Jake stopped in his tracks and turned to see who it was. He saw Josie, holding the hands of a young man who stood beside her. From the look of things, the man was an employee in the company because he could spot a name tag on his cloth. “Jake? Did you get a new job in this prestigious company? Definitely not, you are not qualified one bit! Or are you here to steal something?”Turning to her boyfriend, she introduced him,“That's Jake, the pitiful fellow who lived in our house. I'm glad he's no longer there. At least, I can breathe cos he stinks! Ewwww!”Josie boyfriend, Davidson, looked at Jake and assessed him with his eyes. He wasn't impressed one bit. Before he could say anything, Jake spoke up. “Why are you both here? Josie you don't work here and non employees aren't allowed inside here.”“Humph! What do you know? I can go where I like, unlike you, who's ordered around. Ohh. Wait! Are you the delivery guy for the condoms we just ordered?” Josie further questioned.Jake ignored
As he read through the message on his school group back in the university, his frown deepened. They were talking about a get together before someone tagged him in the group. Gerald: What about that pathetic poor fellow, someone remind me of his name!Clinton: How can you forget him? He's name is Jake Frederick.Gerald: Thanks a bunch. He's too insignificant to be remembered, you know. Of what importance is he? Will he be coming for the get together? Someone tag him here please. I can't find the loser's number.Donald: Tagged. I've done that already. He's in this group. I hope he comes. I can't wait to see how low he has fallen right now. We might even hire him to clean up the plates at the venue!A lot of people reacted to the message with a laughing emoji and joined in to mock Jake. Jake read the messages and gritted his teeth in fury. If only these people knew that he was a very important person now! He put his phone back in his pocket and changed his mind about going upstairs. He
The cashier first looked at him in disdain and asked,“What do you want here?”Jake thought it to be a rhetorical question as he was clearly holding a cart with the things he bought. “I'll advise you to go and return them if you are here to pay for it. You can't afford it. It's way out of your league,” she sneered and blew the bubble gum in her mouth. Jake was offended but he decided to keep his cool. This was his company for crying out loud and he could even get her thrown out of the company if he wishes! When he didn't move, the cashier said to him, “Move, we have other important men here. Leave now or I'll have the security throw you out!”“Is this how you treat your customers? Who said I can't pay for what I bought?” Jake snapped. “Excuse me sir. Our major customer wants to pay for his goods, please, shift aside,” one attendant said behind him. Before he could do anything, Jake was roughly shoved out of the way by the young man who wanted to pay for his own clothing accessories
“You know him, Sir?” Ralph asked in surprise. “He's some hopeless fellow. What did you do, loser? Don't let me ask again.”“He stole a limitless black card. I'm sure of that,” Ralph volunteered the information. “Limitless black card? How can? Hell no!” Michael stated, visibly flustered. “Let me see it,” he demanded. “No! It's mine and I forbid you from touching it!” Jake commanded. “Forbid? I see you have developed some guts!”Michael received the card from Ralph and looked at it. “It's mine,” Michael said flatly. “Yours? Right. It has the inscriptions J.K on it,” Ralph agreed, without knowing the reason he did that. “Jake, why do you have this card?”“It's mine. That's my initials, Jake Frederick! It's not yours!”“Michael Joel Flynn.” It was then it occurred to Jake that he had the same initials with his senior. Michael had adopted the name, Dors and it scrapped off his real name. Now that they both have the same initials, there was no way out for Jake. “It's yours? How ab
Michael sat on his seat, supporting his head with his hand. He was ruined. His stock has fallen, his business has collapsed, he was sent out of office and he has been summoned to court. All in one day and in that space of two minutes! Who was Jake Frederick? Should he just go and beg Jake, kneel at his feet and pleas for mercy so that all he had will be restored?Hell no! How can he plead with that loser? “Damn it!” he yelled and threw down some files on his table. His phone beeped again and a message popped up. “You have ten minutes to give accounts and vacate the office for a new manager.”Jake Frederick has successfully caused him to loose everything. “You punk! I've always asked you to be careful! It's been days and you have done nothing to save the situation,” Mr Jacob Winters yelled at Vincent. “Pray, give me a little more time, father. I will get things back to normal and also bag a major deal for our company, please, father,” Vincent begged. Jacob had been very angry to
Jake was having breakfast when his phone rang. “Hello, George, good morning,” he greeted the caller. George was his friend and former colleague at his place of work. “Good morning to you too. I haven't heard from you in a while. How are you doing?” George asked. “I'm alright. And you?” “I'm fine. Jake, I got you a new job and it's a high paying job. Do you have any job at the moment?” George was one person who cares about Jake and alway had his back even though they both of them were not well to do and had nothing. There were times he used his meagre salary to treat Jake to a meal especially when his Kent family refused to give him something to eat. He had even accommodated him at some point when he was thrown out of his house. He was sad when Jake was fired but he couldn't do anything since he didn't have the power to save the situation. It was only him who sympathised with Jake when others were mocking him. Now, he had even gone as far as getting him a new job. Jake's heart
Jake stopped mopping immediately and turned to see who it was. He saw a stunning lady who was dressed in a very beautiful cloth. Her skin shone like the sun and her makeup was well done. She looked every inch exceptional. Jake could spot a few drops of water on her expensive and shiny shoes. He hadn't seen her coming, as he was carried away by the music he was humming. “I apologize Miss. I'll wipe it clean,” he apologized and bent low to clean off the dirt on the shoe. “Don't you dare!” she screamed in a shrill voice. “How dare you touch my shoes? Do you think you can afford them? I guess you want to use those filthy and messy hands of yours on my shoes, right? Gosh! This is insane!” she kicked his mopping bucket spilling more water on the floor he had taken time and pain to wipe clean and some touched him in the process. Jake frowned his face and tightened his fists. On a second thought, he realised he was acting like a mere cleaner and not a wealthy man. “Dearest, what's keepin
The following day, Dering ventures was thrown into chaos. A strange rich man had bought the company for millions of dollars! It was the primary gist on the internet and the lips of everyone in Dering ventures. They all waited to see what would become of Dering Ventures after the change of power but the new owner wasn't ready to come public or make any changes in the company. He left things as they were. However, two days later, things changed. Cindy Cooper's family ceased to be the top managers in Dering Ventures, but they were still allowed to retain a lower position in the company management. As if that wasn't enough, the recent contract with the Kent family was declared null and void. It was cancelled outrightly with no room for amendments or revision. Who was this new owner? No one knew. He had only bought the company under legal backings without his private name. Instead, he bought it as a separate legal entity. The Kent family were once again thrown in shambles. First of all,