9 The Reunion

Sounds of music came out of the speaker in his office.

Henry sat in his office listening to some upcoming artists Demo that were dropped on his table by one of his staffs in charge of that. He had so much paperwork on his desk since he recently signed some contracts deals. He was going through some documents when his P.A walked in. His P.A had knocked on the door twice but there was no answer so she pushed the door open.

Henry lifted up his gaze and saw his P.A standing in front of him and returned his attention back to the documents before him.

"Hey, Lisa" he called her name.

"Sir, you have a schedule with your old school guys by 7pm today" his P.A said looking at him expecting a response.

She was a brown skinned young lady about 25 years. She had average height with a shapely figure. Her eyes were baby blue like a Hydrangea flower. Her hair-caramel brown that complemented her brown skin color.

She was dressed in a blue jumpsuit that made her beautiful blue eyes shine bright.

"Oh! I almost forgot," he said. "Thank you for the reminder." He said smiling at her.

She made him attend events early because he was lazy when it came to keeping to time plus his everyday busy scheme made him forget some events.

She was drop dead gorgeous, any man would turn to look at her twice. Henry would have asked her out if not for the fact he had a rule that he won't have anything to do with any of his staffs.

He was too occupied with work that he forgot his planned arrangement with his boys from university. They planned to hangout today in a bar.

"Give this to the secretary." Henry ordered while handing a paper to his P.A. as he walked out closing for the day.

He wanted to go home and freshen up for his hangout in the evening.

"Okay sir." Lisa replied following behind Henry.

The music was loud as the DJ played the trending songs in town. The place was lively, there were many colored lights that added an extra beauty to the bar.

The bar had a restaurant at the other end and some couple were there to eat dinner. The bar room was filled with mostly young men and young few women who came to chill, they were the regular audience at the bar.

There's a round table with five young guys seated.

They all had beer and a glass in their fronts. They were laughing and talking. It looked like they were of the same age range. Daniel and his friend William were present and also Henry and two other guys. They were friends and attended the same university. But after their graduation they went their different ways to pursue their career until the reunion they called for today.

They graduated 7 years ago but still maintained contacts with each other. Although their relationship wasn't so close except for Daniel and Williams that stay close and found time to hangout together once in a while.

One of them suggested they should meet for a reunion, a guys only reunion.

"So Daniel what do you do now?" one of the guys asked.

The guys took turns to talk about what they do now.

"I'm a realtor" Daniel said in reply to the question he was asked. After taking a sip of his beer he continued. "I work as a real estate agent in Westcore properties company." He said and continued for a while then one of the guys asked William.

"I'm an actor" William said. And talked about other things for some time. The two other guys there talked too.

Now it was Henry's turn to speak and all eyes were on him.

"Well you know my dad was a wealthy man before his demise and he left us with so many properties…" he started blabbing in a proud tone. "I own a Record label and I have other businesses as my share of the family property" he finally said.

"Wow! That's gnarly man" William said giving Henry a manly handshake. He was surprised but proud of his friend's achievements.

They all commended themselves, asking the bar man to bring more beer to their table to celebrate their success.

"Henry, can you excuse me for a minute. I want to discuss something with you."

"Sure no problem man" Henry answered standing up to follow William to a corner. "What could he want to discuss with me" Henry wondered as he walked to meet William.

"I have a friend who desperately wants to take her music career to the next level. She's pretty young and has got a very nice voice." I would like you to listen to her song and sign her to your label on my behalf." William said hoping Henry would grant his request. He looked up to gaze into Henry's eyes.

"umh…I don't think that would be possible for now." He said. "I can't sign a newbie in my company for now, you know it's still new and we don't need so many artists due to some reasons." Henry said reluctantly.

William stood there with a disappointed look on his face. He expected a better reply from Henry.

Henry saw the expression of disappointment on William's face and decided to consider him. "Ok"…I'd like to listen to her song first to know if she's got what it takes to be a member of my record label.

They finished talking and went back to join the others at their table.

***

Ella sat on her bed, legs positioned straight on a chair close by. Her apple laptop was on her laps as she watched a sci-fi movie with some popcorn flying into her mouth. She had decided to chill after the stress during the day.

"Ell." Her mom called out, opening the door of the room and walking in. Her gaze fell on Ella who had her eyes glued to the laptop screen. "Have you had dinner?"

"Not yet mom." Ella muttered in disinterest.

"I got some Chicken Sandwiches from McDonald's. Come join us." The forty-five year old woman stood tall and beautiful before her first child.

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