Chapter 3
- We arrived at the VIP area of the bank and everyone stared at the outfit I was wearing. It was nothing like what those people are used to wearing, Mr. Maximo took me to his desk.
- -In three days you will receive a text message notifying you of the receipt of your funds, these funds will be available immediately. For the moment you will be given this provisional card while yours is being issued, it will have an available balance of $100,000 dollars, which will be deducted once I receive your deposit, I just need you to sign these documents.
- -So if I want I can go out and spend this $100,000 dollars immediately. Am I correct?
- -Yes you are, but remember that if you want your money to work for you it is best to invest, even if it seems like a lot of money, if you just start spending and spending without investing you will see that in a few years you will run out of money. Then you will start losing your assets because of the taxes involved.
- -Thanks for your advice, I tell you even though I have earned this money I want to go unnoticed, so I will not make myself of great luxuries, I have other things in mind.
- -For my part is all I can help you, any doubt call me.
- -Thank you for your time.
- I leave the bank and I couldn't believe that in my hands I had a card with $100,000 dollars and that in three days I would have much more.
- Ring! Ring!
- It's my boss calling me, I answer the call.
- Where do you think you are, your check-in time is 10 AM, you can't come at whatever time you want. I give you 5 minutes to come, if you don't want to lose your job, and you can be sure that today you don't have a salary. -He cuts the call without giving me a chance to say anything.
- I see the time and it's 1 o'clock in the afternoon, I hadn't noticed the time, but I don't care about that job anymore, in any case that old man always treated me badly.
- I was hungry, I see a fancy restaurant and I go in, but when I do so, everyone stares at me and the captain of the waiters approaches me.
- -Excuse me, sir, your presentation is not appropriate for the place, I ask you very kindly to leave the restaurant because it makes the diners uncomfortable. Besides, I don't think you have the capacity to pay for the cheapest dish we have.
- -I am a customer and I demand to be respected as such. If it's about the money, here's my card, bill me first if you're worried that I won't pay you. Besides, I want the best beef dish you have.
- The waiter takes the card and observes that it is a provisional card, but with the VIP logo of the bank, he leaves and a few minutes later he arrives with the manager.
- -Sorry for the inconvenience Mr. Santos, you can sit at this table and one of the waiters will assist you.
- How quickly they change their attitude here.
- I give you back your card, no prior check-in is required, we know you are a very important person.
- After a few minutes they bring me a wine.
- -I didn't order any wine.
- -It's on the house, I hope it's to your liking.
- I have never tasted such a delicious wine, although I have only had the ones sold in the supermarket.
- -Tell me why this change of attitude if you were running me off before.
- -I apologize and from the restaurant too, that's why our manager sent you one of the best wines, we have confirmed with the bank the authenticity of the card and we hope it won't be the last time you visit us.
- -I understand, I was investigated before, you may leave.
- After 20 minutes they bring me my dish and it doesn't compare to what I used to eat, every piece of meat was a delight. It was a spectacular lunch, so I ask the waiter for the bill.
- -Here you go, sir.
- He checked the bill and I couldn't believe it, this lunch has cost me $2,800 dollars, I never imagined paying such a bill. I hand him the card and a few minutes later he comes back with my bill, I could never imagine that something so delicious could also be so expensive.
- Ring! Ring!
- My boss calls me again.
- -You're fired, don't even bother coming.
- -You know, you old fool, you suck as a boss and I assure you that I don't want to work for such an inhuman person like you anymore, I will see to it that my co-workers leave too.
- -You will regret all this, you will come on your knees to me asking for a job, but I won't give it to you.
- -You are very wrong, that won't happen.
- I hang up the call, it's time to change my life a little, I want to have an apartment of my own so I look for the real estate agent's number and dial them, a lady answers.
- -Good afternoon, I would like information about the apartments you have for sale.
- -We have one that is located on the eighth floor and is a half floor, it has a great view of the city with a cost of $135,000 dollars.
- -Don't you have something less expensive?
- Even though money wasn't the issue, I didn't want something that big either.
- -I have one that costs $100,000. It's located on the third floor, but it's almost on the outskirts of the city. It has 3 bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen with an incredible island and the master bedroom has a wolking closet in the master bedroom plus a jacuzzi, if you want we can schedule an appointment tomorrow.
- -All right, I would like to see it.
- -The form of payment is cash or certified check.
- -Perfect, see you tomorrow.
- I go to my old room and meet the manager.
- -Javier, remember I'm only giving you this week to get up to date and avoid being evicted.
- -Tomorrow I'll get up to date and from then on I'll only have two more weeks.
- -I'm interested in getting paid, you'll see if you leave.
- He enters the room, throws me on the bed and I go to bed very happy.
- I wake up at 10 o'clock at night, I am hungry so I order a pizza for dinner, I watch TV for a moment and then I go back to bed thinking about everything that had happened that day and how my life had a 360 degree turn, but I also kept thinking about what Mr. Maximo told me about investing for the future and of course I will take him at his word. I don't want to lose all this and I think I already have the best idea.