So it was his grandfather's doings but how was he even aware that all of this was even happening to him?
Then he remembered the words of his grandfather, I Know everywhere in the city and I have eyes distributed all around. Such a thing will never happen again, understand my watch.
His voice re-echoed in his head.
Soon. The phone of the manager beeped and he read through it. Streams of sweat flowed down swiftly from the corner of his face and his palms were sweaty.
"What the hell have you done?" He yelled turning over to the receptionist who was already shivering hard with so much fear like someone that just caught a cold.
"I don't understand sir." She could not help but return, now that she was already shivering with so much fear and cold shivers running down her spine.
The manager turned around towards Ethan with dread in his eyes and he knelt before him.
"I am sorry Sir. I didn't Know that.." He could not get himself to say anything as his words broke into multiple shivers and his lips shuttered.
Seeing what was going on, Evelyn, her boyfriend, and the receptionist were beyond confused and they could not comprehend what it was that was going on there anymore.
Ethan noticed that as more customers came in, the manager was going to cause a scene there so he assisted him up from the floor and stared right into his eyes.
"You don't have to do this, mister." He said.
He drew over to him and stared right into his eyes to calm him down before he made way for his ears.
"Nobody knows about it yet and nobody has to find out anything about it." He announced.
The manager got the message that Ethan was trying to pass along almost immediately and he nodded his head.
"Once again. I am sorry sir and to show my sincere apologies. You are fired." His tone shot up immediately his gaze shifted to his receptionist who shivered at the sound of the word.
For a while, she could only quiver
"I am sorry sir. Sir, please don't do this to me. You Know that I need this job." She pleaded.
But all her pleading fell on deaf ears because the manager was working on the orders of a higher authority.
Soon, two security men fully guarded walked into the place and turned around towards the manager.
"Take them out of this place." He wanted to say but then Ethan stopped him...
"Not yet." He whispered.
He drew gradually towards him and whispered some Words that only the manager could hear.
"I will do that right away sir." He concord.
He called out to one of the guards that came at his request and whispered to him to
With a slight bow, the guard walked away from the place and returned a few minutes later with package parcels in his hands, About to hand them over to the boss but his hands stopped him.
"For them." He noted gesturing to Evelyn and her likes.
The guard nodded his head and handed it over to them while they looked into it..
"Leftovers!!" The receptionist said with a broken voice as tears continued to drizzle down from her eyes.
"Cool thing that you noticed," Ethan noted.
"Just a little gift from me to you." He said and this time, there was a dark smile hanging on his lips.
"Now you can take them to the gutters where they belong."
He watched as they were thrown away by the yells and tears of the receptionist reaching out to him.
"I am Sorry again sir. The manager apologized.
"I never knew that you were."
"There is no need to mention." Ethan stopped him. "I should get going now."
He pulled away from the place with a happy feeling. For the first time, he was really happy.
For once, he was going to be the voice of the voiceless and fight for every single person who had fallen prey to the powerful hands out there
And from his deep knowledge after graduating from business school, he was going to gather immense wealth until he was on top of the world.He walked home gradually and took his bath, already exhausted after everything that had happened to him that day.
But as he was about to lay his head, he got a really strange phone call that got him wondering.
He wasn't the kind of person to receive such. And even when he did, because he was too poor to get himself into any kind of trouble. He usually avoided them.
"But there is no need to avoid such things any longer. You are richer than the richest man in the City now." He reminded himself.
Taking a sip in the fresh air, he picked up the call but after that, there was a sudden pause.
"This is Ethan Geftan right?" The caller noted after such a long pause that seemed to be like forever.
It seemed as though whoever it was that the caller was, a lot was already known about him or a lot of research had been done on him already.
"Or was it due to what happened earlier?" He could not help but think.
For some reason, he could not get his hands around, his heart was racing fast as though it was going to burst through.
"Who are you, what do you want from me and how do you even know me?" Multiple questions streamed out of his mouth, making whoever it was that was at the other end of the phone burst into dark evil laughter.
"Do you think of me as a robot? To answer all those questions at a spot?"
The audacity of the person made Ethan twist his hands with so much hate and disgust Even without seeing him already.
"If you aren't that scared, at least you will tell me who you are." Ethan ventured.
"Scared? That is one thing that can not be linked to me. And as for my identity, there is certainly no need for me to hide it from you."
"I am Bel Geftan. Your sweet brother." He announced it to me but for a while, I could not think straight.
"What?" I exclaimed, really confused.
"I have a brother?" The words came out of my mouth as a surprise.
"And I am the sweatiest thing that will ever happen to you." He finalized and ended the call but for Ethan, he was still stiff.
When he was finally able to get a hold of himself once again, he tried as much as he could to call back the number but it was already blocked.
"Shit." He exclaimed.
Random thoughts ran through his head. Just within a few days, he had received a lot of Gbas gobos (unexpected news) and it seemed as though his head was going to tear apart.
"But if he was my brother. Why did he have to announce himself in such a way? Or is he some weirdo? A spoiled thing?" He could not even get himself to place his thoughts on anything anymore.
"But he said he is the sweatiest thing that is ever going to happen to me. That should be a good sign right?"
His phone made a beeping sound once again and Adrenaline flooded into his bloodstream, forcing him to reach out to his cell phone as soon as he called and it seemed as though he had a text message.
"And your worst nightmare too." He read once again.
Nobody to cuddle but it was better than cuddling a wretched Beast who confesses love only to stab you from behind.A slight sigh escaped from his lips.It was morning already and the sun's ray was already forcing themselves through the Window"This might be the last time that I will be lying to you." He tapped his bed slightly.Seeing his phone lying there brought back the memories of the previous night back to him.But whatever it was that was behind what had happened the previous night, he was certainly going to find out from his grandfather that day.He rose from his bed. And for the first time in years, he got a proper dose of sleep.Staring at his wall clock, he noticed that he had just a few hours left to get set.He stared at his worn-out shoes that were already opened at the tip and his tattered clothes.Wishing that he could get to the mall and do a quick change, a slight sigh escaped from his mouth knowing too well that he did not have enough time to do that.And he didn't w
Meanwhile, Marcel and Nancy gained a quick pass into the building and since they already knew what they were for, they Walked swiftly towards the manager's office but first, they had to meet with the secretary and tender their request."Good day, ma'am." Marcel greeted the lady who was behind the Deck and was putting on a white glittering suit.Pairing away from her computer after what seemed to be like ages, he blinked her eyes for a while and returned her glasses."Good day to you too Mr. Marcel. How may I be of help to you?" She inquired, staring right into his eyes.Nancy brought the documents that they were holding and offered them to his brother who also returned them to the secretary.As a busy person, her eyes could only blink through the important details and afterward, she handed it over to them."This would be a really difficult request since we will be getting new management soon so I think that you should discuss With Mr. Blakes properly." She noted pushing its bottom on
Ethan stood outside for a while staring right into space and looking forward to what was going to happen nextThen he could see them from afar being dragged away as a dark smile hovered on his lips, waking gradually towards them."Guess who just got kicked out." He laughed his hands folded and seeing him, Marcel tried to control himself and made it seem as though it was nothingDusting his hands, he returned his gaze to Ethan who raised his eyebrow."And what do you think is going on? I am just being escorted out as a VIP that I truly am and nothing other than that." He responded but Ethan could already see through his lieThe way that he gripped your hands, it didn't say so I have to say." He responded and walked away from the place while Marcel gnashed his teeth.He got towards the guards and was about to show him the invitation card that he got to see the manager"Hey, this is not a charity organization, please step aside." He heard the person that was in charge of the queue saying
Everyone around stared at what was going on in astonishment. "Who could this poorly dressed man be?" Ethan could hear the whispers filter into his ears like murmurs of bees."But sir. I was about to get him out of this place." The security officer named Mr. Austin tried to say, still clutching hard to his aching face that seemed to want to pull apart."Another word from you and I am going to make sure that I cut off your tongue. I guess that slap isn't enough for you already right?"The security officer shivered on the point that he stood, knowing way too well that he was on the verge of losing his job if Ethan was anybody important.But a part of him screamed out that he could never be anyone that big.It's clothes, cheap body spray. Everything about him spoke of a low key life.Mr. Blakes walked towards Ethan swiftly to apologize on behalf of the mishap."M...." He was about to say but Ethan shot a stare at him, not ready to reveal his identity yet."Don't do that. For now, I am ju
His words broke into stutters as he tried to find his words but he found it difficult."Sir please I need this job. I'm sorry for what I did to you. I don't think you were just a bagger and all I did was for the best interest of the company." His eyes moved erratically, threatened by fear.Ethan's eye blinked knowing way too well that the security officer was trying to manipulate him.But it was somehow interesting and he wanted to find out more about this man. And thanks, he had the best more than knew everything about him."So Mr. Blake, can you tell me more about Mr. Austin here? What's his name and why did my grandfather make him so immune." He outlined the details of every single thing that he wanted to know about him.Mr. Blake stammered for a while and his hands skimmed through his head as he did not know much about him."Sir, I don't know much about him." He replied.His face flushed With disappointment. "How can you say that you do not know anything about him?" He inquired.
The act that he just put up made him remember his past. Deceitful and manipulative people who thought that they could use people as much as they wanted to and thought that they were still loyal pissed him off so much.His teeth gnashed against each other as the image that stood before him was replaced by that of the betrayer."But sir." Mr. Austin was about to say but he would not allow him to spit out a single word from his mouth."One more lie from you and I am not only going to make sure that you leave this company but you will leave this city for lying to me." He said but he decided to pretend as though he knew nothing about what Ethan was saying."I don't understand sir. What has to be done to get you angry?" The words on his lips shook."You want to Know don't you?" He inquired and the only thing that he could do was nod his head."Yes sir. And Also make it up to you." He replied.Ethan nodded his head, a dark smile hovered on his lips as he loved the game that the security off
His eyebrows furrowed staring right into his eyes as random thoughts ran through his mind."What could that even be?" He thought in his head.Without spitting out a single word from his mouth, he waited patiently for Mr. Blakes to state what was wrong but he didn't seem to be ready to say that any time soon."And that would be?" He finally had to break the overbearing silence in the room."Your grandfather told me to inform you that your father is not in good condition." He noted.He was taken aback by the words and didn't want anything to happen to the closest relative that he just meant.Right from the point where he could not see him, he knew already that something was wrong."We should get going in that case." He turned around towards Mr. BlakeHe was led to the car park by Mr. Blake and they got into a white Porsche.His heart raced fast as random thoughts ran through his mind and when he could no longer take it, he Paced out through the window just to view the city and get his m
Meanwhile, Marcel's face was sweaty as he drove in his car through the feet.For reasons that he could not know, his feet were shivering so badly and his hands ached on the starry.Right from the very first day that he had known Mr. Blakes, he had never seen him so angry before."What do you think might have been wrong?" The seat that sat beside him all those while in silence finally broke the silence."I am supposed to know." He could not help but transfer the same energy that he had been given by Mr. Blakes.He could feel his heart beating hard against his chest as though it was going to burst through as the thoughts about what happened crossed his mind.The events before that could not help but scream through and only one name surfaced in his head.Ethan.His Hands clenched tightly until it made a cracking sound and the expression on his face deepened.His sister could not help but notice the quick change in his countenance and had to ask what was wrong.Is anything the matter?" He
Mr. Greftan was admitted to the hospital and placed on bed rest by the doctor. He had a minor heart attack and the doctor warned that it might reoccur if Mr. Greftan wasn't resting well. Keren was still not at work, and Ethan couldn't find her document. He searched all his files but they were nowhere to be found. He was sure he left it in his office. He was worried about Keren but there was no way to reach her. It had been two weeks since the incident and Keren was not yet at work. He thought it was because they made out that was why she was shy about resuming and it broke him when he couldn't find her credentials so he could locate her house address. Worst of all, he didn't have her picture saved on his phone; the only picture he had of her was missing too, and he couldn't explain how Keren’s document mysteriously disappeared from his office. Ethan turned on the CCTV camera to see if Eli was the one who took Keren’s file but he didn't see anything out of the ordinary; all he could
Mr. Greftan was admitted to the hospital and placed on bed rest by the doctor. He had a minor heart attack and the doctor warned that it might reoccur if Mr. Greftan wasn't resting well. Keren was still not at work, and Ethan couldn't find her document. He searched all his files but they were nowhere to be found. He was sure he left it in his office. He was worried about Keren but there was no way to reach her. It had been two weeks since the incident and Keren was not yet at work. He thought it was because they made out that was why she was shy about resuming and it broke him when he couldn't find her credentials so he could locate her house address. Worst of all, he didn't have her picture saved on his phone; the only picture he had of her was missing too, and he couldn't explain how Keren’s document mysteriously disappeared from his office. Ethan turned on the CCTV camera to see if Eli was the one who took Keren’s file but he didn't see anything out of the ordinary; all he could
“Impressive!! This is by far the best project you have come up with; I cannot believe it! How did you get this idea?“You see, grandpa, I am not the bad egg after all; I have been breaking my back working on something that would make you and dad proud.“I cannot wait to show Ethan this project; I am sure he will be so proud of you.Eli collected the documents from his grandfather’s hand; he did it in such a way that it showed that he was disgusted with what his grandfather said.“What? What is wrong? Do you want to yank your hand off? Why did you collect your document like that? Did I say something wrong?"Yes, grandfather, you do not even trust me enough; I did all of this myself and now you want to show Ethan for approval.“I wasn't going to show him for approval; I just wanted him to know what you were working on; surely he would be so excited too. “Why do you always do this, grandpa? Do you need validation from Ethan before approving my project? You all complain that I don't do a
“Irish! I thought you said she wouldn't be here!“I know Vivian, but Keren lives here; you both cannot be fighting forever; I need you both to settle your differences. “If not for the fact that we are sisters, I would have slapped you really hard! I do not have time for this nonsense! “But Vivian, Irish is right; you cannot be like this forever; you need to forgive me and let us move on.“You killed them! I will never forget that you made me a widow! I want nothing to do with you; excuse me, I am out of her.Vivian left the house, ignoring Irish and Keren, who were calling out her name. All the excitement on Keren’s face faded away. She fell to the couch and let out a loud sigh of relief. Irish sat beside her. They were both silent for a few minutes before Irish decided to break the silence.“You do not have to think too much about it; she will come around; she is still traumatised, and she told me she started therapy; she will come around soon."It has been years; I miss my best fri
“Take me home. That was the last thing Ethan said before he was unconscious. Keren had to call for the help of the receptionist so they could carry Ethan to the car. By the time they got downstairs, the driver was already in his seat, waiting to move. They managed to put Ethan into the car, the receptionist went back to her work station and everyone was worried, wondering what was happening to their boss. They thought he fainted but the receptionist had to tell them that the boss was under a lot of stress and he needed rest. Ethan was in the back seat with Keren; he was sleeping deep. Keren couldn't get her eyes off him; she wished she could touch his hair so she could do that. Tears rolled down her face when she thought about her late fiance. She looked outside the window so no one would see her crying. Shortly after, they got to the mansion and Keren was left in amazement. She couldn't believe her eyes; she couldn't believe the edifice standing tall in front of her. When the driv
Keren was so shy, she used to wish the ground would open and swallow her. Ethan was still fast asleep; he was oblivious that his grandfather was in the room. “You must be Keren, right?Keren tried to speak but she was stuttering and she struggled to compose herself."Yes, I am, sir.“Why is Ethan fast asleep by this time?“He is drunk, sir; he drank too much. “I see. Follow me.“Sir?“You heard me; follow me. Ethan’s grandfather left the room and Keren jumped off the bed and rushed to Ethan’s closet to wear something casual. She wore a white collar shirt and joggers. When she was done, she headed downstairs to meet Mr. Geftan. “Right on time, join me.Mr. Geftan poured Keren a glass of freshly pressed juice; he pressed it himself. It was a mixture of pineapple, watermelon and a little ginger. “This is so lovely, sir; I have never tasted a better fruit juice.“So tell me, what is it like working with Ethan?“I have no idea, sir. I only resumed today. I hoped I was going to have a bli
How can I repay you for your kindness sir?“You do not have to pay me, just go home and start something beautiful and profitable for you and your son. Your son deserves something better.“Who are you sir?Bal’s father said amidst tears, he couldn't control the tears that rolled down his face, he wanted to kneel to appreciate Ethan but Ethan stopped him mid air.“You do not have to do that, just consider me your angel, now please go get something good to eat.“Thank you uncle, my dad is really happy. Bal and his father left the park and Ethan watched how joyous they looked until they faded out of sight, he was truly happy for them… he was fulfilled when he saw the smile on their faces, and at that moment he was convinced that everything happened for a reason, if Eli had not crashed his car, he wouldn't have met Bal. He walked back to the hospital ward and when he got there he was informed that Eli was out of coma. He wasn't sure if he was happy about the news or not but he had to go
“I am not going to calm down, grandfather!! Did you see what he did to my car? That car was badly damaged—damaged beyond repair!! “Stop stressing over material things; your insurance company can take care of the damages.“They would if I were the one driving the car, but I am not and Eli is moving around with an expired driver’s license!" He better stay in that coma, because I will send him back there if he comes back to this house! How dare he take my car without my permission!!! He left his luxurious cars and took mine. I am starting to think that he crashed my car on purpose. “ Don't be ridiculous. I understand you are upset but do you think Eli would risk his life just to crash your car and get back at you? You should be praying for his recovery, not this.“God forbid!! I better waste my time on important things than pray for that rebellious soul. Eli is a lost cause.“You are the older one, Ethan. I know Eli is not the best but do you want us to throw him away? Your father doesn
“Hahah!! I told you I was going to get to you, didn't i? Eli was smiling at the screenshot he took; he was the happiest soul that night. He was one step away from bringing Ethan down and he was very excited. He took out his phone and called Marcel.“Hello, where are you?“I am resting at my loudspeaker.“Meet me at the bar.“At the bar? By this time of the night? Isn't it late already?“I told you never to oppose me again; remember, I am paying for that room. I can kick you out anytime, so please do as I say or else I will throw you out.“I will be there in 20 minutes.“Be there in 15.“Eli ended the call and tossed his phone on the bed and he made his way to his closet to change into something casual for the night. He was humming a melodious song as he went to the bathroom to freshen up. After he was done, he took Ethan’s porch and left. He didn't want to drive his Ferrari, but he knew Ethan was going to have his head by morning, but he didn't care.“He got to the bar and ordered a