The next day Jamole rode on a scooter to the Swan Real Estate complex. As usual the rush hour on Monday morning couldn’t let him go into the sky scraper which had SWAN REAL ESTATE GROUP written on it.
Jamole sucked a deep breath upon seeing the splendor of Swan Real Estate. Indeed Swan Pablo was the richest tycoon in Antipolo and he was fortunate to serve as his heir.
“I can’t believe I own all of this now and these busy staff are under my control. What a life,” he said in his mind as he gazed upon the towering sky scraper.
Jamole could see the tons of staff that rushed into the elevator to sign into their offices and get down to work. He was having handy a brown envelop which had his application letter for the post of a janitor he was applying for.
When he saw two young men in blue jumpsuit and Swan Janitor written on their back, he knew those were the people he would work with, while he carried out his vengeance.
“Hey, hey,” Jamole called on the janitors who were about to get down to work. “I am Jamole Cadry. I have come to submit my application for a job opening here,” he said to one of them who gave him attention.
“Okay I think there is no job opening at Swan Real Estate at the moment. What job are you applying for if I may ask?” the janitor, a tall Caucasian, with loosed hair, asked him.
“Um, I am applying for the post of janitor and I think Swan Pablo would be elated to hire me,” replied Jamole.
One of the janitors, short, chubby young man with short, brown, thick hair rolled his eyes at Jamole and stared him from head to toes before bursting into a mocking laugh.
Now Jamole had disguised so dirty and unkempt that anyone that saw him felt irritated. He didn’t look different from the time he was a pauper, he still had his worn out shoes which had yawning soles and torn T-shirt.
“Hey, Jamoole or whatever you call yourself I don’t think Swan can hire you, looking this way.” He gestured at Jamole, “You look like some pauper from the underworld. You must know where you belong. You belong to the roadside where beggars like you stay. This is Swan…”
“Hey, what is wrong with you Andre?” the other tall janitor yelled at his colleague. “You don’t have to talk to him in that manner. That was rude of you.”
Already Jamole had dragged a huge frown, and lowered his gaze. Inwardly he was full of smiles and wondered how this André of a guy would feel like if he should know that he was the heir to Swan Real Estate now.
Andre fumed, “Hey jade let me be! You don’t have to keep me shut. This guy is too dirty to be a janitor! He should hit the street and beg for money. Can you see those shoes?” he laughed at Jamole, his gaze settled on his shoes.
Jamole shut his eyes and grinned hugely. He forced a smile and okayed it within himself he was going to take shit from everyone since he had decided to disguise but none of his offenders would go scot-free when he would finally reveal his true identity.
Jade scowled his face, he didn’t approve of Andre’s manner of approach and would apologize on his behalf. “Hey please forgive Jade. He is so full of ruin. You don’t have to feel bad.”
Andre picked up his bucket and brush and started walking away. Just about walking past Jamole he shoved him out of the way and Jamole almost stumbled to the ground.
Jade helped him stand up. “You just have to ignore Andre, he is a rotten beef.”
Just as they were discussing a range rover SUV cruised into the compound and drove straight to the parking lot.
Jade raised a suspicious brow. “Wow they came right on time,” he sounded, smiling at Jamole.
Jamole contemplated within himself before asking pretentiously, “Who are they? And why did you say so?” His gaze was still on the Range Rover SUV which had stopped steaming.
“That is the regional manager, Roger James and I think he is with his secretary Stella Pitcher. They are the most senior staff in charge of employment. And I must say that they have the power to accept you or reject you.”
Jamole’s frown thickened; this was one of the moment he had been waiting for; no one would believe that Stella was his ex-wife and the reason for their divorce being her infidelity.
But he was out and ready to pay them back in their own coin.
Jade mumbled quickly. “Cheer up dear, put on a wide smile. They love it when you smile. I believe they will accept you. I really can’t wait to have you as my colleague. We need more janitors.” He picked up his bucket and brush and paced away.
The door on the SUV slammed once they alighted and Stella was startled when she saw Jamole standing with an envelope.
Once Roger James alighted he was even more puzzled to see Jamole. He let a weird smile before nearing Stella and stamped a kiss on her chin.
Jamole grinned, swallowed hard and kept at his frown. He perceived Roger kissed Stella just to jeer at him and make him feel jealous.
“Who do we have here? Jamole Cadry, the poor janitor?” Stella called formally as though she never knew who he was. “The last time I checked I divorced your broke ass and we moved on. What are you doing here, poverty-stricken?” she queried and curved her lips at him.
Jamole forced a huge smile before walking forth with the envelope held out, “Here. I have come to apply for the position of a janitor at Swan Real Estate. Please I need this job urgently.”
Roger took the envelope from him and Stella snatched it, tore the envelope into a million pieces and tossed them at the face of Jamole.
“Kiss my ass. I don’t know who the hell let this dirty-looking mad dog into this compound. Does Swan Real Estate look like a rehab, huh?”
Jamole gazed upon his documents on the ground and his face boiled with anger…
Roger burst into a maddening laughter and almost choked on it. “Come on darling you should have given the pig an opportunity to be one of our janitors. I think we would need him for our dirty toilets.”They burst into a huge laughter again and stamped a peck on each other’s cheeks.Jamole snorted, breathed uneasily and lowered his gaze. The table had turned now so he wasn’t going to cry like he used to. Right now he was very much aware of the fact that he was the heir to Swan Real Estate and Stella and Roger were his staff now.“Would they ever believe it that they were answerable to me now? Would they believe that the same dirty-looking fellow standing before them has been given the supreme power to pilot this two billion dollars worth of company?” he said in his mind.Jamole protested. “You shouldn’t have done that. You should have handed to me my envelope the same way I handed it to you. I have come to make money and not to make troubles…”He was left gaping when Stella interrupted
“Whatever job he came for is granted,” Susan said.“What!” Stella and Roger exclaimed in tandem.Roger was infuriated but Stella was more infuriated. When they got back to their office it was nagging all through the day.“Dear can you imagine what our boss just did out there, she just employed my ex-husband as our janitor. Light and darkness have nothing in common. He is darkness and I am light. He should just give way. I don’t want him closer to me.” Stella fumed, her face crimson, and she paced up and down the office, her arms on the waist.Roger sighed and forced a smile. “You don’t have to get walked up, my dear. Since Susan Pablo has decided to employ your ex-husband, we are going to rubbish him until he finds Swan Real Estate unfavorable.”Stella tossed her head in irritation. “Do you think we can ever make this company uncomfortable for that dirty man, huh? Not only is he comfortable with poverty, also nothing seems to shame him. Come on, how can I be sharing roof with my ex-hus
“This is unbelievable,” Susan remarked as she flipped through the documents which Jamole presented, “When did you discover this?” she queried and slammed the documents on the desk.Jamole’s eyes lit with indignation and chin pulled down with smile. “Yesterday while I was dusting the window pane at the penthouse I overheard him discuss over the phone about the sales of the land which he plans not to remit to Susan.Susan scowled her face. “This is ridiculous. I wonder how long he has been doing this fraud behind us. Roger James is as old as this company. When my father founded Swan Real Estate, Roger was the first staff he employed…” suddenly she broke down in tears.Jamole drifted to her side and rubbed her on the shoulders, “Be of good cheer, sweetie. Perk up dear. You don’t have to cry especially now I am involved.” He squatted to her. “You see this is the reason I decided to disguise as a janitor. If I reveal my true identity now they will withdraw their arsenal and even elope out o
Jamole was in the dress room at the office, getting ready to carry out his duty when the door creaked . Through the mirror in front he could see it was Andre.“You know you don’t belong here,” Andre said, pulling out his sneakers and T-shirt from a bag. “Rich kids like us who have earned enough money from our hustle belong here. Swan Real Estate is not for failures and paupers like you.”Jamole breathed uneasily, dimmed his eyes at him and continued with what he was doing. There was no need revealing to this hater his true identity. But for sure he owed Andre a dose of his vengeance and as for the day he would reveal his true identity to him, he couldn’t just wait for it.Once Jamole turned around to reply him, a pair of sneakers was hurled at him. Jamole lowered his gaze into his arms. The sneakers almost hit him in the eyes but luckily enough they hit his nose.“Pig!” Andre cursed and chuckled in mockery. “You have the nerves to talk back at me, huh? How much do you have, dirty Munic
“Welcome boss!”“Welcome boss!”The securities scattered all over the terraced villa greeted Susan Pablo once the door to her Ferrari opened. And as usual they helped her into her wheel chair.All the while Jamole was peeping at her from their bedroom. He had told her the other day he had taken upon himself the responsibility of putting her in the wheelchair and riding her around. “The securities shouldn’t be doing my job,” Jamole had told his wife.But right about now he couldn’t go out to do what he had promised her a few days ago; he had bled profusely through his nose and jade had really been helpful by giving him first aid before rushing him to the hospital.He wanted to stay out of sight until his broken nose healed.But right now he had business to discuss with her. He didn’t want to get his wife upset by revealing to her that that Andre was responsible for his broken nose.The day before Jamole disguised as a janitor, Susan had nagged about the embarrassment and hurt she woul
Although Jamole had cleaned and attended to Roger’s office yet he wondered why Roger demanded for his presence. He had decided to limit his presence at Roger’s office since he had planted a secret camera to monitor Roger and his ex-wife, Stella.“The Halloween is forth coming, dear.” Roger said to Stella and once he perceived Jamole at the door, he gestured at Stella to come over and sit on his lap.Jamole heaved on the door and upon seeing them in such position he knew this was the reason Roger demanded for him, otherwise he wondered why he would demand for a second cleaning.Usually whenever Jamole resumed work, he would clean up his office and that of Stella and serve them coffee. He had done all of that and right about now he knew Roger invited him over just to make jest of him and rub it on his face.Stella leaned forward and stamped a kiss on Rogers’s lips. “Yes darling and I know what my boss can do.” She stole a glance at Jamole to see the reaction on his face before she added,
“How dare you stain my sleeves and tuxedo?” he barked and started squeezing out of them. “I need a replacement. They are worth a hundred and fifty thousand dollars.”Jamole shut his eyes while his arm remained on his chin.“If only Susan Pablo had listened we wouldn’t have employed this embodiment of poverty whose cooperate life is not close to middling!” Stella bit out. . “I wonder who invited this kitten to Swan Real Estate. He should have remained at the Municipal Post Office!” her voice rang out.Roger was red on the face, and was done taking off his sleeves and tuxedo. Angry, he tossed them on the face of Jamole.“I am sure your generation has not worn sleeves and tuxedo before. The opportunity to wear them has come but not without a replacement.” He stretched his briefcase and took out a new pack of shirt and squeezed into it. “I need a replacement in less than forty eight hours! If I don’t get them, be prepared to lose your job.”Jamole wasn’t done nursing his chin and this time
From time immemorial VIP International Boutique had been the destination for money bags and fat cats in Antipolo. It was a fashion home where the poor were never found because of the unscrupulous prices of commodities there, also it was here the moguls of this world often came to do their shopping so no poor personality was found there.As Jamole came down from his scooter he gazed upon the boutique with amazement grazing his face. He was one of the admirers of VIP International Boutique and earlier in his life he had agreed he would never be found in such a fashion home.Until now he never belonged there.In fact he was one of the those who regarded the boutique as a yardstick for the wealthy and if someone deemed himself wealthy and never visited the boutique then such a fellow wasn’t actually wealthy.But today the story had changed and a new chapter opened for him. He couldn’t believe he was the one standing before the famous boutique today. He smiled cheek to cheek as he gestured