JealousyBrian felt disappointed, his effort was for nothing he used to be cool with everything Samantha did to him but now things are changing.“Did you win the lottery or something?” Catherine asked as she hugged her friend.“Even better but I'll tell you over the meal”. Samantha said assuringly.The three of them piled into Catherine’s car and she drove them to her favorite restaurant.While they waited for their food, Catherine and Samantha chatted about their day and ignored Brian but when their drinks arrived Samantha finally announced the news.“Today,” she said, "I was approached by the head of the organization, they have a new subsidiary called Saka Tosh Tech. He likes the work I've done so far and he asked me to take over as the CEO of Saka Tosh Tech.Catherine was overjoyed “You don't mean it! That's great! In other words, you're the big boss now!Samantha’s eyes sparkled “Oh yes I am”.“But what about your current position, it's pretty stable and I thought you like it,” Ca
The party crashers “So what's your monthly salary going to be,” Sofia asked.“ That's still under negotiation,” Samantha thought.Brian finally spoke up” The CEO salary is calculated as the percentage of the company’s earnings and everyone knows this” he chuckled. “It's somewhere around two million dollars a year.Sofia’s mouth fell out in disbelief “Two million a year?! I don't believe she could ever come across that kind of money! If my husband could get his hands on such a large amount of money, we could buy ourselves a new luxury car every year with that kind of car” she thought desperately.She looked from Samantha to Thomas ``This has got to be a joke” she said growing more angry with every word she spoke" You are lying to me! And you just think I'm a fool to fall for this hun it's obvious that you're just having fun at my expense. Well, who cares about Madison’s family any way she turned and ran out of the restaurant.“Sofia!!” Thomas called as he chased after her. The restaur
The leachBrian handed her a basket full of soap and lotions “ Samantha and I picked this up for you” he said. Brenda clicked her tongue “Why are you giving me a present, I am your mother I should be the one giving you a present, I'll tell you what, why don't you take the rest of the dumpling home with you tonight”.“Oh okay then,” Brian said, he wasn't eager to spend any more time with Brenda than he had to so he removed his shoes and went straight to the kitchen to see what he could do there.Brenda guided Samantha to the couch acting like her perfect loving mother.Gary looked up from his newspaper “Hi honey” he said, Thomas and Sofia also smiled brightly at her.“Samantha”, mom was so upset when you left, she just couldn't stop thinking about you. We talked so Sofia and I agree that you should move back in, we wouldn't mind sharing our space at all”.“That boy has just been begging me to have you come back,” Brenda said, “ he was so worried that we’d done you wrong”.“That's righ
The surprise “And what would you do?” Samantha said furiously as she held Brian’s arm and headed for the door.“Samantha stop”! Brenda called out, but the only response she got was the slamming of the door as her daughter stormed out of the house.Samantha was crying as she left the house, Brian tried to give her a consoling hug but she shoved him away angrily.“This is all your fault!!” she yelled “We've been married for years now but what do we have to show for it?! My life has been nothing but miserable ever since I met you! We have no house, no car and my family still treats me like dirt and just what did you do when they were bullying me huh? You hid in the kitchen and did nothing.You are completely useless. Do you even love me?!” Seeing the speechless expression on Brian’s face she got into a cab angrily leaving him to find his way home.Brain stood on the sidewalk and rubbed his face” That's not through” he said. “ I wasn't just hiding in the kitchen, I was taking care of th
IgnominyLaura was getting furious and almost couldn't control her anger but Brain just shook his head and pulled her away.“Did you see that?” the salesperson said to no one in particular after Brian and Laura had left the room “Even a seven-hundred-dollar necklace was too much for him. Was I wrong to tell him off?Laura tried to tell Brain that the more expensive jewelry was kept on the store's floor.“ I think when people come down the stairs with the heavy jewelry box other people can look at them enviously,” she thought.“It's kind of like showing off your gown on the red carpet, I just think he knows what he's doing”.Brain and Laura entered the room on the top floor “Are you crazy!” She whispered to him “Even the cheapest stuff here is way more than we can afford.“It's fine, I just wanna look around,” he said. Laura didn't say anything else because she had never even dared to go up there before now.She gaped at the expensive pieces made with twenty-four pure Gold and gemston
The necklace“You need to leave!" he said, trembling in fear”.Brian walked straight past the salesperson and towards the middle-aged man who'd been riding to Laura as soon as they left the store.Before the man could react, Brian swung his fist at him, and his first landed heavily on the man's nose Brian heard an audible gas from the other customers as they all stepped back carefully so as not to annoy him anymore.As he looked at the man holding his hand over his face. He was pleased with his handiwork then he smiled.He turned to the salesperson and said “ I'm going to buy it” he said, pulling his credit card out of his pocket. The salesperson couldn't help but stare at him, his mouth gaped in shock.“Ummm ah yes Right of course” he stammered he startled off to the counter to look for his card reader once he found it, he took Brian's card and put it into the machine then he paused “Thank you, sir, “ he said quietly “ it's all gone through” he added.Struggling to come to terms wit
Detente.“There's more to life than a necklace you know,” she said.“If you really wanna make me happy, get yourself a good job”Why don't you ask your friend for a better one, you don't have to spend your life being a security guard”. She put the necklace down on the table. For the past few years, she'd envied women wearing extravagant necklaces but after marrying a good-for-nothing like Brian, she'd stop dreaming about such things.Luckily the arrival of Catherine saved Brian from defending himself.“Something smells good,” she said as she walked in.“ Your husband may not have any good points but at least he can cook,” she added. Talking about him as if he wasn't in the room she sat down and picked up a fork but she noticed the necklace on the table before she could eat.“ Where'd this come from?” she asked, picking it up and examining it.Samantha rolled her eyes “It's just a necklace” she responded “How can you get so excited about it” She always felt Catherine overreacted when
The jeopardyThe following day Brian left straight after breakfast, the conversation the night before had left him with so many questions and he knew that Jeffery might give him some answers.He found him in the office at a new company, after Jeffery had offered him some coffee they sat down together.“Is the company doing well?” Brian asked, getting straight to the point.“Of course yes “ he responded. “ I don't know how you did it but without you, we won't be where we are today”.Brian had helped him a lot in the past and he was always keen to let him know that he appreciated it.Brian chuckled “ I did have some help,” he said as he winked at the other man “Don't worry it'll all become clear in the future.Jeffrey didn't answer since Brian had always been true to his words so he decided to change the subject.“Samantha is getting a lot of trouble from a customer,” Jeffery said.“ I guess so,” said Brian. What's going on?”. He asked.Jeffrey gave him a brief of the situation and it t