Not as easy as expected.

Mark didn't even know what to say, he was short of words, Ben had never been this angry at him. Ben must have really been hurt by what he did for him to be this furious, yeah, Ben wasn't the type of person that gets furious over little things. At this moment, there was nothing Mark could do other than to explain his reason for not keeping to his promise.

"Let me explain, something came up, I met with a guy that knows a lot about me, he had been trailing me for a long time without my awareness. We decided to meet at the 'Lula cafe' restaurant so we could discuss more. Wanting to satisfy my curiosities, I went to the 'Lula cafe' restaurant forgetting that I was supposed to be present at the studio for the recording of Harry's album. It skipped my mind totally, not like I didn't keep to my promise on purpose".

That explanation wasn't enough to soothe Ben down, it wasn't enough to turn off his angry mood. He didn't believe Mark's explanation to the fullest.

"Why didn't you pick my call then? 'cause I know I called you up to five times. Or was the conversation between you and the guy so engrossing that you left my calls unanswered?". Ben queried with anger still evident on his face.

"The moment I saw your phone call, that's when I remembered that I was supposed to be at the studio instead of the restaurant. But it was too late 'cause I and the guy were already so deep in conversation. So I decided to ignore your call and come directly to your house later to apologize for not keeping to my promise". Mark explained hoping that this explanation of his would unravel things between him and Ben so he could quickly tell him about Dylan. But his hope was gonna be crushed because Ben was still angry at him.

"So for a guy you just met recently, you forgot the promise you made to me and also refused to pick up my call. I am so angry at you 'cause I didn't waste time telling Harry and the rest that you were gonna be present at the studio the moment they arrived. I bragged to them about how talented you were as an artiste. I told them you were gonna shake the studio with your vocals when you arrive, but you didn't show up after a long time. I called your mobile number, but you didn't pick up,

As a result of this, Harry, his manager, and the rest kept on mockingly staring at me. The artiste I was gloating about didn't even answer my call not to talk of showing up in the studio. I was embarrassed at myself, but it's no one's fault, I'm the one at fault, I was the fool, no one sent me to go about boasting about how talented you were as an artiste". Ben let out audibly, rage was evident in his tone of voice.

Mark had never seen this part of Ben before, he had never seen him this angry. He was completely speechless, he didn't know the right words to utter that could soothe Ben's anger towards him.

"I f**ked up big time, if only I had listened to Dylan when he told me to hurry to the studio, this sh*t wouldn't have happened. Ben wouldn't have been this angry at me, but what is done is done". Mark thought to himself, he didn't know the next action to take, the next word to say. But he didn't want to be on bad terms with Ben, that's one of the worst things that could ever happen. So he tried explaining once again.

"I'm so sorry about that, but please try to understand me, I didn't do these things on purpose just to get on your bad side. There is a lot you need to know about that guy I met yesterday, he is a...."

"I think this conversation is over, I don't want to talk about it anymore, I don't want to hear anything about the guy. I am not in the right mood to do so". Ben said cutting Mark's word short as he walked into his room.

Mark just stood at his spot completely speechless, Ben didn't even offer him a seat not to talk of unraveling things with him. There was nothing he could do about it, Ben was really angry at him, yeah, really really furious at him, and he hated it, having misunderstandings with Ben was completely out of his agenda. He would have to call Dylan and tell him that things didn't go as planned, it wasn't as easy as they thought it would be, Ben hasn't forgiven him yet.

He departed from Ben's house heading straight to his dwelling. The first thing Mark did after arriving at his apartment was to take his phone to call Dylan.....yeah, to update him on the current situation between him and Ben. Dylan didn't waste time answering the moment Mark put the phone call through.

"So Mark, what happened between you and Ben? Did he forgive you and let the matter pass by? Have you notified him about me?". Dylan said bombarding Mark with queries the moment he answered the phone call.

"My answer to your questions is gonna be disappointing 'cause he didn't forgive me for not keeping to my promise. Infact, he is very angry at me, he has never been this furious at me before. What I did really pierced deep into his heart and hurt him". Mark responded to Dylan's questions.

"But you said he is your favorite music producer and you are also one of his best artistes. Does he have to be this angry at you 'cause you didn't keep to the promise you made to him".

Mark paused a little, does Dylan even know what a 'Promise' is that he spoke of it like it was just common stuff.

"Do you know what a promise is? Do you know how important it is? remember you told me to hurry to the studio to meet with him when I explained to you that he was calling because of the promise I made to him?". Mark questioned.

"Sure, I remember vividly, and I know how important a promise is. But you guys are close buddies, he shouldn't be that furious at you. Did you clarify to him the reason why you didn't keep to your word?".

"Yeah, I did".

"And he was still angry at you, are you sure you guys are pals?".

"Why not, we are close pals, no doubt about it. Something happened at the studio that enraged him, that's the main reason why he is so furious at me".

"What is it?".

Mark told Dylan all that Ben said to him, how he bragged about how talented Mark was to Harry and the rest of his crews. How embarrassed Ben was after Mark didn't show up at the studio, the mocking way Harry and the rest glanced at Ben after Mark didn't answer his phone call, and so on. He explained all to Dylan.

"Ohhh! I now understand why he is so angry at you. To be sincere, if that happened to me, I would be so enraged also". Dylan expressed, he fully understood how Ben felt after listening to Mark's explanation.

"You fully understand now, we are close pals, this is the first time a misunderstanding as enormous as this is occurring between us, and I'm the one at fault. But the question is, what are we gonna do now? He didn't even grant me the chance to tell him about you". Mark stated.

"Come to my studio tomorrow so we could strategize. Show up as early as 8 am, I would keep to time this time....I promise".

"Ok, I would be there, make sure to keep to your promise, you see what it caused me 'cause I didn't keep to the promise I made to Ben".

"Sure, I would keep to my promise, I don't want to be like you". Dylan said giggling a little.

"Oh! you don't want to be like me, I don't want to say much, we would meet tomorrow". Mark said ending the phone conversation, he thought about the last statements that flowed out of Dylan's mouth and a grin appeared on his face.

"He said he doesn't want to be like me, but he was the cause of why I didn't keep to the promise I made to Ben. If I hadn't met with him yesterday night, I wouldn't have been so inquisitive about a lot of things, and I would have kept to the promise I made to Ben". Mark said to himself entering his room to take off his clothes and take a hot shower after that, the weather was still so cold.

After taking a hot bath in the bathroom, he engaged himself in other activities like eating dinner, pinging, watching Tv, and so on before going to bed. When he woke up the next morning...he noticed that something had changed.