Audi A3.

On getting to Ben's house, Mark could sight some people lurking about in the compound and the rest were flocking into the main edifice. Ben had a house of his own which he purchased with his own money. It wasn't much of an enormous building, just a simple but very attractive bungalow. The compound was well embellished with flowers making the whole building look very stunning and attractive.

Mark roved his eyes about in the compound in search of the car, but he couldn't find any.

"Where is the car he spoke of? hasn't it arrived yet?". Mark asked himself as he headed into the main edifice where the party was to take place.

The snow had stopped plummeting, but the grounds were still filled with snow and the cold was still extreme. Everyone present at Ben's edifice was dressed in heavy coats, hand gloves, head warmers, and boots. Mark stepped his feet into Ben's parlor and he could see people drinking and enjoying themselves already, they weren't that many and they weren't few either, just an average number of them.

His eyes roved about in the parlor in search of familiar faces, but he didn't find any. He couldn't find Ben also, how could the organizer of a party be nowhere to be found? Suddenly, Ben appeared out of nowhere with a microphone in his hand, he was about to address the people with his speech.

"I am so glad you guys came this evening, you honored my invitation to come over to my house to celebrate with me for my recent accomplishment.....that is purchasing my first car. Some might wonder, why is he throwing a party because he purchased a car? Firstly, am throwing this party 'cause of how happy I am that I purchased a car, yeah, I am glad that I purchased my first car, it isn't easy. Am ain't no small boy, I am 33 years old and am just owning my first car, that's an accomplishment,

Secondly, I threw this party cause I wanted to meet some old friends, my secondary school pals, college friends and so on. I can even sight some of them over there drinking and enjoying themselves, they honored my invitation. I also wanted to meet with some of my relatives I haven't seen in a long time. I can sight my favorite uncle over there, two of my beautiful aunts, Wow! three of my cousins, I didn't know you guys were here. I can also sight some people I didn't invite to this party, but no probs, invitees can also invite others,

I know most of you would be wondering why there isn't any car in my compound, well, the car just arrived, it just got transported to my compound not too long ago. The people coming in now would have seen it already, everyone, let's go outside and take a look at it". Ben climaxed with his speech as his guests began flocking outside to take a look at the car.

The car wasn't just any sort of car, it was an 'Audi A3'. Audi A3's aren't very expensive to purchase and they aren't that cheap either. The price of an 'Audi A3' car ranges from about $33,300 to $56,200....now that isn't a small amount of money. Everyone just kept on peeking in and out of the car, the car was definitely cool and awesome to glance on. Mark was really happy for Ben, he deserved such an awesome car for himself. A good, talented and hardworking music producer who had spent most of his years producing and eliciting good music, he deserved this and more for himself.

Ben just kept on smiling has his friends and relatives congratulated and shook hands with him. Everyone was truly happy for him, it wasn't easy. After they were done accessing the car to their satisfaction, Ben said to them,

"Since you all are done accessing the car to your satisfaction, go inside and enjoy yourself to the fullest, there are enough drinks for everyone".

Mark waited patiently for everyone to clear off before approaching Ben, and Ben was like,

"Wow! so you are here already".

Mark was a bit confused, "Umm, do you mean you didn't see me all this while?"

"No I didn't, where have you been hiding?". Ben asked.

"Hiding from what? I arrived here a while ago, I was among the people that listened to your speech inside before coming out to take a look at the car".

Ben rubbed his head with his palms before saying, "How come I didn't see you? well, let's leave that for now and enjoy ourselves with some chilled beer".

"Before that, why didn't you tell me you had plans of purchasing a car?" Mark questioned Ben.

"I wanted it to be as a surprise to you and everyone am close to". Ben replied.

"Hmmm, how much did it cost you to purchase the car?".

"Let's talk about that inside". Ben retorted holding Mark by the hand as they headed into the main building.

Everyone was completely relaxed in the parlor as all could be seen holding a bottle of drink in their hands, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. Mark and Ben sat on vacant chairs in the parlor holding a bottle of beer in their hands. Ben's parlor was filled up with people as there wasn't much space for movement anymore. Most of the chairs in the parlor were already filled up with people. Ben was aware that the people he invited over to the party weren't few in number, so he chartered extra chairs so seats would be available for everyone.

And yeah, chairs were enough for everyone though all was almost occupied by now. Mark and Ben were fully relaxed on their chairs as they drank their bottles of chilled beer.

"This snow and extreme cold came unexpectedly". Ben uttered in between their gulping down of beer.

"Yeah, I just woke this morning to meet the abrupt change of weather". Mark retorted.

"So you wanted to know how much it cost me to purchase the car right?".

"Yeah, tell me, am curious".

"It cost me about thirty-five thousand dollars to purchase the car".

"That isn't a small amount of money, men, you're loaded with the cash".

"It's all planning and budgeting bro, I budgeted the money before the purchase, the money I used in buying drinks and renting chairs for this little party, I budgeted it also". Ben clarified as he didn't want it to seem that he was some rich dude with billions of dollars in his account.

"Wow! that's cool, such a nice budget, you deserve it bro..." Mark paused a little, "When would I own a car of my own".

Ben patted Mark on the shoulder with a smile on his face, he said, "You'll own a car of your own at the right time, so don't worry about that as for now, instead, let's talk about the unpleasant comments people are posting to your social media handles regarding the song you sang about John and Henry".

Mark caressed his hairs with his palms with an unpleasant look on his face, he uttered, "I don't wanna talk about it".

"Why?". Ben questioned.

"You know what, the criticism I received from people didn't hurt me that much compared to the direct mocking message Henry sent to me". Mark declared still using his palms to caress his hair.

"Henry sent a mocking message to you?" Ben questioned with shock in his facial expression and tone of voice.

"Yeah, the content of the message pissed me off, at the same time made me feel downhearted".

"Why so?".

"He said even after I sang a despise song about him and John, I couldn't still blow up and receive attention from people, that's to indicate that I am cursed. That last word of his 'I am cursed' trampled on my happy mood at that moment and made me feel downhearted".

"But you know you aren't cursed right?". Ben questioned Mark expecting 'no' as an answer from him.

"No, am ain't cursed, but sometimes it does feel like.....

"Don't complete that statement, you ain't cursed, and that's it". Ben said abruptly cutting Mark's word short, "What of your label boss, has he reacted to the song?".

Mark's facial expression became more unpleasant immediately Ben asked that question, he didn't want any discussion regarding Gary right now. But he would have to provide an answer to Ben's question,

"His reaction wasn't a pleasant one at all, he was just ranting and yelling and it was so annoying. His only concern was that the despise song was directed at two famous artistes. He said he doesn't want such a song from any artiste that is signed to his record label, and that's how the conversation ended. Our talk was filled with anger and outrage, and I was damn pissed off until I met with some of my female fans".

"Some of your female fans?" An inquisitive Ben asked.