Jamole stood to his feet, advanced to the mirror opposite and took a glance at himself. His face lacked emotion and there was nothing on his mind other than vengeance.
Susan was still mad at him. She steered her wheel chair toward Jamole as she couldn’t stop questioning him. “It is absolutely demeaning and embarrassing that my husband who is supposed to be the heir to the prestigious Swan Real Estate is opting for the position of a janitor.”
Jamole gazed upon Susan and saw her face go crimson. He owed her a lot of explanation and he was going to let her into his pain in a short while. But for now he would have to disguise as a janitor. His vengeance was going to be slow and steady. None of his enemies will escape his stroke.
“I know my dear. I appreciate this opportunity your family has offered me and I promise to be loyal till the end of time. But you see I am just a simple, humble man,” he lied and wouldn’t want Susan to know that Stella was his ex wife and she cheated on him with her boss.
Susan was bull-furious; it was evident in her eyes. She wondered what Jamole was up to that would make him opt for the position of a janitor while there were other key positions he could opt for.
“I don’t think you appreciate the power bestowed upon you, because if you do you wouldn’t be sounding the way you do. That you are a janitor doesn’t make you humble but poor.”
Jamole raised a knitted brow; he perceived the mountain of anger in her voice and he knew she had lost it. “Apologies, my beloved, but you see, the fact that I am a janitor is not going to affect my impact. I only want to disguise and get to investigate and supervise the operations of every staff.”
Susan averted her gaze when Jamole locked his gaze with hers. “There is nothing to investigate about our staff. They are clean to the socks and very much reliable.”
A contrary thought just overshadowed her and she asked, “And come to think of it what is the reason behind your intention? Why would any sensible fellow opt for the lowest position in organization whereas there are higher ones?
Jamole settled his gaze on the list once more and the moment Roger and Stella came in sight, he dimmed his gaze and the thought of the heartbreak hit him in the head.
Ordinarily he was supposed to cry now but he cautioned himself to be in his best mood and not to bother Susan with his troubles. Roger and Stella were his troubles; they were his battle and he was going to fight alone.
Dragging a pitiable look across his face, Jamole replied her. “Please Susan be of good cheer and watch me take Swan Real Estate to the future. Not only will I make you and your father richer, but I will establish Swan Group in the sand of time.
Bur there was no stopping her. Susan had never given up on issues so demeaning let alone one less demeaning as this, “Jamole , do you realize I am Susan Pablo, daughter to Swan Pablo, the richest tycoon in Antipolo? What would the staffers say if they find out my husband is the company’s janitor? Are you naught or something?”
Jamole squatted to her. “I am fine. I know what I am doing.” Nothing in this world was going to alter his plans. Disguising was one of his major plans of striking back. He only wished Susan would understand and stop pestering him.
“We have janitors!” Susan snapped. “We don’t need another!” she reaffirmed and rolled her eyes at her offender.
“Let me be part of the janitors. I want to control the Swan Real Estate Group as the lowest ranked staff. Please nobody must know I am the heir and our marriage will be discrete.”
She interrupted, “Discrete? Why discrete? What are you up to Jamole? Now you are getting me scared and I am pissed…:”
The creaking of a door interrupted him and it was that one of the securities walked in with a piece of note handy. He handed it over to Susan with a bow.
Susan read the note hastily and showed it to Jamole. “As though father knew what I was lamenting about. He wants to know our wedding plans.”
Jamole raised a thick brow and dimmed his gaze at the note. “No, I am going to plead with my father-in-law. We can’t have a loud wedding. I want our wedding discrete, just simple and quiet, without any room for guest. Nobody must know I am your husband.”
“Are you kidding me?” Susan fumed, “Aren’t you proud of me or what? Why would you want to keep our marriage discrete?”
Jamole dared to touch her hands as he explained but she pulled away, and lowered her gaze in pain. Jamole could see the blotches on her chins and the vein that popped on her forehead.
“Apologies for any emotional wreck my decision must have caused you, my dear.” He stood up again, stared into the mirror and said, “But you see, I am a heartbroken man. What you see is merely a piece of myself. Until I make some rivals pay, my fury will never have rest.”
“Rivals?” Susan retorted and stared thoughtfully at him. “What rivals do you speak of? And does it have anything to do with my father’s business?” she queried.
Jamole hesitated; he never intended to give her the cold shoulders but already those warm tears were trickling now as he took his mind some months back to the hell he passed through in his marriage.
The table had turned now. Stella and her boss, Roger were his staff and it was only he that could decide their fate at the Swan Real Estates group.
“Why are you all tears, Jamole?” Susan asked. “Is there something you are not telling me? Talk to me Jamole. I am your wife. If there is any emotional trauma you are going through I should be the first to know.”
Jamole turned his gaze on her and forced a smile. “Never mind dear. It is tears of joy. I can’t believe this is me.”
Something was about to happen…
“That is not going to work. It is absolutely non negotiable, daughter!” Swan refuted and was interrupted by a whooping cough.Susan had visited him in his sick bed to brief him about Jamole’s intention to disguise as a janitor at the office and his quest for a quite wedding.“Go and tell your fiancée that I, Swan Pablo will not be a party to such awkward intention. He is serving as the heir to our empire because we are not healthy. You have to make him understand what position he holds. Doesn’t he know that he stands to inherit my wealth when I am gone?”“I have made him understand, father,” Susan replied and was pushed in the wheel chair by one of the securities. She rode closer to have a tête-à-tête with her father. “I don’t know what he is up to, father.”Swan Pablo averted his gaze to the wall, feeling hurt about Jamole’s sudden decision to disguise as a janitor and to go for a quiet wedding.Swan returned his gaze on her. “He is not going to disguise and your wedding will be loud
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
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,