The Powerful Dustin Rodriguez

"Can you just be sensible for once in your life!" a young man not more than a year older than Dustin yelled at him.He couldn't do anything right again. Being a cleaner in that restaurant had brought nothing but stains on him everywhere he went. People never respected him, but he didn't mind. All thanks to his boss too, Michael, who always embarrassed him everywhere he saw him.A year ago, his wish was granted to him. He got married to a beautiful woman, Laura and he had been content with that. Yes, he was poor and needed money, which was why he was hardworking and tried all his best. Dustin was a graduate with a great result, but finding a good job had just been too hard. "I'm sorry sir." He quickly apologized to his boss. "It's just that, I need this money, and you'll remove it from my salary! If only you could give me a small loan sir, I would really like that.""Useless man! Did you not hear of the crises our restaurant is facing? How can you still ask me such a ridiculous requ

The air was chilly as it was winter season. Dustin was walking down the street with his shirt doing little effort to protect him from the cold.He still couldn't get the whole scene from his head. How could she treat him like that? And with no remorse whatsoever?He knew he didn't have where to go, but his friends, two besties of his, Mark and Tom, would have enough space to accommodate him. He always did nice things for them whenever he had the chance to, so repaying his kindness shouldn't be a hard thing to do. In fact, he trusted them. They were good people.His phone rang and he saw it was one of his friends, Tom."Hey buddy, what's up?" he said, trying to hide the pain in his voice."Dustin, you don't have to lie but is it true? That you're jobless and now single?" Tom asked."Whoa, whoa, calm down. Jobless? Of course not." Dustin said."But the news about your wife is true then."Dustin frowned. How did he know already? It hasn't even been thirty minutes yet!"Wait, how did you

"Yes." His father replied. "Who else did you think would inherit all of my hard work, huh?"Dustin was still staring in complete shock. All his?? Could his day get any better???"Wow. I'm honored. I just dunno what to say...it's all...real?" He was staring at his dad with such shock, like if he stared too serious, his dad would disappear again."No. This is all real, my boy. Your mother would have been so proud of you." his dad said. He was so happy to reunite with his son again."Alright then. But first, we need to eat and you need a proper rest. So we can discuss your taking over. It's getting late anyway...""Dad, are you kidding me? I want to hear your plans now." The look on his face was very firm, one that did not accept any bargaining."Wow, you are still so stubborn as before." his dad teased. "Okay then, firstly, I need you to meet someone important. But she's a bit busy now, so I'll ask her to make plans this evening by maybe eight.""Okay, dad.""But first, you need to go f

After they'd ordered for a light dinner, Alara began to talk. She was a bold woman who didn't seem afraid of anything. Dustin liked that about her."I've been managing the company for years. The first thing I need you to know are your staff. We'll be heading to work by Monday for a proper introduction.""That's good to hear.""Also please sir, can you refer to me as miss Alara? To keep the formalities between us." She said so bluntly yet nicely.A smile formed on Dustin's face. "Because you're scared we might get too close and begin to develop false feelings of some kind?"Alara's frown remained on her face, but it was a harmless one. "I would just like us to remain formal with one another. Or you can try miss Dennis."His eyes were fixed on her stern face and a helpless smile began to relax on his face again. He quickly shrugged it off. "Alright then, miss Alara." He said. Her phone buzzed and she frowned at the screen. "I get it that they're excited about getting help from us, but

The next day, Dustin received a call, waking him up from his sleep. "You dummy, come to work right now!" It was the voice of his boss, Michael.Dustin frowned. "I'm sorry, but it's too early to summon me right now." "What?!" Michael roared. "You missed work yesterday because it was your off day. But what about today?? Huh!"Dustin had had enough of his boss. He hung up, and continued his sleep.After a couple of hours and plenty missed calls from his boss, he dressed up in one of his new corporate wears and decided to head to the restaurant."I need to tell Michael I'm quitting anyway. And settle my debt with Yasmine." He decided. Heading to the restaurant, his boss was already fuming with rage. He didn't understand why Dustin was dressed so nicely when he only wanted to clean and mop the floor."Look at how you're dressed! And how dare you come to work by this time!" He yelled."I don't have time for this. I've come to tender my–" Dustin was still saying when he was cut short by h