannibal attempted to laugh off the mistake, only to realize like most of his day to day life, no one was there.
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The drive home was relatively calm, until something came the eye, and heart, of our dear Will. Walking along the side of the road was a dirty golden-retriever mix. The poor thing had a limp and barely even noticed Will as he pulled nip to it. Once again regretting not packing his lunch, Will crouched to call the dog towards him. It didn't even hesitate. Once it was near Will, it was in the car being loved and scratched.
The dog knew that it had made a good choice.
When they arrived home Will cleaned the hungry dog and put him in the "Hello Cage" to meet his new family.
As Will was getting ready for bed, he checked his schedule and bills. "Hmmm, looks like I'm gonna have to take on another contract soon."
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"I'm sorry doctor, but we simply can't send anyone out at this time, maybe in a few weeks at best."
The call was short, Hannibal wasn't angry or outraged at the lack of workers available to him. It was a common trend that his jobs be put on hold-there was always a change something else would break in that time and nobody wants to be called in only a few hours later to repair something else.
"Well, looks like I'm in need of a new contractor..."
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Will was breathing heavily, drenched in his sweat. It was nearly eighty-five degrees and seemed like his air conditioner had finally died once and for all.
Will knew that he would need to put out an ad again and hope someone would hire him within the week or he would have to choose between feeding himself or his dogs.
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It wasn't like Hannibal did it on purpose. He was graceless in almost everything he did, despite his graceful personality. His reputation of constantly needing repairs seemed to permeate into the overall group of contractors in his immediate area, leading him to search in a broader than normal area...
" WillWolf Contracting: 100% guarantee or Will come and change it for free!
We do:
Wood/Tile Flooring
Renovations
Painting
Tile walls
Mosaics
And much more!"
Hannibal could only stare at the ad in front of him. " Really, I swear he's great. He did my bathroom a while back, you saw it," Alana Bloom claimed while taking back the cheaply made flyer, " And he really does go back if you don't like it. It's a win-win, either way you'll get your repairs."
" Do you really think I should hire a man off his printer paper flyer?"
"Trust me Dr. Lector, his work is amazing, always cleans up after himself-he's very polite."
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"Hello, yes this is Will Graham of WillWolf
Contracting, how may I help you?" Will smiled as Winston nuzzled his hand in a vain attempt to distract him from his food on the table in front of him. It was a calm Saturday and Will had full intentions to eat and relax with his family. Looking down at the poor pup, Will gave Winston an ear scratching with lots of love.
"Hello, I was wondering if you could replace marble," A deep foreign accent came through the phone, " I seemed to have had some issues with my current countertop."
"Could you describe the issue, it would greatly help if I knew what I was dealing with."
"This is more of an...on-site issue, it's very difficult to describe." The man on the other end finish his sentence with a hint of embarrassment.
"Oh, well then...could I look at it next week? Sometime next Tuesday?"
"That would be wonderful, I'll see you then."
After giving him his address, the man ended the call with an air of grace Will never heard before. He wondered who would be his current employer and hoped that the job wouldn't be too difficult, the last thing Will needed was to be far from home for too long. He looked over to his ever-growing family and got up.
Opening the door he shouted, "Come on guys, let's go for a walk!"