2022-08-05 01:56:36A man with a messy look, Carlos, entered the hair saloon and received many weird glances. Their movements, be it of their eyelids or their fingers, looked to be in slow motion in his eyes.
“Hey, this place ain’t for beggars!” one of the workers there tried to push him out, but he took out a hundred dollar bill. “S-Sorry, sir. Please take your seat.” the worker’s behavior took a U-turn. “What type of haircut and shave do you want?”
“As clean and simple as possible.”
In a few minutes, the job was done. The workers and other customers were surprised by how differently he looked now. Though he had a thin scar running diagonally at the corner of his left eye, his overall appearance was quite manly. He looked rather thin as if he was on an extreme diet, but his deep brow-ridge, his intense gaze, and his thick jaw, everything about his mein screamed manliness.
He didn’t care about the change in the impression the others were having of him. He walked out of the saloon and looked around with a slightly cold gaze before stepping out into the sun.
His skin burned and itched a little, but it wasn’t unbearable. However, the longer he stayed under sunlight, the more intense the pain became. He had to stop by in the shadows and take a little bit of rest there.
He was still quite surprised with all the changes in his body. Not only did his broken knees get cured completely, he was able to hear and see things better than ever. Even now, as he sat on the footpath, he could hear all the hundreds of different noises on the streets and distinguish one from another much more clearly.
He could hear a child sniffling about two hundred meters away. He could hear his own heart rhythm pretty well.
All these changes scared as well as excited him.
Only hours back, he was close to dying from starvation, but now, he looked relatively healthy and strong. His senses were sharper than ever. However, when he put his hand down to the side, an ant bit him.
“You little…” He slapped the ant with the intent to kill it. He immediately regretted it, but then the ant wasn’t dead. It got back to its feet and walked away. His slap couldn’t kill it.
He kept watching the ant for a long time. “Even an ant bites back if you mess with it. How can I let go of the Myers after they have ruined my whole life?” his eyes gained redness as he thought of all the horrible things they had done to him.
“Just because you have money, you think you can do anything and get away with it. Just you wait… Sofia. If I don’t make you kneel and cry before me, I’ll change my name to Craplos!”
“Hey, you. This is my begging spot,” a beggar with an arrogant look approached him. “Go and beg somewhere else!” He had a big birthmark on his nose. "You good-for-nothing fool!"
“I’m not in a good mood, so buzz off,” Carlos warned.
“What did you say?” the beggar kicked at Carlos’ face.
Carlos glanced at him. His leg came in slow motion. He could yawn and move his head away before it hit him, but he not only deflected the attack but then also swiftly punched in the beggar’s crotch, warping his face into a warthog.
“You little…” the beggar fell to his knees and cringed in pain.
“You are still quite rude.” Carlos snatched the dollar bills from the beggar’s pocket and walked away.
The beggar was furious, but the pain in his balls didn’t let him get up just yet, so he could only watch Carlos leave with his money. Almost thirty dollars in total.
As Carlos walked, he noticed a mother playing with her child in the park. His expression turned a bit sad. If Sofia had done even some justice to her role, they would probably have a child by now. On one hand, his heart ached. On other hand, he was also glad that the mother of his child wouldn’t be a wicked woman like Sofia.
All the thoughts burdened his heart.
He took a deep breath. “Let’s not worry about the past. I should focus on the future.”
“What should I do now? I don’t want to do the same job again as it will remind me of that family.”
“Should I work as a freelancer? No, I don’t have the desktop or the necessary setting for that. Besides, I can’t earn much with that. I want to find a job that helps me earn fast. The more the better. The faster the better.”
He entered the internet cafe and logged into his online account and printed out his resume and other necessary documents required at interviews, including the locations where the interviews were being held for the next few days.
“It’s time to walk into some interviews.”
He went to the nearest building. There were more than forty people sitting outside the interview room on the second floor, biting their nails or checking their files and whatnot. He walked past them and entered the room, shocking them all.
The interviewers were also surprised to see Carlos entering while another interviewee was being interviewed. Moreover, his dirty attire caught their eyes and contorted their expressions.
“Did you come here for an interview?” one of the three interviewers asked, his voice neither polite nor rude. If he hadn't asked fast, the other interviewers might have barked at Carlos and told him to get the hell out.
“Yes, of course,” Carlos casually replied.
“Then, couldn’t you wear something better?”
“I will once I get this job.” His reply left them in a bit of a daze.
“Ho, I like your confidence. How many years of experience do you have as a data scientist?”
“None.”
The interviewers fell silent for a few seconds. “What?”
“I can gain experience once I get the job, can’t I?” Carlos asked. “I’m a quick learner, so don’t worry.”
The interviewers looked at each other before speaking, “You can leave, mister.”
“Why? Am I overqualified for this job?" Carlos thought he was asking a genuine question. "Or is it because you guys don’t know what you’re talking about?”
The interviewers and the other interviewee in the room were shocked by how preposterous Carlos’ words were.
They rang the bell, and two men rushed in.
“What the hell were you two doing letting guys like him in? Take him away!” they yelled.
“There’s no need. I’ll go out by myself,” Carlos stood and snorted. “You guys don’t know you’re kicking out a CEO candidate.” He walked out with a disappointed expression. “The recruiters are supposed to have eagle eyes, but these guys are no better than bats. If others are also like this these days… Nah, I don’t want to waste time like this. Instead of working for others, why don’t I work under myself? Become a CEO of my own company?”
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Many minutes passed since Sofia and others got stuck in the smelly basement filled with rat poop and what not. Moreover, these rats were the size of cats. From having eaten all kinds of roots and seeds in the garden, they grew very bulky, and they did not fear these four humans. They were more arrogant than the Myers themselves, as if they were the real owners of this place!As everyone waited with bated breaths, about an hour or so later, the music stopped. The sound of bats leaving reached their ears.“Did they leave?” Sofia wondered. She told Cassey to check on it, but Cassey was still feeling her wounds. She refused to go out.They waited a few minutes before coming out. To their relief, the bats were gone, and so did the guitar, but they didn’t care about the guitar.“Our mansion must be cursed,” Victoria looked at Gregory. “Do something.”“What do you want me to do? Bring some black magicians?” he yelled in frustration.“I don’t know! Just make sure they won’t even come near our
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In the middle of the night, Sofia was rolling around and slapping her arms every now and then because bugs were biting her. There was no fan or AC in this cottage. All she had was a hand fan, and her arms had grown heavy from waving the fan. Now, she was completely drenched in sweat, and this made it all the more difficult for her to properly sleep.She got up from the couch and shook her dress before walking out of the cottage. She could see the mansion in the distance. The words her mother told her a day ago came to her mind.“After the wedding was stopped, we didn’t care about anything. But your sister went to the catering guys and told them to give the food to the homeless. They went and freely distributed the food throughout the city in our family’s name,” Victoria showed the details in the newspaper. “This is good for us because the public opinion will surely improve after this incident. We’re doing our best to make those videos Carlos showed at the wedding are fake. Even if som
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After shooting Carlos eight times, Sofia ran away from the scene.Not only were there multiple witnesses, there was also a camera recording of the scene, which was provided as evidence to the police before the Myers family could do anything about it. So, the police began to search for Sofia everywhere.While Sofia was on the run, Carlos Wallace a.k.a, Charles Wallace was officially declared dead. And all those who knew him mourned his death.His story of Charles Wallace had become so popular it was printed in multiple magazines, and a popular writer had announced that he would be writing a biography of Carlos, and he requested some funds for researching in depth about the life of Carlos Wallace. Within just a few days, the author received thousands of dollars as funds from the interested public.Victoria and Gregory, on the other hand, publicly stated that they have nothing to do with their eldest daughter’s actions and did not support what Sofia had done. However, in secret, they mai
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Sofia was too stunned to even talk or blink for that matter. Seeing Carlos had frozen her to the core.“C-Carlos!” Victoria shouted like a pig walking on broken glass. “Why are you disguised as Charles? What have you done to him? Where is he?”“He’s… standing right before you,” Carlos raised the face mask in his hand. “I’m Carlos. And I’m Charles.”Victoria’s eyes grew wider than the seas. The wine glass in her hand fell.“I’m Carlos Wallce. I’m Charles Wallace,” Carlos added. “I’m the guy that has been treated like a trash, not worth her time, by Sofia no matter how much I tried to please her, and I’m also the guy that she has fallen for because she believed she deserved me when I was a gambler who earns in millions every match.”Sofia still kept stupidly staring in gut-busting shock. (No! No! No! This can’t be true! This must be a dream! It has to be!) She refused to accept what was transpiring right before her eyes.However, why wasn’t the nightmare ending?Why was Carlos still sta
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Charles was preparing in his room all by himself. Someone knocked on the door multiple times.“Coming.” Charles opened the door only to get shocked to see Laurel who had wet eyes, and there was anger dwelling in her eyes. She entered the room without his permission and locked the door. “What are you doing?”She looked into his eyes. “Didn’t you say you can’t make a woman pregnant? Why are you marrying Sofia?”Charles maintained a straight face. “You will know soon.”“What do you mean I’ll know soon?” Laurel frowned.“That’s all I can say. If you leave, I’ll prepare for the wedding,” Charles said.Laurel clenched her fist. “I hate you, Charles. I wish I never met you.” Holding her tears back, she rushed out of the room.Charles pursed his lips and took a deep breath. When he looked at himself in the mirror, he hated whom he was seeing.Meanwhile, in another room, Sofia was looking at herself in the mirror with a bouquet in her hand, she felt so happy. Her mother kissed her and said, “F
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Almost a week later, the wedding day has arrived.The Sky Moon Hotel’s rooftop was chosen as the wedding venue. All the top three floors were reserved for 120,000 dollars for three days and nights so that the guests could stay at the hotel for three more days after the wedding.Gregory had to do at least this much because it was his eldest daughter’s wedding. Everybody that was given the invitation cards were also later sent Myers’ branded clothes fitting to their body sizes so that everybody who would come to the wedding would be wearing the clothes of his brand and his brand only.Though no press was allowed at the wedding, some private photographers were hired to capture every moment so that Gregory could later use the footage to market his brand all over the world. After all, many billionaires from around the world were invited to the wedding, and even more guests to the reception that would follow the morning after the wedding night.The Sky Moon Hotel was a 120-floored building
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Charles spent a few hours with Bob and Charlie, eating with them and buying them things. He parted with them in the evening.As Charles was walking back home, he thought back about his life. Many years ago, when he was very young, he was alone. Even after these years, that didn’t seem to have changed as he didn’t have anyone that would walk beside him.Charles was aimlessly walking, and he noticed a few men trying to look from an old beggar. They managed to take more than a hundred dollars from the beggar, but they still wanted more, and they began to rip his clothes, trying to see if he was hiding the money elsewhere.The beggar was old and weak, so he couldn’t fight back against the two youngsters.Charles approached from behind and grabbed their necks. They couldn’t move their necks, not even a little.“Give his money back,” Charles uttered, putting a bit more strength into his grip, and the youngsters quickly dropped the money. Charles then let go of them, and they ran away pretty
