When Arrogance Clash

CHAPTER 10

                    CEDRIAN POV

Finally the day comes to an end, cleaning after rich snakes was not so bad. Soon I will get a better job than this degrading one.

I head home and walk in on Uncle Philipe and Leisha talking, “did they really meet, how did he react?” Leisha asks.

“He was so emotional, he held onto Cedito so tight that I practically had to remove him,” uncle Philipe replies.

“You guys are talking about my weirdo supervisor, Leisha ain't you supposed to be in France with your lover?” I interject them.

They both jump to their feet as soon as they hear the sound of my voice.

“Cedrian, how long have you been standing there???” a nervous uncle Philipe asks.

“Not long enough to realize that you were talking about something I am not supposed to know, I definitely should have kept my mouth shut.” I reply.

They both look away and avoid eye contact. I definitely interrupted something.

“So what's up with my gay supervisor???” I ask in a serious tone

“Gay?? what do you mean??? Cedrian please tell me you did not call him gay to his face?” uncle Philipe asked 

“No, I only called him gay in Spanish,” I replied

“What ???? he is Spanish you gusano (worm)” 

Uncle Philipe takes off his slipas and starts hitting my back, “what's wrong with you Ced, when are you going to learn to shut your mouth.”

“Uncle, I had no idea that he was Spanish, he looked so American and behaved like he was gay,” I reply.

“This is America, most people speak Spanish,” Leisha adds

“This is America, most people speak spani....sh” I imitate her in a quirky voice

“The dude had no issues when I called him gay, like you said this is America and it's not an insult to call people gay, though I called him a foolish gay in a nice way.”

Uncle Philipe holds onto his chest like he is expecting an heart attack, he is a very good actor.

“It's not my fault that he was all weird around me, he should learn to control his emotions no matter how good looking I am.”

“Dad let's bet, I'm giving Cedi, not more than three days before he gets fired,” Leisha says laughing

“Where you dumped or something,” I ask her.

Uncle Philipe gets his phone and dials a line

[Hello Vincent,] he greets while walking to his room.

“Cedrian let me give you a piece of advice”...........

"Leisha you once seduced your own blood cousin, keep your advice to yourself," I interject her and walk to my room.

Who does she think she is? She ruined my life and now she wants to act like Mother Teresa. Vincent is a cool guy and immune to my insults I think. Nobody is going to fire me in three days.

I take my shower and head to the kitchen for a snack, I find uncle Philipe with a serious face on.

“Cedrian sit down,” he orders

I take a seat and prepare myself for a lecture

“I just spoke to Vincent and he filled me in on what happened, who on earth plugs in their headsets when a CEO is addressing them???”

“Mmmmm me, I did that to prevent my diarrhea mouth from vomiting rubbish, otherwise I would have said or asked a stupid question resulting in my dismissal.” I reply.

“Cedrian is everything normal in your head, did your grandpa hit your head hard or something? Because sometimes I ask myself this question.” he says in a serious tone.

I try not to get offended by the fact that my supervisor just shared everything with my uncle “Uncle Philipe, can you ask cousin Vincent not to share personal information from work, code of ethics, code of ethics. I'm hungry, am I going to starve to death or you are going to allow me to eat."

“Do you even know code of ethics you foul mouth, that job was not easy for me to get you and you want to ruin it with your mouth,”

“ya ya ya I get you, from now on I will be filtering whatever comes out from my mouth, I promise I will try. I don't even know why you are taking it personal, cousin Vincent did not take it to heart.”

“Next time it will not be your cousin Vincent, it will be a board member or even the CEO, it's like you are trying to get fired on purpose.” he warns me.

“When I came to America I also did degrading jobs until I got myself a diploma and here I am. just remove your pride Cedrian and this job will pass.”

“Why do we have to do degrading jobs uncle Philipe, even cousin Vincent was talking about his first job being a clerk or something. you guys are even proud like it's some sort of achievement, when Americans come to our countries they get the best jobs and here you are.........”

Uncle Philipe looks at me like he is about to strangle me. He should have known better not to start this conversation 

He gets up and walks away

Hope he does not start crying or something, I do not know why he likes trying to pump some Sense in me when he knows it always results in his heart ache. The only war of words he ever won was when his devil of a daughter accused me of attempted r**e.

I'm not trying to get myself fired, it was just a slip of my tongue, and I appreciate him for finding me this job but he should not be rubbing it on me every time.

Maybe I should pretend feeling guilty or something.

“Uncle Philipe, uncle Philipe."

“What?????” he replies in a angry tone.

“I think I should be eating before going to work, lack of glucose always results in lack of coordination between my mouth and brain. Leisha you should make yourself useful in the kitchen tomorrow.” I yell out.

"Go to sleep Cedito, and I bet you will be fired tomorrow, Leisha am in, please write that down,” Uncle Philipe yells out

“What!!!!” Are you people betting on me now??

“Fine I also bet that the day I will decide to leave that place, all the board members and CEO will be begging me.”

“How much?” uncle Philipe asked smiling

“six grand on the table,” Leisha replies

“Yes six grand it is then,” uncle Philipe seconds

"Are you guys now betting on my first salary?” I ask laughing. “Uncle Philipe tomorrow I should find a grand and after three days Leisha you will pay up.”

“No Cedi, the six grand is on the company begging you to stay, and For you getting fired tomorrow it's $50”

“When are you going to France?” I ask annoyed.