How I got the funds.

The 'Rock and Roll' nightclub happens to be one of the most popular clubs in the city of Chicago. A place where people come to drink, listen to good music, dance, ease their stress and chill out. It isn't just any type of club where you pay any amount of money to gain entrance...the entrance fee is really high 'cause every stuff in the club are standards. So visitors to the club are mostly people that are loaded with cash.

Popular celebrities do visit the club sometimes to chill out and relax. Some prefer to come with one or two bodyguards for security purposes, while others prefer to come alone. The club is mostly active at dusk, yeah, it is mostly filled up with people at nighttime. To cut the long story short, the 'Rock and Roll' night club is a big and popular club that generates a lot of money for the owner.

Mark had been familiar with the 'Rock and Roll' nightclub for a long time, but never has he been there to drink or engage in other stuff, neither does he know the owner of it. But yeah, he was just finding out about the owner.

"Y....you are the owner of 'Rock and Roll' night club?". Mark asked stuttering a little 'cause he was in great shock. Dylan just seems to be mysterious, there were a lot of unknown things about him.

Dylan nodded his head and stated, "Yeah, I'm the full owner of it. All the revenue generated from the club comes to me and my workers. To be sincere, I earn a lot as a music producer, but I earn a lot more from the night club.....that's where my main source of wealth comes from".

Judging from Mark's facial expression, it was clear that he had become curious about something. Dylan noticed it immediately and said to him,

"I can see the inquisitiveness on your face, ask whatever questions you wanna ask".

"How were you able to establish such a big nightclub and also build such an amazing and unique studio? Where did the funds come from 'cause you won't tell me your wealth has no beginning. You would have to start from somewhere as your riches accumulate".

Dylan's facial expression transformed into an unpleasant one the moment he heard that statement from Mark. And as Dylan noticed the inquisitiveness on Mark's face, Mark also noticed the unpleasant expression on Dylan's face the moment he made that statement. So he inquired of Dylan with a soft expression on his face and a soft tone of voice.

"Did I say anything wrong?".

"No....no, it isn't your fault, you didn't say anything wrong, it's just that I recalled back to something unpleasant the moment you made that statement".

"If I may ask, something like what?".

Dylan sighed a little before speaking,

"You asked a question like where did I get the funds in which I used in establishing my studio and night club. Well, let me reveal this to you, my dad is a super-rich business mogul, let me rephrase that, he is a very rich business mogul even until now that age isn't on his side anymore. I have two siblings, my younger brother, and my younger sister, which indicates that I'm the firstborn of my family.

My dad's custom is that after we graduate from the university, after studying whatever course in the university and knowing the career choice we wanna pursue.....he would bestow us with a certain huge amount of money. I got my share of the money after I graduated from college and so as my siblings also. Due to the love I have for music and music production, I decided to use some of the funds to build my own recording studio. Then I used the remaining funds to build up the 'Rock and Roll' night club".

"Wow! that's nice planning, you invested your share of the money wisely". Mark said with a smile on his face, "But why is this unpleasant expression still plastered to your face? what you clarified to me isn't something to be gloomy about".

"Am ain't done with the explanation yet.....something happened, but I wouldn't reveal it to you 'cause it is top-notch secret. But let me tell you this, my family is in complete shambles right now. I and my siblings aren't close to each other anymore, it's been years since I last set eyes on my mum, my Dad, and my siblings 'cause of the terrible stuff that happened. We aren't in peace anymore,

My younger brother spent his own share of the money lavishly the moment my Dad bestowed it on him. He spent them on women, wild parties, luxurious lifestyles and so on. I don't know what came over him, I am so disappointed in him. My thinking was that he was gonna invest his money in something lucrative, but I was wrong. The last time I saw him, he was almost close to being a pauper, he was wholly broke.....and I didn't pity him one bit,

I and my younger sister haven't seen and spoken to each other for a long time due to the terrible stuff that happened, as I said earlier, I won't be able to tell you about it. How my sister made use of her own share of the money....I have no single idea about that. It makes me unhappy whenever I remember that my family and I aren't united, we are in great shambles". Dylan clarified once again.

"Wow! that isn't nice at all". Mark expressed.

"Yeah, it isn't nice for a family to be in chaos for a long time due to one issue or the other".

"What are the names of your siblings?".

"My brother's name is Donald while my sister's name is Isabel".

The moment Mark heard the name 'Isabel' from Dylan's mouth, his mind wandered to if the Isabel he spoke of was the one he knew, yeah, the one that rejected his love. Not wanting to be confused about if she was the one or not, he decided to get more details from Dylan.

"Can I see a picture of them?".

"A picture of who?". Dylan asked a bit confused about who Mark was referring to".

"A picture or if possible, pictures of your brother and sister".

"Oh! yeah, I've pictures of them on my phone". Dylan uttered pulling out his phone from his pocket as he went closer to Mark to show him the pictures.

"These are the pictures of my brother", Dylan said once again scrolling through the pictures in his phone for Mark to see, "He is 27 years old currently, that's to indicate that I am older than him with 4 years. He has a bit of blonde hair as you can see in the pictures".

"Hmmm, he is handsome but unwise". Mark asserted after looking through all of Donald's photos.

"Yeah, that's a simple truth". Dylan added.

"Now that you've shown me the photos of your younger brother, can I see the photos of your younger sister?". Mark inquired, he wanted to confirm if the Isabel Dylan spoke of was the one he knew.

"Sure, why not, she is 23 years old and she is the last born of our family". Dylan stated as he scrolled to one of her photos on his phone.

The moment Mark set eyes on the photo, he confirmed that it was truly the Isabel he came across with and fell in love with. His facial expression changed immediately to that of a bewildered expression. And one thing was for sure, Dylan noticed the conversion in his facial expression, so he asked,

"Any problem? the moment I showed you my sister's pic, your facial expression changed immediately".

"I know this girl, I've met with her before". Mark said dropping the bombshell.

"You mean my sister?".

"Yeah, your sister, I've met with her before".

"When? Where? How?". Dylan asked at the same time.

Mark explained all to Dylan, how he visited the 'Ortega park pool' that very evening to swim and relax his mind. How Isabel and Theresa approached him 'cause of his good swimming skills. How they got to know more about each other, him falling in love with Isabel 'cause of her calm composure and prettiness. How he expressed his feelings for Isabel and she rejecting his love, he clarified all to Dylan and Dylan was like,

"She rejected your feelings for her?".

"Yeah, she said she didn't feel the same for me, she couldn't reciprocate the feeling back to me.....she only liked me as a friend".

"Wow! that's bad, but what is she doing in Chicago? she is supposed to be in New York City. Well, not my problem". Dylan stated, his facial expression indicates that he doesn't want to talk about it anymore.

Mark was a bit bewildered by Dylan's last words, "What do you mean by it's not your problem? Is the chaos in your family that huge that you guys don't even care about each other's welfare?".

"Yeah, it's that huge, if you know the terrible stuff that happened between us, you won't be talking like this. Let's change topic and talk about your photoshoot. Do well to post those beautiful and unique photos on all your social media handles. My assistance is guaranteed as am gonna try my best to get those pictures on the internet".

"Wow! thanks for your assistance, I really appreciate them". Mark said appreciating Dylan's effort.

"It's nothing Mark, I really meant it when I said I want to help you attain fame as an artiste, you deserve it. As for the clothes and shoes we purchased at the boutique, they are all yours. When you are ready to go home or go to whatever destination, I'm gonna drive you in my car.....you ain't taking no taxi". Dylan declared, he meant all that he just said and he was gonna put them all into action.