Seth's eyes narrowed as he spotted James in the boxing ring, a mixture of surprise and disdain crossing his face. He approached the ring with a scowl."What on earth are you doing here, James? let me guess you now work here" Seth said with a mocking tone.Seth also had a membership plan in that particular gym, he had been working there for months before he met James today.James, catching his breath, replied, "Why do the Martinezs feel like they own the whole south district? This gym does not belong to you and I can be anywhere I want to be, I'm not part of your family remember?"Seth was taken aback by James new found confidence, something seemed off about him, he had lived with them for three years and never for once spoken to him in such a manner. Seth slowly paced around the boxing ring "So you now have the nerve to talk back at me just because you work here""And you told you I work here?" James asked glaring at him. Seth expected that James would be on the streets begging, strug
"Let's go! one! ... two! ... Three" Sophia, James' trainer instructed James as he was throwing punches at the punching bag. James had been training for the past forty minutes.It's been six days already, James has been training hard for the match with Seth.He would leave work earlier just so he could train at the gym, James already had a very good physique because of the tedious and strenuous work he had to do in the past to be able to afford to even feed himself.Sophia initially disapproved of him agreeing to the fight, but as his personal trainer, she had to train him and make sure he was ready for the fight.On the other hand, Seth was not putting effort into preparation for the showdown, to him James was not worth it.He only came to the gym not more than twice in the last six days just to mock James.Seth was very arrogant, and all he was focused on was beating the hell out of James."That'll be all for today, "Sophia said calling it a day.James nodded in acknowledgment of So
Sophia's desperation to get James to continue the match increased as she made efforts to try and get him to stand up "Come on, James! You can do this!"Seth stood on the other side of the ring, he was enjoying the show, he did not need to train just to fight someone like James, this boxing match was just a walk in the park for him.He felt so happy seeing James on the floor unable to get up as the referee was counting down."You are nothing! And that's what you'll always be... The useless son-in-law!" Seth said laughing hysterically at James who was on the floor.Seth's taunting laughter and last words 'the useless son-in-law' echoed in James' ears.4... 3..." The referee's countdown continued.All of a sudden James stood up, fueled by a surge of determination, James rose from the floor just before the final count, he stood tall, shaking off the pain that still resonated through his body.The whole gym fell into a stunned momentary silence.Seth's arrogant expression wavered, and was
James looked down on him and said "From now on you'll think twice before belittling someone."As Seth rose from the floor, his face flushed with embarrassment, if someone told him that one day he was going to bow down and kiss James' feet, he was going to laugh at the person, but now he had just kissed the feet of the same person he used to look down on, he really underestimated James.The cheering of the crowd continued as Seth left the boxing ring with his head low, people were really excited at the outcome of the match.James stood tall in the ring, he did not only win the match but also gained respect in the unexpected turn of events."I am so proud of you, James!" Sophia said with a beaming smile."Thank you, Sophia. Thank you for all the training, it really paid off," James replied, still trying to catch his breath.Sophia smiled warmly "Thank you for being the best student, you deserve all the congratulations"James proceeded to exit the ring the gym members continued to shower
The guards glared at James, it seemed he was not satisfied with the beating they gave him the other day, they were even surprised that he survived, they guessed he was back for more.James, maintaining his composure, looked at the guards with a calm expression. "I'm here to make a reservation for the Sky Garden.The guards exchanged glances and burst into laughter simultaneously. The guard on the left wiped the tears from his eyes, and managed to speak, "You? Make a reservation for the Sky Garden. You this miserable pauper Where would you see the money for it?"The other had recovered from his laughter and finally spoke "You can't even afford an ordinary table reservation and you want to reserve the Sky Garden?"Cherry Garden has four types of reservation, each type of reservation has a floor in the building.Ordinary reservation, you can only eat in the lobby, which is on the ground floor of the building, a reservation costs only $1000.Silver reservation can eat on the second floor
"Manager Ethan!" The guards exclaimed and the guard holding James collar quickly let go of it.Ethan was the manager of Cherry Garden, he was a Middle-aged man wearing a black stylish suit.The restaurant manager, with a stern expression, stared down at the guards.The guards, startled by the manager's intervention, the manager looked threatened as he was visibly sweating like his life was in danger or something.The manager turned to James, acknowledging him with a bow "Mr Winslow, pardon their unacceptable behavior, you're welcome to Cherry Garden"Brian had called Ethan earlier and told him the president of the Winslow Group was being embarrassed at his doorstep.The two guards looked so dumbfounded as to why the manager was bowing down to this common man whom they were just about to beat up, or was he confusing him for someone else?"Manager Ethan, I don't mean to be rude but this is the same man that we threw out of the restaurant for constituting a nuisance" one of the guards sp
"I bought some wealth management products from this insurance company, I invested all my money in it, and now the company does not allow withdrawals," Maureen said.People were carrying cardboard and placards, demonstrating in front of the company.The company was owned by Maverick and he had defrauded over tens of millions of dollars from their victims.Companies like this who dared to swindle people of such amount of money usually had strong backing, it's even possible that they are the big dogs of the underground world- If not how would someone dare scam people of such amount of money?"Why didn't you tell me before investing money in such I would have researched to know if it was legit" James scolded Maureen.Maureen, lowering her gaze, responded with a feeling of regret, "I thought it was a good opportunity, James. They promised high returns, and I wanted to secure a better future for us."Truly the profits they promised were very attractive, over 70%As James looked around at th
"I'll show you what I can do," Darren said as he entered the gate and approached the door of the insurance company but there were several employees blocking the door."Go and tell your leader to come out and refund the money of these uncles and aunts standing outside otherwise I will involve the lawyer team and the public security organ intervene and this place will be shut down and you will definitely be arrested alongside all of you!" Darren shouted angrily at the employees but they just stood there motionless blocking the entrance."Are you deaf??? Do you know who I am? I promise I will send all of you to prison"The young employee at the end was a little nervous and hurriedly said "I am sorry, I am just a security guard I am not responsible for any business"James said coldly "Then go and call your boss, tell him that I Darren from the Harris family said he should come out or he will face the consequences"While speaking, Darren's face was full of arrogance.The young employee was