Chptr 20 Mr. Smith's Son

Morning came and as usual, Ajy went to have his morning routine before going to work.

Arriving at the company where he used to work, he slowly entered and went directly to his office.

A few of the staff greeted him while others ignored him since they didn't know who he was and thought he was just a janitor because he wasn't wearing the business suit of the company, instead he wore simple clothes that looked shabby in the eyes of the other people.

While walking, a man in his fifties bumped him from behind, "Get the hell out of my way you poor janitor!"

"What did you just say?" Ajy clenched his fists while glaring at the man.

Smirking, the man looked at Ajy with disgust, "Are you deaf? Didn't you hear what I said?"

"Mr. Smith, you don't have to care for such a lowly man because he will only infect us with his poorness," A young lady flirted with the man called Mr. Smith dragged him away while she showed her disgust towards Ajy.

"Tsk! I just don't want a pest moving around the building since Mr. Ajy will be arriving today," Mr. Smith said while his hand was going down towards the butt of the young lady.

Hearing that, Ajy smiled wickedly and just went towards the fire exit. He will use the stairs there to go up to his office so people won't bother him again.

As he was about to go to the fire exit, a teenager holding a mop went to ask him worryily, "Excuse me sir? Are you ok?"

"I'm fine!" Ajy replied with a smile as he continued to walk but was stopped again by the teenager, "I would like to ask for your forgiveness towards my father's action!"

Stunned, Ajy couldn't believe that he was Mr. Smith's son because the difference in attitude was so different, "Are you perhaps a janitor here?"

"Yes sir!" The teenager replied with respect.

"Then why are you here working as a janitor when your father is already the Chief of Staff?" Ajy asked curiously.

Hesitating, the lad didn't answer as he didn't know Ajy that much and was worried that he might be implicated. So in the end, the teenager chose to remain silent.

Seeing this, Ajy told the lad to follow him silently. He wanted to know the story of this teenager. Also, he saw himself from the teenager.

Twenty minutes later, they arrived at the 20th floor. The teenager was barely hanging on as he was huffing and puffing hard, "Are you ok?"

Instead of talking, the teenager just gave Ajy a thumbs up while his other hand was on his knee, his head facing the floor and was breathing heavily.

Seeing this, Ajy chuckled and waited for the teenager to catch his breath before finally moving towards his office.

Once they arrived at his office, Ajy saw a lot of people including the President, the Vice President, Managers, Chief of Staffs, other high ranking officials of the company and of course, his boss - the CEO of the company. They were all present to officially welcome him after a year and a half of working at the Thailand branch of their company.

"Welcome back Ajy! Glad to see you here again." The CEO of the company smiled at him while holding a cup of wine that surely cost millions. He looked at Ajy, smiled and gave him a toast.

"You made a name for yourself Ajy! I was really ashamed of doubting you before and proud at the same time that you were able to solve the problems in our Thailand Branch!" The President of the company who was a middle aged man praised him from the deepest part of his heart despite the doubts and insults he said before.

"Do you still want to hear my compliments?" An elderly man looked at Ajy with a very friendly smile. He was the Vice-President of the company, Ajy's mentor during his early days in the company.

The highest personnel of the company hugged and shook his hands with Ajy while the others clapped their hands, even some of them who worked with Ajy before greeted him.

Meanwhile, amidst the welcoming atmosphere, there were three people who stood rooted in their spot. Two of them were having cold sweats all over the body while the other one was so shocked that he couldn't fathom what was really happening in front of him.

"Are you alright Mr. Smith?" Ajy asked with a playful smile.

"You two knew each other?" The President asked Ajy.

Then, Ajy told them what happened earlier. Even pointing out the janitor who was Mr. Smith's son who came with him and was still in disbelief after knowing that Ajy was actually a Manager of the company.

But before Ajy could finish telling the story, they were disturbed by a sudden ringing of a phone. It came from the teenager who was Mr. Smith's son.

"Don't you know the company rules about carrying your phone while working?" A supervisor asked the teenager.

"I'm sorry sir, I was just expecting a call because my mother is in a critical condition," The teenager bowed and was very embarrassed. "But please sir, don't fire me! I really need this work sir. Please! It will never happen again."

Before the supervisor could speak again, Ajy tapped his colleague's shoulder, "It's fine, answer it!"

"Thank you sir, then kindly excuse me," The teenager was about to go when Ajy spoke again while he was secretly watching Mr. Smith's reaction, "I mean, answer it here so we can listen."

"Sir? I..." The teenager became even embarrassed and wanted to beg Ajy if he could answer the phone secretly but upon seeing Ajy's seriousness, he immediately answered the call, "Hello sis, how's mom?"

Everyone heard a sobbing from the phone and they all knew that it was the worst scenario they could think of, "Kuya, mom's gone!"

Shocked, pain, anger and sadness loomed over the teenager. Even the phone he was holding slipped in his hands but Ajy was fast enough to catch it. It was a minute of silence, all they could hear was the sobbing of a girl from the other line of the phone. Suddenly, the teenager ran to the elevator as fast as he could without a care in the world.

"Hello? Kuya? Are you still there?" The girl from the other line asked.

Holding the phone, Ajy answered, "Yes he's still here but he was too shocked right now and he can't answer the phone for the meantime so let me speak for him, would that be okay?"

"Okay," The girl answered then Ajy asked, "So how did she die?"

"Kuya, I don't want to cause trouble but I think your father might have something to do with it. He visited mom thirty minutes ago when mom's condition suddenly worsened," The girl from the other line explained.

All of the people there looked at Mr. Smith with disgust, hatred and happiness. Happy because they already hate him and seeing how their colleagues now hated him, they were happy.

Disgusted, since they never imagined how cruel a man could be to his woman. Even the higher ups wore a dreary look to this personnel of theirs. And they were now thinking of firing him to not damage their company's reputation.

"Hello, kuya?" The girl from the other side disrupted the silence since Ajy was also feeling angry upon hearing those words from the girl. But he still calmed himself, "Ok, your brother is on his way there. Tell your brother not to touch everything even your mom. The two of you just stay out of the room and don't let anyone inside for an hour. "

"Wait, what? Why?" The girl asked.

"Just do as I say because if you don't, you might be ending up in jail, " Ajy casually said before turning off the phone.