The Return Of Daniel Hovsep

Chapter 2: Royal Garden Hotel

Chapter 2

Daniel immediately turned as the loud shout pulled him from his thoughts. It was the man who had employed Daniel and had earlier shouted at him. His name was William Jones, and he was in charge of the University's facilities.

Getting up quickly, Daniel wiped his tears in a swift move and pretended as if nothing had happened.

“What the hell have you been doing since the morning?” William asked with an angry voice as he approached Daniel with a disdainful look. “Is this how you want to be doing the job?” He shook his head, “It's evident you can't continue.”

Khud! Daniel fell to his knees in front of William, and his face grew pale, “Mr. William, please. It's not what you think, I beg you. I was almost through with everything before….”

“Just shut up, you good-for-nothing excuse of a guy!” William cut him off angrily without hearing him out. “What kind of excuse do you want to give now? Tell me.” He asked, his tone sharp.

“You came to my office begging me to give you this job so you could support yourself with it, which out of pity I did, but you're so unserious that you are taking my kindness for a fool.”

“No, I….” Daniel stammered as he tried to let William know the cause of why the whole place was messed up like that but William was too furious to hear him out.

“Enough!” William shouted, giving Daniel a stopping hand that caused him to stagger back. “Just keep your stupid and meaningless explanations to yourself. I don't want to hear them.”

William paused, letting his eyes glance properly at Daniel. He was looking tattered as a result of the soda that had been poured on him earlier.

William shook his head with a feeling of contempt towards Daniel, “Take a look at how dirty and unkempt you are. I wonder who gave birth to someone like you.” He said, his words piercing deeply through Daniel's heart.

He then shifted and added coldly, “Get this mess cleaned up and go look for another job because you can't continue this job.”

He turned and took on his heels to leave, but Daniel ran ahead of him and stood in front, his face piled with anguish, “Mr. William, please, don't do this to me. Please, give me a second chance to prove myself. This job has been of help to me to get necessary things done and I can't bear to lose it, please.” He said in a low pitiful tone. "I have no one to help me if I lose it, please."

However, William was not moved by the tone of his words, “Never!” He spat with a mean expression.

Daniel, seeing his relentless demeanor, then asked after taking a deep breath, “What about the salary?”

“Salary? Which salary are you talking about?” William pretended like he didn't know what Daniel was asking about.

Daniel swallowed hard. Although he was becoming annoyed by the senseless question, he replied, “Today is half of the month, and the full month payment is supposed to be $50, so since you don't want me to work again, then you will have to pay me $25 as half the payment.”

William frowned his face. He hesitated before he answered coldly, knowing that Daniel was in no power to withstand him nor did he have anyone who would even dare question him, “I'm giving you no single penny!” He said, harshly.

Galp! Daniel was shocked to hear that William would say such a thing to him. William was one of the reputable people he respected and honored so much. Despite his rude nature of talking to people, Daniel admired him for being an intelligent old man but it seemed he knew nothing about how cold and greedy William was.

Before Daniel could say a word, William pushed him aside and yelled, “Get your stinky self out of the way.”

Daniel almost fell to the ground, but he was man enough to keep himself from falling. He stared at William, a hint of disbelief and annoyance flashed through his eyes.

How can an old man be this wicked and mean? He thought to himself without stopping himself from looking at William.

“Make sure you get that place tidy up! Loser.” William cold-heartedly added and slammed the door with a loud bang.

Immediately he left, Daniel buried his face in his palms, and tears began to stream down from his eyes again. “Why am I like this? Why is my life so miserable like this? Look at students like me who are doing better financially and me…..”

He felt something that instantly held the last word from coming out. He began to cry like a child.

Just then, something seemed to creep into his mind, ‘Kathie's birthday gift.’ He really wanted to surprise her so badly on her birthday so he quickly wiped his teary eyes with his clothes.

“Today is a month since I have been working as a cleaner at Royal Garden Hotel, and today's the payday; I need to rush there as soon as possible.” He muttered to himself with a determined face.

His eyes glanced down at the mess that Camron Collins and his group had made, accompanied by William's, a hint of anger edged on his face. “Fuck them all! won't clean up anything, I'm a human, not a slave!” With that, he headed outside, flagged down a cab, entered, and went straight to the Royal Garden Hotel with excitement written all over his face.