Bite the Feeding Hand

 

In the dark of the night, Nathan stare out the windows through the pouring rain. He starts wondering how he could chance everything after all have done. Back in the days, Nathan was just an unemployed from any type jobs. Living with his family and seven siblings. Each day, Nathan would always be fighting his family. He is the person who believe he was never in fault for any reason. Kind of narcissist person who he was.

            On the fateful day, he was looking for job and he manage to secured a job as a botanist. Nathan couldn’t careless for his job. He works just for the sake proving his families that he was right. On the other side, Nathan still fighting with his relative for he reluctant to admit he was in fault. The fighting was intense, with broken glass and bruises head and body. Couple years past, the Headquarters of his Company hold a recruitment on several posting as Security Guard. Since the posting was placed different area from where he lives, He try to apply the position and secure his position. Although, it would take several months to verify his posting at the new place. Three months later, he finally transfers to new posting location. The news gave big smile on his face which he does not need to deal with his family again.

            On the headquarters, Nathan was happy with his but he could find place to stay. He meets the top official of his company to pledge for place to crash. The Director, Mr. John arranged he to meet the head of maintenance for such inquiry. He then met Felix as arrange by the Director and came up with plan with building additional hut around the worker premise for Nathan place to stay for a time being. Nathan thanks to Felix for helping him. Several weeks later, the hut was finished and Nathan now has place to stay.

It was July when he meets his future wife, a widow, Janet who recently divorced with her former husband. Janet was very manipulated women and she tries to convince her former husband to do what she said. But that love just don’t work out. It ends with bitter divorced. Nathan instantaneously fall in love with her. Nathan and Janet getting married after 6 months of dating. Janet then live together with Nathan in his place. With Nathan job as security guard, Janet feel at ease with nobody would harm them.

Day by day, Nathan grew more furious and ranting unnecessary to his company. He became more aggressive and love to spread hearsay. Felix live across the bigger house at the worker premise. It was a time for him retire and his son Vincent would work with same company and continue to live in the house. Nathan became envy and came out with a plan to evicted Felix’s son from that house. At the same time, the head of security Jack always jealous with Felix achievement and prosperity. Jack had very high tempered and even try to persuade the director to Evicted Felix after He retire. However, the director ignores that nonsense and focused more on the worker welfare.

 It was a dark day; the director has passed away from sudden heart attack. The company was force to appoint new Director, Fred who was friends of Jack. Jack was enlightened and start his secret plan silently. It almost two left for Felix to retire and he take his last vacations before retire. In silent, Jack remove Felix parking spot name and replaced it with him and deliberately tell the top official to evict Felix family from his house but halt by the top official which Felix’s son also working in the company and there is no necessary action to evicted exist worker from the house. Jack angered and frustrated, Nathan overhear the conversation and fill with thought of snatching the house and live in prosperity. Nathan came to Janet and she was excited and plan a great plan on their palm.

Months later, Nathan meet Jack to construct plan that would works. They complaint to the new official that the hut Nathan live in ruin and need further reconstruction and convinced that only security guard have privilege of living in the workers premise. The new naïve Administration Officer compelled by them and draft memo for immediate evicted at Felix house where Vincent live now. Vincent was forced to leave the house and Nathan and Janet spread hearsay about Vincent does not want to leave the house. Vincent frustrated and left the house forever and start to find another home. God speed Vincent. Jack and Nathan did it. They celebrated like a feast and plan to evicted another non-security tenant from worker premise. One by one, the chase out all the other tenant and completely turn the place into security guard premise.

Nathan live in comfort but is came to the end when suddenly Vincent was appointed as the new Vice Director of the company. Nathan couldn’t show his face to his company. He has no authority against Vincent. In other side, since Vincent been chased out, he finds abundant of help from the other worker from the company. They help him finding new home and he thanks them gratefully. He doesn’t strike back to those who was frame and persecuted him. Although, Vincent never treat the worker unfairly and win the heart of people.

On the cool night, Nathan suddenly fell down on the stair and his head hit the grounds. Janet find his husband laying and rush to the hospital. The doctor came out from the result and tell him that he couldn’t walk normal as some of his nerve had been damage through the fall. To make things worse, the doctor discover that he was diagnosed cancer. The doctor told him he can no longer work with heavy task type of work. To Nathan, that would make he would soon would be evicted from the house. Due to their action in the past, non-security personnel are not to live in the worker premise and since Vincent was the Vice Director, Nathan thought Vincent will use this chance to get revenged on him.

After a long stay at the hospital, he and family packed up things and back to the house. The next days, Nathan meets with Vincent and as expected Nathan was evicted from the premise not because of Vincent, but their doing in the past. Vincent was trying to convinced the top official board but they ignore Vincent pledge for Nathan's stay and doesn’t even bother to hear. The aftermath, Vincent find rent house for Nathan and families. Nathan doesn’t hear since from them because he was no longer work at his company.

Nathan sit at the side of the windows in the dark night, cool and rainy. Reminiscing the old day and grow older alone. He lost his job, family and even freedom. Little did he knows, he now old sitting on the old folk home left alone and waiting to died.

 

The End