Betrayed By A Friend
CHAPTER ONE
Manish and Jai were had been good friends since childhood. Manish was a very honest, kind hearted and a simple boy whereas Jai was a bit different from his buddy. He was more on the aggressive side, was cunning and not very simple. But, the characteristic in common between the two friends was that they both were very hard working.
Jai was very rich and Manish belonged to the middle class of the society. But, this difference, which was although very prominent, never came in between their friendship. They both had been studying together from the very beginning and had continued to do so till they finished school.
After passing out, Manish joined a hotel management college in India as he wanted to be career oriented and stand on his feet as soon as he could, and hotel management was quite a good option as he had a flair for cooking and even catering etc.
Even his friend had the same desire, coincidentally, and also because his father owned a hotel chain in Australia. So, even Jai decided to study Hotel Management, but he chose to study in Switzerland, as he had money and also that is the Mecca of Hospitality Industry.
Both the friends' bid farewell to each other as they parted for their respective destinations. The course was a Major in Hospitality Management and was for three years plus practical training and internship.
The training was not very easy and simple as they had thought, but it was a good experience and they were focused and had a goal in mind. Studying in these institutes gave them tremendous exposure and also taught them the necessary skills hospitality professionals should always know.
Manish and Jai completed their respective courses and started hunting for jobs. Both of them had faired well but getting a job in India was not easy, and not even was getting a job abroad. Jai told his father and he made him join one of his own hotels as a manager on the condition that he would work hard and work as if its his duty towards the hotel and not like as if he is the owner's son. Jai promised his father and began a fruitful career in Australia.
On the other hand, Manish was facing lot of difficulties in getting a decent job. So, disappointed with what had happened, he ended up working in a coffee bar as a waiter, as he could not get any job in a good hotel because he had had no experience and also because he had had no influence of a powerful person. He continued the job for about six months, and was also promoted in the process, but the salary he earned was too meager and they weren't any good tips either. He was totally dejected and did not know what to do and whom to ask help from, as it was his very own decision to study hotel management and there was no one whom he could blame. He knew that it was a joint decision of him and his friend, who now was running his father's hotel chain in Australia and hopefully having a good time. So, he decided to call up Jai, who now was in Australia and was looking after one of his fathers hotels, and ask him for some advice and guidance.
Manish did as he thought and called up his friend and told him his problem. Jai was now well settled in Australia and had made many friends, but unfortunately he had fallen in bad company, which was completely unknown to Manish; as they had not been talking together much.
On his flight from Bombay to Sydney, Jai had met a guy named Sahil, who was an Indian, born and brought up in Australia. They both started talking in the flight and later met many times in Sydney. Jai started going around with Sahil and also met many of his friends. Till about three months, everything was normal, until the day Jai was confronted with the fact that his friend -- Sahil and all his other buddies were gay. They had been very close friends and Jai had been helped a lot by Sahil in many ways. Jai had had a very big fight with his father and he had stopped giving him money for daily usage and Sahil began helping him financially, thus making Jai indebted to him. When he introduced Jai to all his other friends, he, at first did not like them, but later was forced to be friends with them as they all were financially helping him.
When Manish arrived, Jai met him and also introduced him to his "new" friends. These boys, actually ran a gay club, and by now, Jai was also a partner with them and was responsible for getting new waiters for the entertainment purposes in the gay club; (Get my drift!!)
When Sahil & his friends met Manish, they all had one common feeling. Manish, being such a handsome, fair and tall guy who needed a job, fit in very well as a waiter in their gay club. Now, the deal was that how would he be instigated to join the club without knowing about the "real" job. Jai was told by his friends that he had to convince Manish not only to join the club as a waiter, but also to enter into an agreement with them for a minimum of three years, salary being no problem.
Jai was indebted to Sahil & the other boys and so, he had to betray his old friend and put him into a big mess, although he did not want to, but was forced to. The next day Jai decided to take Manish into confidence and talk to him saying that he would get him a good job in a club.
That evening, when Jai returned home, he didn't get the chance to do so, as his friend was very tired and so, they had an early dinner and went off to sleep, thinking that he would get a better chance at breakfast time the next day.