Chapter 6
Sunday morning.
It was raining and foggy outside so the sun didn't wake me until almost 8am. I texted back and forth with the wife in the States for a good hour before I got the energy to get up and take a quick shower.
I went downstairs and Jasmine wasn't working, it must be her day off. The employees work 6 - 12 hour days, but most make two or three times the average Manila salary. I didn't know how she stood on her feet all day as pregnant as she was. I guess eating meant more to her than comfort.
I went and checked my Rolex back into the safe and headed for the bar, stopping at the restaurant to order a carafe of coffee and an English breakfast. I sat and smoked the first cigarette of the day thinking about all that has happened in my life to get to this point.
My family was dirt poor growing up. Literally dirt poor living on a dirt farm in Illinois. I was an excellent student and in college excelled at engineering and math. I got a job out of school for the big green tractor company and worked my up the ladder as a production engineer. For the first time in my life I had money, and I spent way more than I made. It all came crashing down during the great recession and I was laid off, along with a lot of my colleagues. My wife had a great job which allowed me some time to figure things out. It was then that I decided to solve some of that multinationals problems that I witnessed from the inside. I would do it on my own and then present them with different sourcing options.
Two simple lawnmower parts, they were half assed engineered and made in a factory in China. They were the cause of these lawnmowers not lasting. I reengineered them, then found a factory to have them made. I paid for the molding fee myself, around $50,000. I took the samples to company headquarters in a huge meeting, with all the people that I used to work with. I gave a presentation and showed where I could supply the products for less than they were currently paying, and that the parts would eliminate about 90% of the product returns they were having with the big box stores.
It took nearly six months to get them on board as big companies don't like to admit their mistakes. For the first order, I actually lived in the factory. I made sure everything was perfect. We delivered on time and on budget. By the time we had received our third order I was in the black, paying off all of our past due bills and paying off our house back in the states.
The orders kept coming, now for different parts and even some assemblies. I built a team in Asia over a three year period and a small team handling the money back in the states. The Rolex was a gift from one of the factories that did a huge amount of business with me. They had made a big mistake on an order and wanted to make it up to me. I wore it as a symbol of my success, and it reminded me of the times I was eating instant noodles and living in squalid conditions at that factory in southern China.
Lilly wasn't working my section today, but she did stop by very briefly to say good morning. Her eyes were big and bright this morning and I winked at her as she wiggled her butt on her way back to check on her tables.
I checked my Instagram and had a message from Nancy. Bruce was headed to the airport at 2:00pm and she asked if I wanted to meet up after. I begged off, telling her I needed to finish some work, but to tell Bruce happy travels and to have him send me a WhatsApp message when he arrives back in the Kingdom.
She sent me a picture of her pussy filled with cum with the message "You broke the rules," with a wink emoji.
"It won't be the last time Nancy. I have a lot of rules I like breaking," and I closed down the app.
I really did need to finish up some work, so I tabbed out and headed to the room.
Five hours later, I was starving and my head pounded. I really need to get a bigger laptop for travel, but I enjoy travelling light. I can go for two weeks and live out of my rollerboard and my backpack. I'll have to do laundry (sometimes in the hotel sink), but I enjoy the freedom of not having to check a bag.
I ordered in a Philly Cheesesteak sandwich from room service and a couple of bottles of Perrier and stood up from the hotel desk to find I was sore from bending over looking at that screen for five hours.
I checked Whatsapp and there were a few messages from Bruce saying he was disappointed I didn't go fuck Nancy this morning and that he was off to the Kingdom.
Mary had sent a wink emoji a few hours ago. I sent her one in return and went to go wash my face to wake up a little. When I checked my messages, Mary had replied to my wink with a hug.
"Did you go to mass this morning Mary?"
"Yes sir. Every Sunday sir," she replied.
"Did you do confession?"
She sent a shy emoji and "Yes sir."
"Good girl Mary. You are now clean from your sins?"
Another shy emoji and "Yes sir."
"I need a massage, how soon can you be here?"
It took a few minutes for her to reply. "Sir, I have to go shopping with my daughter today. Sunday is family day and God's day. Not for work sir."
"I understand Mary."
