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James, who has been unemployed for a long time, finally found a job as "Spider-Man".

By IversonPublished 2 years ago 9 min read

James, who had been unemployed for a long time, finally found a job as "Spider-Man". One day, while cleaning the glass curtain wall of a building, he accidentally rolled off the third floor due to a broken safety rope for working at heights.

  Fortunately, it was just a little scratch on the scalp at the time, and James knew better than anyone that he was out of the way. So he got up and wanted to continue working, but someone grabbed James and said, "No, you should go to the hospital."

  The man was actually the boss. He came to see how the work was going, and he happened to witness the dangerous scene that just happened. "Boss, I'm out of the way, I don't need to go to the hospital." James politely declined the boss's kindness. But the boss persuaded: "Young man, you can do your work tomorrow, but you can't do anything if you collapse."

  Oh, the boss is indeed very reasonable. James gave up the idea of finishing the work, so he got into the boss's car and went to the hospital together. In the hospital, the boss specially instructed the doctor to take good care of James. So, after repeated examinations of various items, he was sent to the MRI room for detailed scans, and everything was fine. The relieved James was in a hurry to leave the hospital, but the boss held him again: "Young man, for the sake of insurance, it's better to stay in the hospital for observation for a few days before leaving."

  James, who had already been tormented by the various inspections, was a little annoyed. He waved his hand and insisted, "No, I don't want to stay in this hellish place."

  "Don't you want a compensation?" the boss said, staring into James' eyes.

  "What? Compensation?" James' blank eyes flashed with surprise.

  "Yes, young man, you are an excellent employee of our cleaning company. If you have a work-related accident, you should get a compensation."

  Ah... this, why does the boss always take the initiative to take responsibility? Furthermore, the company does not handle high-level insurance for employees, and in the event of an accident, the company finance can only pay for it. Does he not want to leave it clean? Too abnormal?

  God, is my brain really confused? If not, why is the boss so honest and kind? After thinking about it, the confused James hesitated and said, "Well, okay, so what should I do?"

  The boss said, "I think this is good. In order for the company to give you a large amount of compensation, you might as well live in ICU..."

  Soon, the boss brought the proprietress to the hospital to visit James. In the intensive care unit, James, who was full of tubes, was lying upright on the hospital bed with his eyes closed. Such a tragic situation really made the surprised proprietress scream: "My God, God, how could he be hurt so badly!"

  Oh, the proprietress came to see him, and the voice seemed to be very concerned about the injury of James, who remained motionless in the hospital bed. Immediately, James heard the boss's voice: "Yes, I didn't manage it well, and the safety measures were not in place. It's really hurt this young man. It's all my fault, I'm sorry! It's just that this unconscious young man was seriously injured. The doctor diagnosed that the young man in a vegetative state may not wake up until 3 months later."

  "My God, it's still three months, how much will that cost!" The proprietress screamed in surprise again. The boss said: "Look, this is a 24-hour full-care intensive care unit with the most advanced equipment. Of course, the cost is huge..."

  My gosh, it's really hard to lie down like a mummy. After James finally waited for the chattering lady boss to leave the ward, he sat up and pulled out all the tubes himself, and then complained to the boss who had just sent his wife back to the ward: "Oh my gosh, it's so uncomfortable, am I really going to lie down in the intensive care unit like a vegetative person for three months?" The boss smiled and comforted him and said, "Young man, of course not, I'll be transferred to the general ward later. If you want to walk around, just walk around and stay in a hotel for free..."

  In the blink of an eye, he was hospitalized for 3 months. James thought the game could be over, but the boss stopped him: "No, don't worry, in order to get more generous compensation, let's continue to pretend to be in a vegetative state."

  When James heard this, he was a little unhappy. This boss is too strange. Why doesn't he consider the interests of his own company? Why is the proprietress so concerned about spending, while the boss always has an attitude of not caring about himself? Is there something else hidden in this? On the other hand, I thought about it, what the hell, maybe I really met a good man, he took pity on me and wanted to help me. Forget it, don't think about it, anyway, you don't have to pay for it yourself, you save the rent, and you seem to be used to it. In addition, there are many beautiful nurses in this hospital, and they can often flirt or something, and life will not be very boring. So according to the boss's wishes, he once again pretended to be in a vegetative state and was arranged to be admitted to the 24-hour full-care intensive care unit, because the proprietress wanted to visit again.

  Sure enough, the boss came with the proprietress again. They walked into the intensive care unit wearing isolation suits. Seeing that James was still "unconscious", the very disappointed proprietress screamed and mentioned the high medical bills. James in this hospital bed suddenly felt uncomfortable listening to it. He didn't feel sorry for the unlucky proprietress. Unfortunately, he was in a hurry to urinate at this time, and he was really panicking. However, the proprietress was still beside him, and he didn't dare to "wake up" to go to the bathroom. What should I do? In the end, there was no way, and James made an extraordinary move that he had never done before: that was to sprinkle it directly on the white sheets.

After the boss who smelled the smell of urine found out, he immediately said to the proprietress: "Look, how pitiful this young man is. Not only did his mind break, but he was incontinent and he didn't even feel it." The proprietress took a look and stopped. After chattering about the economic account, she also felt that the young man was terrible. After sighing for a while, she thought of something and shouted: "By the way, why did the nurse forget to insert a catheter into the unconscious patient, no, the nursing fee is so expensive, you can't be lazy, Miss Nurse, come and check it out..."

  After the proprietress left, James, who accidentally peed his pants, returned to the ordinary ward and continued to live an alternative life in the hospital. According to the boss, this is a good time to "go to the doctor" and enjoy the benefits of free "medical care"!

  In the blink of an eye, James has been in the hospital for two years. During this period, about once every 3 months, the boss accompanied the proprietress to visit James in the hospital. Seeing that James was always in a vegetative state, after returning, the proprietress finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Oh my god, you can't pay medical bills like this endlessly, it will go away like this." She decided to take back the economic power from her husband, she no longer believes in this useless man. She immediately consulted a lawyer to discuss countermeasures, but the lawyer regretfully told her after the investigation that in the past two years, in order to treat the young man, her husband had spent the family's bank deposits, and later the cleaning company was also sold.... "Oh my God, the cleaning company is also sold? This is the only inheritance my father left me! Woohoo..." She couldn't help but pick it up. The husband on the side lowered his head and shouted at the child who had done something wrong: "Honey, I'm sorry, I don't want to do this either, but that young man is so pitiful."

  She was furious with her husband and said, "Look at what you've done, how do you become the boss, my God, I'm not pitiful that all my belongings have been lost by your useless husband?"

  Seeing that his wife was so sad, the boss showed great guilt. After a few minutes of pause, he said in panic: "I'm sorry, my dear, there is something I have to tell you. Due to the huge medical bills demanded by the hospital, there is no way out., had to mortgage the house as well."

  "What, the house is pawned? Oh my God!" The proprietress stared at her round eyes, her hair was scattered, and she was about to go crazy. She said furiously: "You are the dumbest donkey and nasty bastard in the world, I don't trust you anymore..."

  As the boss expected, he was abandoned by his wife who came to the door as a son-in-law. However, he is not nervous at all. In the past two years, taking advantage of the "tacit understanding" of the silly boy in the hospital who pretended to be a vegetative person and kept in the dark, as well as secretly dredging the relevant personnel of the hospital, he has transferred all the deposits, stocks, cleaning companies in the family., and this house has all been transferred to his own name in disguise, that is to say, he has changed from a pauper's nominal boss to a real rich man, and the one who took the initiative to divorce always scolded him. The wife who eats soft rice has changed from a pampered rich woman to a resentful woman with nothing. Hahaha, the boss tasted the brandy comfortably and burst into bursts of laughter.

  Next, it's time to clean up that self-righteous guy in the hospital. Humph.

  No, James was playing a handheld game when the boss came in.

  The conditioned James quickly asked the boss, is he going to the intensive care unit to perform a zombie game with PS again?

  "No, no, the game is over. I have gone through the discharge procedures cleanly. From now on, you can get out of the hospital!"

  "You can get out of here, oh great, I've had enough." James was very excited, thinking to himself that he had finally made it through, and he would soon be able to get a large amount of compensation beyond imagination. Hehe.

  However, the boss turned his face and said, "Young man, don't even think about it. In order to'heal 'you, the company went bankrupt, and the money went to waste."

  "No, it's impossible! It's impossible!" James jumped up in a hurry.

  "Calm down, young man, this is absolutely true, go back wherever you came from!"

  "What are you talking about, why don't you get out?" The angry James said angrily, "No, I've been in a vegetative state for two years, my God, I've wasted two years of my youth! You have to make up for me!"

  "Shut up." The boss interrupted him impatiently, "You say you are in a vegetative state, this is a super joke, look, who has ever seen a vegetative person make such a fuss for a while, and feel sorry for yourself for a while? You don't have to think about it!"

  "What?" James was stunned, "This, this..."

  "Hmph, young man, who told you to blackmail, you should be ashamed of your actions today!" The boss said coldly.

  "No, I'm not blackmailing!" James argued hoarsely.

  The boss shook his head, took something similar to a pen from his jacket pocket, shook it in front of James and said coldly: "Well, this is a pinhole camera, which has truly recorded your performance in the hospital pretending to be in a vegetative state. Humph, I kindly sent you to the hospital, and I was busy before and after, and let you live in the most expensive ICU... Unexpectedly, to this day, you have no gratitude at all, but blackmail me for falsely accusing me of not being. Hmph, you are so inhuman, then I will not only hire the best lawyer to sue you for extortion, but also get back all the expenses in the hospital over the past two years. "

  Ah... James was about to collapse: "Oh my god, I gave up asking for compensation, okay, let me go!

  The unrelenting boss threatened again with a stern face: "By the way, I have to add a civil complaint to ask you to compensate me for 10 million yuan for mental damage..."

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Hi, I'm from Spain and love writing.

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