THE FORMIDABLE SON-IN-LAW [TFSIL]

"I'm sorry, Marcus Lehman, but you didn't pass the promotion test." Dr. Kale announced, closing the file on his table. Marcus sat frozen. "You said I was the best candidate." He spat, refusing to believe that he failed the test. Not after all the efforts. "There's nothing I can do about this. You can still work here for now, and that's just compensation. Please don't make me change my mind." Dr. Kale responded with a slight glare. Marcus had his hands raking through his short brown hair as he then walked back home. His eyes were already so dark and his tie was off. He looked more frustrated than he had been in the past few months. The promotion he had hoped to get to be stable had just slipped out of his hands. "You will get this trust me. You are capable of this." His wife, Kayla's voice rang in his ear. They were both interns at Levin Hospital and were in this together. He had always wanted her to put in more effort as he didn't mind if one got it or not but she'd instead pushed him to the front so he could get it instead of her and now that he had lost it, he had no idea what he should say to her when he got home. He soon got to the door of the mini apartment he shared with her and reluctantly pushed open the door. "Oh my! Jude, please don't stop." He suddenly heard and paused in the air. That was his wife's voice just now. He took out his shoes and looked around the sitting room. Everything was looking messy unlike how it was after he had cleaned it that morning. On the sofa was a white shirt that was obviously not his and that made him frown. He took the shirt and found a man's belt beneath it. Then lots of laughter sounded from the bathroom. He quickly walked closer and discovered that Kayla, who had applied for sick leave at the hospital the day before, seemed to be having lots of fun with a man who wasn't him. His body tensed. Fuck it! "How long has she been doing this?" He wondered as he held himself from breaking in and hurting someone. His hands touched the wall, and he looked down at the floor, breathing heavily. "You are such a freak. Aren't you worried that loser of a husband could walk in and find me f*****g you the way he could never? He'd be very frustrated knowing he can never get that promotion." Jude spat and Marcus almost fell to the floor. "Hahaha, I bet he's all over Dr. Kale pleading for grace right now. Poor thing wanted that promotion so bad. I mean, why should he get it when I'm obviously alive? I deserve it more than him plus I have got you. You have a better connection than he does. With a snap of your finger, you stripped the position off him and gave it to me." She spat with a wide grin as she bent in the tub with Jude over her. The realization hit Marcus right we it hurt. Kayla had actually stripped this position off him? He had lost it was lost to someone the hospital thought was better than him. But only now did he realize that Kayla had taken it herself, in the most shameful way. He felt a tear slip out of his eyes as it felt like he could div his fingers through the wall. Jude hit it harder and Kayla kept panting so loud in the bathroom that Marcus could hear them. "If I were your family, I would have long trashed him long ago. Why marry him when you could get better men? Is it his handsomeness?" Jude questioned. "Who gives a s**t about his handsomeness? I thought he was an heir who went humble just so he could find a worthy queen but after some months now, it's so clear that he's just a piece of s**t born of an unvirtuous whore." She spat in response, and that dug deeply into Marcus's heart. He may be able to take in anything, but he hates it when his mother is mentioned. His mother was his darkest past and his biggest weakness. She knew it so how could she dare? Losing it, he kicked open the door with force, causing Jude to push Kayla away in shock. Kayla held her breast as her mouth flew open. It was evident that she never expected him. He stood staring at them for a few seconds, not knowing what to say next to her. The pain was just too heavy for his heart. "I don't deserve this!" He muttered as he stared deeply at her. He hoped for maybe an explanation and in the next seconds, he rushed and held her shoulders. "Kayla I loved you!" He screamed in anger. She staggered due to his forceful pull. When he was going to say something else, Jude tapped him on his shoulder. Marcus forced his eyes closed, trying to control himself, and when he finally turned to face the man invading his space and peace, he was met with a hard punch that sent him hitting the wall away from the bathtub. "You dared to ruin my fun. You're talking love. I have been talking cash and connections. Now get out of this place so I can complete my fun." Jude said to him and Marcus got up and grabbed him by the neck. PAK! He hit Jude on the face and punched his forehead with his left palm. Jude's back hit the bathroom door as he let out a groan. "How dare you touch me? Do you know who I am? My father is the vice president of Levin Hospital and I can render you jobless with just a phone call." "Do your worst! Do your f*****g worst!!" Marcus didn't want to hear him out and in tears, he pounced on Jude and kept punching him repeatedly. "You know she has a husband. She is a wife and this is what you do? f**k my wife in my own bathroom?" He had already lost it as he then got up and walked slowly towards Kayla. "You could have the promotion instead if you really wanted it. You didn't have to do this. I was trying for..." BOOM! Marcus couldn't complete his statement as he fell to the floor. He managed to keep his eyes open and saw the wood in Jude's hands. "Jude that was a bit rough. Poor thing is already bleeding." Kayla spat as she stared at him as though he were useless. Marcus moved on the floor. He knew his head was a mess already and when he managed to sit up to control how his blood poured out, Kayla gave him a kick on his chest. "What a weakling. You know what? I'm done with this marriage. I want a divorce!!" She screamed in his ears and walked out of the bathroom. Marcus could hear her clearly, but he couldn't really see her anymore. He was losing his strength and his face was already filled with his blood. The moment the door to the bathroom shut, he was left in there with Jude who then walked closer and spat on him. "That b***h right there is mine," Jude said in his ear. "When did your affair with my wife start?" Marcus still found the strength to ask. Jude laughed. "Even in your dead state, you care to know? He asked and spat on him again. "Well, I started f*****g that p***y the night before your wedding. It had always been mine but in secret. I enjoy the better part of the p***y and made sure she only gave you crumbs." He told him to his face and got up on his feet. "So next time be respectful and maybe, I mean just maybe, I could just gift you a promotion," Jude said and turned to leave. Marcus gathered the last strength he had in him and got up, grabbing his neck, and throwing a hard punch after that. Jude spat out blood and grinned evilly. "You don't look like you will ever change. Watch me teach you a lesson." He muttered and kicked Marcus' stomach using his knees twice. Marcus jumped as he tried not to fall, but then Jude slapped him harder, picked up the wood he had used on him earlier, and threw it on his head again. Marcus could keep up, and that got him to the floor again. This time, he got so weak he knew he was about to die. His green eyes were unrecognizable at this point. "Once you get to the other world be sure to lecture yourself on your disrespectful actions towards me and Kayla." Jude spat and walked out of the bathroom. The bathroom was a pool of blood at this point, Marcus was bleeding from every part of his body, and his teeth were shaky, and his blood was dipping too. He cried! If only he'd known, he would have listened to his instincts and remained single. His marriage had been nothing but miserable. Kayla's family hated him so he couldn't dare report this action to her. Not after he had accepted her suggestion of leaving his in-laws' house, to be free of their judgment. He thought it was because she loved him. Turned out she hated him more. His blood kept dripping, and he tried to get up, but then a serious headache hit him. He was going to give up when his blood rolled down his neck and suddenly covered the pendant around his neck. He felt his chest go hot and looked at his body, thinking he was about to get burned, only to find the pendant on his neck shining green. Marcus froze. This was the only thing he could get from his mother and he only thing that reminded him of her. Why was it shining though? He realized his blood wouldn't stop rolling on it and decided to clean the pendant, only to add more blood on it. He suddenly felt like he had been electrocuted as he rolled on the floor in shock a few times. He closed his eyes to take it in, and when he opened his eyes, everything was shown in bright green. He sat up abruptly as though he had never had an injury as he looked around him, his eyes glimmering in green. Then he felt an uncommon energy sip into his bones. The blood in other parts of his body began to dry up, and he found himself being able to stretch more comfortably. "Am I healing?" He whispered in shock as he looked at himself and then he saw the greenish energy in the air above his head as it reached for him in the form of a crown and landed on his head. Marcus's life changed in that instant as he suddenly gained the knowledge of Martial arts, medicine, and witchcraft.