When Jamole walked into the villa and was welcomed by tranguility, he was a bit troubled over the whereabout of Susan.As usual he thought she had hit the club to get tipsy after their bickering at the hospital, but with her Lamborghini still parked outside, he knew she was back to the villa. She had searched for her virtually in all the rooms and didn’t see; later he saw her in the pent house, where she gazed upon the photo of Swan Pablo.Jamole knew with the raging storm, she needed some time alone. And that was why she came to the pent house. But he needed to break the horrible news to her and how he got the disgrace of his life at the hospital earlier today.“Been searching for you all over,” Jamole said coldly, standing behind her to stare at the photo of Swan Pablo, “I guess you need some privacy.”Susan sniffed heaily, “I will be much appreciative if you don’t get it ruined,” she replied quietly and still gazed on the photo, not really interested in what ever news jamole came w
Jamole’s eyes squinted. “Did you just slap me?” Jamole asked, his eyes dimmed at his offender.“And I will do it again, perhaps it will correct your foolishness! Your failure has stolen everything from us! Our legacy, integrity, fortune, life, everything we have ever worked for have gone! My dad is on the verge of dying! What kind of son-in law-are !” she yelled.Jamole had been fighting off tears and he wouldn’t want to let those tears trickle down now because he had decided to work out his fate and not cry.“you are always fond of giving up on me each time I am down but once I hit the jack pot you become sweet-tongue. Why are you always doing this? Do you think I am the cause of my misfortune?” Jamole asked gently.Although Susan still kept at her yelling, Jamole decided to answer her coldly without raising his voice; he still heald her in high esteem.“Hey, namby-pamby,” she cursed, “I warned you. If this got to do with the company alone, trust me, I wouldn’t cork an eye brow, aft
Susan wasn’t into this; she wasn’t trained by Swan Pablo to sell her propertt dung difficult times. But she had to take the bull by the horn. Swan Pablo’s medical bills were at stake. The only thing that came to mind when it came to selling properties was her diamond stiletto.The very one Roger gifted her.“Please, sir, this is cross diamond stiletho and not your regular shoe. I can only sell it for ten point five million dollars,” Susan nagged.The boutique owner, a thick Mexican glared at the diamond shoe with dismal eyes.“Ma, am, this is New Era Boutique and we know quality shoes when we see one. He shook his head, “This is not one of it, so if you can sell it for half a million dollars I am in…”“Half a million dollars?” Susan snapped and rolled her eyes at the man, “I guess you don’t know the quality of this shoe. This is Gross Diamond.” She raised the pair, “It has ten carrat diamonds on its sole…”“That doesn’t matter. Whether it has ten carat or twenty carat diamond, I just w
To humanity, failure and unpredented setback were the worst of nightmares. And this was the fate of Jamole. This time he was at the balcony staring at the moon light and at another time he was in the bedroom, staring at the clock and counting hours to the inaugaural ceremony of Zhnag Meng as the new CEO of Swan Group.Tonight, was the Eve of the ceremenoy and he could barely catch sleep. Susan was yet to return home and although he had tried to phone her, he sensed she was some where in the club whiling away time and drinking herself to stupor just to forget the impending trauma of losing their company.“Is this how the might falls?” Jamole said within himself and stroked his hair confsudely, “How can I lose a company that was put in my care? How can an egale suddenly become a duck? Is that possible?”His thought was interrupted by the buzzing of a car which just stopped in front of their house. It was a taxi and seeing the driver alight to aid the passenger with a wheelchair, he knew
“What is it, Janet? What has happened?” Susan queried, confusion and anxiety smearing her face.“Yes! Yes! I made it! I am made, sweetie! This is end of poverty. We are taking over. We are recocering all.” Jamole got to to her side and stamped a huge kiss on her lips, “We are made! One trillion dollars! One trillion…”Susan’s brow was raised in uncertainty, as she focused her gaze on the TV set which Jamole was pointing at. The uproar and noise created by Jamole couldn’t let her get details of the news, so she resorted to reading it briefly online.Jamole had the action of a newly insane man who just let loose from his fetters. He jumped around and stumbled from one corner to tother, chanting, “One trillion! One trillion!Susan already was reading the news online and she screwed up her face to see it was about the discovery of one million barrels of crude oil in Acrid Forest at the early hours of today.She stared blankly in space in one thoughtful moment; sometime ago, she had warned
The inaugural ceremony to present Zhang as the new CEO of Swan was already ongoing. Most of the audience, including Zhang didn’t know the news that was making the round in public.The sudden leap to wealth of the anonymous heir was making the round and the reclaim of his company was news that held the public spell-bound.Zhang didn’t know what was downplaying, so when one of his aides walked into the hall and whispered to him, he was forced to go outside for further discussion.“What did you just say? Zhang queried and took the newspaper form him to read the headline.“While we are celebrating your new position as the new CEO of Swan Group, a leap to unlimited wealth has happening to the anonymous heir and right now he is the current highest shareholder of Swan group with a share of one trillion dollars,”Zhang hissed and tore the newspaper, “This is bullshit. This is propanganda. Why do you people listen to propanganda? This is unverified news, it is false. Do you know how much is on
McDonald was gasping for breath. Despite driving down to this place, he was already gasping for breath. Zhang gave grinned gormlessly when he saw a newspaper in his hand. He knew it was about the anonymous heir’s leap to trillions. But he hesitated to jump into conclusion.“Zhang! Zhang!” McDonald called and finally paused to catch breath, “Have you seen this? There is chaos in the shares’ market. This is unbelievable. I never knew Acrid Forest belongs to the anonymous heir.”“I know it is the same news you have come to share with me,” he sighed and snorted before asking, “How can I be stranded? I can’t even access my office. Some of my personal stuffs are in there.”McDonald shook his head in pity, “You were so fast to move into his office. You should have waited until after the inaugural ceremony. You may have to wait after tomorrow.”Zhang screwed up his face, “After tomorrow? Why after tomorrow? What is happening tomorrow?” he queried anxiously.“It is already in the news,” McDona
Stella had a bouquet of flower, a delightsome smile on her face and her palms couldn’t stop stroking her huge baby bump. Vivian, Zara and Kennedy, smiled from cheek to cheek, as they expected to see the arrival of the anonymous heir.The crowd was a perfect mixture of the public, eyewitness from all walks of life and a variety of journalist from different media homes. The reacquisition of Swan Group with one trillion dollars worth of shares had got the public talking. And virtually everyone wanted to witness the inaugural ceremony.Zhang, Andre and Roger were seen seated at the front row. Zhang wished he could avoid this day and he would have if he had a clue about who was about visiting was not who he thought it was.McDonald, who came late, was seated at a farther pew from Zhang. And Jade had finally found time to rest after making sure the entire venues was well arranged and in order for the ceremony. The job was really telling on him since Andre was too proud to resume his job as
Stella sat at the back seat with the twin babies in her hold while the taxi drove across the road until it sped into the slums in Antipolo. She had gotten the actual address of Anderson and decided to return the twin babies to him.Soon the taxi drove with the direction of the address which Stella had and when they got confused they paused to ask a resident.“Hey, please where does Anderson Peters live?” Stella asked.“Anderson Peters? Oh you mean the alcoholic and gambler?” the young man described precisely.And Stella scowled her face because she was hurt by those descriptions of Anderson, a man that would be father to these twins.“You may have to drive a little more. After the last palm tree, the thatched house by your left is his. I can see you are his wife or baby mama. Which are you? Are these his twin babies?” the young man queried anxiously.“None of your business!” Stella boomed, “Drive on,” she commanded the driver.To her dismay, the taxi stopped at the thatched house and
For a time that seemed eternal, Kennedy stood staring thoughtfully at the letter which was handed over to him by the manager of Antipolo Airport.“Excuse me, sir. I have been a staff of this airport for ten years now and there has never been a day it was recorded that I misbehaved or exempted from duty. I have shown reserved dedication to my job and kept the policies of the organization. Please sir, may I know what I did to deserve this sack?” Kennedy queried softly.The airport manager, a chubby Indian whose face rarely smiled, tossed his head and replied Kennedy, “Everyday we wake up to new policies and advancement. Antipolo Airport has been privatized and Swan Group has bought more than ninety percent of its shares. Right now we are at the mercy of Jamole Cadry, the CEO of Swan Group.”?Kenndy raised a thick brow, “Jamole Cadry? I know Jamole Cardry. He is the ex-husband to my girlfriend, Stella and he knows me too.”The Indian shot a knitted brow at Kennedy to believe he was bluf
Once Jamole rang a bell on his desk, the door opened to Charles, the manager of Swan Airline. “Hey, Charles, don’t tell me you have been on the queue of clients who have come to see me.”Charles bowed, “Boss, greetings to you,” he said and walked forward to have seat, “I must go by the rules regardless of our relationship. We live by example.”Jamole rolled around in his swivel chair and offered Charles a hot coffee, “So to what do I owe this visit? Is it connected to my Swan Airline?”Charles grinned, snorted and tossed his head in pity.Jamole’s gaze narrowed at him and despite hounding Charles with questions, he hesitated to give a reply. It was obvious tragedy had struck.“Boss, it is about Anderson,” Charles finally spoke and tossed his head more pitiably, “Anderson is in need of urgent help, boss. When I saw Anderson with my eyes, I wailed for him and resorted to seek your assistance.”With his frown held, Jamole queried, “What is wrong with Anderson? The last time I saw him, he
The convoy of exotic cars screeched to a stop and the well-suited security officers alighted. Already, Jamole had caught sight of Stella who was standing at the entrance to the elevator and he perceived she had come to seek his forgiveness.“Boss, are you expecting her?” one of his security officers queried and focused his attention on Stella.Jamole grinned from ear to ear and replied, “That is my ex-wife, Stella, hmm I could barely recognize her, she has lost pounds and her facials had darkened like scarlet, and why is she not carrying her twin babies?”“I guess it is because of her visit,” the security officer replied and opened the door once Jamole gestured at him to do so.Upon seeing Jamole, Stella fell on her knees and waited for him to get closer. Promptly, warm tears smeared her cheeks. All that she did to Jamole replayed in her thought and her conscinec couldn’t stop pricking her.She had come for Jamole and like her pals had rightly said, her ex-husband whose soft spot she
The repeated wailing of siren could be heard from a distance, as onlookers murmured over the incident of suicide by Andre.The neighborhood was held stampede and residents couldn’t fathom why a vibrant young man like Andre would end it all.When the ambulance officially arrived, they made into his flat and brought out his corpse. Already before now Jade had taken the written note which he intended to show Jamole. All the while Jade had been lurking around, wondering if Andre was still was alive. He wa expecting confirmation from the medical officials who were already administering oxygen to Andre.After what seemed to be a battle between life and death, the latter struck. Jade could see the officials tossing their heads in loss and misery.“It is late. He is dead,” one of the officials stated and covered Andre’s corpse with white linen before conveying it into the ambulance.Whereas heavy chattering and murmuring hung over the crowd, Jade kept exclaiming and groaning in loss. He could
“I don’t want to set my eyes on those twin babies. They don’t belong to me and I don’t want to have anything to do with them. This is not the kind of life I planned for myself. How can a miserable worthless impostor barge into my life, get it ruined and disappear out of sight. How did I get to this dilemma…how…oh…Lord!” Stella wailed and stamped her palm on the bed.Zara was carrying one of the twins, doing her best to lull the infant to sleep since Stella has refused to breastfeed them.Vivian cuddled the other baby and struggled to pet the suckling. She knew they were famished which was the reason for their wailing. But Stella wouldn’t want to breastfeed her babies. Ever since they got back from the hospital, she had avoided the twins.Kennedy yelled at Stella, because the twins were wailing noisily now and he couldn’t tolerate it anymore, “It is today that I confirmed your wickedness. You are heartless and deserve not to dwell among humans. When you were busy frolicking with Ander
On a crisp morning, Jamole had sent a memo across all his staff for a compulsory staffers and stakeholders meeting. Everyone had gathered in the board room and he stared across to see that some staffers were missing. Roger, Andre and Stella were not in the room. He had received information about Stella’s delivery of the twins, and he couldn’t wait to see her ruin in her pain.He could see Jade and how busy he was with his job of putting the hall in order and discarding the trash.Just then a figure appeared at the door. All eyes fell upon Roger whose face held a mountain of frown. In his hands were a pile of files and a briefcase. After tossing his head in pity, he walked majestically to Jamole and stretched an envelope to him.“That is my resignation letter. I have applied for my trust fund which is about five million dollars. Please I would want to get that money as soon as possible. That is part of my salary which the company has saved.”Jamole chuckled and replied, him, “Good ridd
Immediately Jamole alighted from the car, he waited for his security officer to assist Susan. Paparazzi and journalists perched around and kept shooting flashes of camera at them.Gently Jamole led Susan into the hospital and he met a spectacle when they got in; the doctor and a handful of nurses welcomed them with colorful flowers.This was the same hospital where he was humiliated by onlookers just because his credit card was blocked by Zhang. He couldn’t believe his sight. He had only come to visit his father-in-law and never planned to witness a warm reception.But news of his sudden leap to the top had made the round and the doctor was forced to grant him a warm reception to honor his visit.“Is that not the same man we mocked when his credit card failed to pay?” a nurse mumbled to another. “I can remember we called him gold-digger. It was an embarrassing moment for him.”“His transformation had got me. I barely could recognize him. The Pablo’s must be excited for making him thei
Vivian, Zara and Kennedy were pacing up and down the hospital, combing around for any available doctor or nurse to walk out of the labor room and inform them why Stella had been screaming at the top of her voice since she got in.Vivian stroked her hair confusedly as she nagged, “What the hell is happening? Did the presenter make a mistake by introducing Jamole Cadry as the CEO of Swan? Or are we expecting another? I am still perplexed and lost here. How can Jamole Cadry be the anonymous heir?”“What is the so-called Anderson? What is happening? What is going on? Stella told us the father of her babies is the anonymous heir, who happens to be Anderson? Is Jamole the same Anderson?” Kennedy asked and clicked his fingers in shock.“You guys are not even getting the point,” Zara panicked, “Is that not Jamole Cadry, the dirty-looking janitor who could barely smell nice let alone fend for himself? That is Jamole Cadry, Stella’s ex-husband. How did he become so rich that?”The receptionist