My Pearl

Betrayal for Money

Business and money for the workers in this Hotel Villa was like a pain in the ass. After all, who would
actually live or spend a day in a hotel that was probably one of the least famous hotel around the town. The maximum room covered by the customers in the whole hotel would be 2 to 4 which is too less for a big hotel like that to bear any profit. But it's been a month room no.43 of the same hotel hasn't been cleared out because this guy whom Williams was competing with; Zufumi's brother Mano was hiding in there.

Milan stood in front of Mano in the room with an anxious face complaining about their fathers. Milan was with Mano, away from their family and doing their own things and their worried fathers were like a big block in their way.
Mano would calm down Milan saying," You know, it's the natural tendency of our parents. They keep on shouting and complaining to us while worrying about us at the same time while all we are supposed to do is work!"

The room struck with a short silence. Mano walked to the coffee maker machine and filled two medium sized cups with hot black coffee. He gave one to Milan and sipped once into his. Milan stared at the coffee and shaked the cup in a rolling motion slowly looking at his own reflection on the coffee. He said in a pale voice," Sometimes I feel like father is right." Mano gave a stare to Milan from the corner of his eyes who was staring at the coffee cup continuously. Mano blinked twice and took a sip of his coffee again and let out a soft laugh. "Don't think too much, idiot", he said as he sipped into his coffee once again.

The door flung open with a loud bang which made Milan and Mano turn their head towards the door involuntarily. They stared there for a while where Sophie was standing as usual. Sophie took a step towards them and shut the door with force and let out a long sigh and face palmed. And then, she started to yell at them at once," Dumbasses, why don't you just get settled and get into some good position like your papas tell. That isn't a bad idea, is it?" Mano looked away and put down the cup of coffee, "Do you think that I will be able to satisfy myself and be happy that way? I would better do these things and of course I am happy! I don't need to do anything, do I? I am fine like this." Sophie argued in this statement again," I meant, your papa is asking you to get settled and get into a good position for your benefits. He wants you to enjoy and satisfy in life too!"
"Sophie, you know what my goal is right? There's no point in arguing about this. My father will never ever understand what my goal is. So stop trying to convince me to get settled or whatever...", he raised his voice a little.
"You are telling this like you have already explained your goal to your father. Have you ever tired telling him? Like you ever had!", she let out a small laugh which made Milan giggle too.

Not knowing what to speak, Milan drank all of the coffee in his cup; all at once and smiled awkwardly at both of them staring at each other. "I need a break", he said and got out of the room with the door flung open. While Milan left the room both Mano and Sophie gave each other a long stare with disagreeing faces.

The silence in the room was very heavy. The clock ticking by and the sound of water drop from the washbasin was loud enough to trigger the room. The silence broke when Amon, a friend of Mano rushed towards the room holding his stomach with a wound and blood all over his T-shirt. Both of them turned their head towards him. Sophie kept staring with a confused face while Mano threw the cup of coffee aside and rushed towards Amon who collapsed on the floor with a big bang. Mano held his head on his hand slowly and asked Sophie to call the ambulance right away. She hesitated and nodded clumsily and called the ambulance from the nearby City Hospital.

Mano patted his cheeks slowly and tried to wake him up but it wasn't working. Sophie brought a glass of water and made him drink a bit slowly. Amon lied on the floor breathing very softly holding his wound and hands full of blood. Luckily the City Hospital was nearby so the ambulance reached in no time. Amon was taken to the hospital and Mano and Sophie went to the hospital too.

Mano was very scared and worried and started to search for the doctor as soon as he stepped inside the hospital area. A nurse came with the doctor. The doctor said that the victim had to be treated and examined, so he took Amon in the ICU. Mano asked the doctor to save his friend Amon while the doctor made sure to keep everything in track.

Mano folded his arms while sitting in a chair nearby and staring into space. Seeing him in such a worried mood Sophie stood up and gave a gentle pat on his shoulders, "Don't worry Mano, he will be fine for sure. Let's pray for him to be fine."

Mano joined his hands resting his chin on them. He thought in great anger," Who could this be? Whoever that is, I won't leave him or her!" Mano stood up and started to walk back and forth restlessly.

The doctor came out of ICU and called Mano. Mano walked to the doctor and asked in a low voice with a worried face," How's my friend doctor? Is he going to be alright?"
"Your friend is out of danger, nothing to worry about. There's a small operation to be done. Else, everything is fine. You are allowed to go in and talk to him", the doctor said confidently.

He rushed inside the ICU where Amon was laying quietly. He stood in front of the bed with a worn out and worried face and asked Amon," Are you alright?"

Nothing much was wrong with him. Amon smiled a bit and rested himself against the bed and said," Thanks to bring me here, Mano. I am very grateful to you to save my unruly life. The thing that happened was I went to the garrage searching for Williams and I tried to find out his activities but what made me shocked was our team mate Larry was also working with him." A confused face could be seen in Mano's face as he said,"So, we are betrayed, aren't we?"
He nodded silently which referred to a yes.
Mano couldn't hold his anger anymore so he banged the wall next to him and left the ICU heading towards the garage.

He entered the garage with full rage and anger. He could see Larry sitting nearby on a chair counting money one by one. Mano entered the garage with heavy steps. Larry could easily feel someone moving towards him so he turned his head towards the entrance and blinked a few times seeing Mano. Without speaking a single word Mano rushed to Larry and caught his shirt collar saying," Why would you betray us and go with that Williams? Don't you know that we are against him?"

Larry closed his eyes for a moment tilting his head downwards and said after letting out a long sigh," My dear old friend. In the today's world, good people like you do exist but money wins over it. My dear old friend, money is what we seek for; not kindness and exactly! If i help ya out I don't think I will get a thing but in case I help this guy by giving him our formulae, he will give me the amount that my entire generation can live in!" He smirked and raised his eyebrows giving a soft stare at Mano. Mano left his shirt collar and took a step back as he gave a stare as if he would he him up. He took few heavy breaths and said," You just sold yourself my friend. Shame on you!" Larry didn't speak a word and kept on looking away instead.
Mano raised his head up suddenly and stared at him as if his eyes would pop out. He gulped once and said," There's no way that Zufu would give you the formulae. You bastard! What did you do to my sister? Where is she? What did you do to her?!"
"Probably rammed inside a car", a voice appeared behind Mano. Mano blinked a few times after which the same person hit him with a long iron rod on his head. He held his head in extreme pain as he fell on the floor with a big 'thud' sound. He could see everything blur but he didn't take time to realize the person behind him; Amon.
Mano was speechless. He let out a small groan and said in pain," But.. w-why?!"
"It's nothing personal Mano, we just want money which you don't want", said Amon in a harsh voice. Mano wouldn't give up so he crawled a bit and tried to stand supporting the ground with his left hand holding his head with his other hand. Before he could even stand on his feel fully Larry stabbed him on his shoulder brutally which made him cough a pint of blood and he fell down on the floor restlessly. Mano started to take heavy breaths and leaned on the floor. He had a very faint and low voice while he started to sweat constantly. With all the energy he had, he said," Don't worry bastards, you will meet death before my last breath. And I will make sure you do!"
Amon lighted a cigarette and held it upon his lips and took his gun out. He laughed saying," Look, who's gonna kill us..." He smiles for a few more seconds which looked cruel enough. He lay a shot on Mano with his gun and Mano went unconscious. The white colored tiled floor turned into red as blood was dripping from Mano's body. They dragged his body and threw him into some big bushes.
Larry let out a long sigh and said," What a pain! Total trash. Now that he rots here we gotta take care of his sister. It would be easy to focus on his sister. Let's get rid of that girl too."
Amon nodded and walked towards a car parked nearby while Larry followed him carrying a big brown briefcase full of money.