Darcy is troublesome.

Mark sauntered to where Darcy was standing, shook hands with her, and said,

"I am Mark by name, I'm also an artiste signed to this record label for the past 4 years. I hope we get along".

Mark was done with his statement and was about to head back to his seat, but something was wrong. Darcy refused to let go of his hand, she was still holding on to it, and Mark was perplexed by it. Not only that she was still holding on to his hand, she was also staring deeply into his eyes.

"What is the meaning of all these? What is this girl doing?". Mark questioned himself in his thoughts, he was confused as to why she was still gripping on to his palms and why she was looking at him that way.

Everyone in the mini-parlor also noticed the situation at hand, they too were confused as to why Darcy was still holding on to Mark's hand though he was done introducing himself. With that perplexed expression still plastered to his face, Mark glanced directly into Darcy's eyes and threw a simple question at her,

"I am done introducing myself, and I think you understood my introduction clearly...so why are you still gripping on to my palms?".

"You said you are an artiste right?". Darcy suddenly asked.

"Yeah". Mark retorted with a facial expression that screamed 'Didn't you heard well before?'

"Hmmm, you are an artiste, but I don't recognize you as an artiste. Never heard any of your songs, and never watched any of your music videos". Darcy uttered letting go of Mark's palms.

Mark didn't even know what to say after she made that statement. Was she trying to embarrass him in front of everyone? Yeah, she had never listened to his songs and she had never watched any of his music videos, but was this the right time to voice it out? So she held on to his palms and stared deeply into his eyes just to tell him this? Damn! that's some dumb shit men.

Mark thought that she would be some sort of cool girl that doesn't talk too much.....but it seems like his impression about her was wrong. He made sure to hide the little rage that was already building up in him as a result of Darcy's statement before uttering,

"Oh! you don't recognize me as an artiste, well, there is nothing that can be done about it. You are a rapper right?".

"Yes I am, that's my main style of music".

"And you were signed to a very mini record label before your record deal with this label, right?".

"Yeah, state your point".

"Well, it's clear that the mini label you were signed to didn't promote your songs well. 'Cause to be sincere, I don't recognize you as an artiste also, I've never listened to your songs before". Mark stated, he was trying to embarrass her a little in front of everyone also.....she won't be the only one to humiliate him.

But it didn't seem like Mark's words hit deep into her, she wasn't humiliated by it. Instead, she said,

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is feasible for you not to have heard of my songs before. As I said earlier, the record label I was signed to was very mini. Their promotion system is very weak, how do you expect my songs to go far that way? But your case is different, this label is the opposite of a mini label, and you have been signed to it for four years, and I've never heard of your songs before. Can't you see that the situation is different?".

She was trying her best to humiliate Mark the more in front of everyone. But Mark wouldn't let her do so and get away with it so easily, so he said,

"Are you sure you're a rapper? 'cause you don't look like a rapper to me". To be sincere, she looked like a rapper to Mark, even her dressing from head to toe indicates that she is a rapper, but he was just trying his very best to humiliate her also, "I hope you ain't one of those wack rappers out there that are claiming to be rappers...'cause you look like one of them".

Now, that hit her hard, she didn't like the fact that Mark referred to her as a wack rapper, and it was evident in her facial expression. Mark noticed that his statement hurt her, and he was really glad about it. In an attempt to defend that she isn't a wack rapper, Darcy said,

"I will prove to you that am ain't a wack rapper right here and right now. I'm gonna rap without a beat".

"Umm, am not interested, I don't want to listen to your so-called rapping". Mark stated as he walked to where Gary was sitting and questioned, "We are done with the meeting right?".

"Yeah, the meeting is over, I summoned the meeting so I could introduce Darcy to you guys". Gary retorted.

"I'll be going then, but before I leave, the time for me to drop song or songs is getting very near, just wanted to note that to you". Mark said lastly and walked out of the building of the headquarter.

Meanwhile, Darcy was still standing at the spot where Mark left her, she couldn't even sit down. Everyone in the room was staring at her, she started it all by wanting to humiliate Mark, but she lost. Mark's main aim on getting out of the headquarter was to head straight to his apartment, but before that, he visited a food store he came across on the road to purchase some foodstuff...he was running short of them in his house.

On getting to his apartment, Mark put the bag of foodstuff he bought in the kitchen, he bought ingredients used for cooking other kinds of dishes...but his main purchase was ingredients used for making his favorite....rice balls and gumbo stew. After dropping the bag of foodstuff in his kitchen, he sauntered to one of the sofas in his parlor and sat on it. He would have arranged the stuff he bought in the kitchen cupboard.....but he wasn't in the mood to do so.

He began to think about the events that transpired between him and Darcy the moment he sat on the couch. Such a cool-looking girl was much of a talkative. But he was glad that she didn't humiliate him and go scot-free just like that, he did the same to her also. He recalled the last words he said to her after they shook hands together, 'I hope we get along'. That was completely the opposite of what they did at the headquarter....but she started it first.

Before nighttime, Mark visited the snooker house to play snooker, he spent a lot of time there. He didn't have lots of activities to engage in for the day after coming back from the 'Cool Boiz' headquarter...so he decided to spend most of his time playing snooker. While playing, he kept on thinking about the events that took place between him and Darcy, yeah, he couldn't take it off his mind.

Before going to bed that night, Mark prepared his favorite dish for dinner, it's been weeks since he last ate it.

*Knock *Knock *Knock

The next morning, at the early time of 6:57 am, the heavy bangs on Mark's door were what jerked him back to consciousness. He was a little angry that someone was knocking heavily on his door at this early hour.

"Who could be knocking so heavily on my door this early morning? I hope it isn't someone dangerous". Mark said to himself as he got up from his bed and strolled to his door to open it.

He couldn't believe the person he was seeing standing at the front of his door the moment he opened it.....it was Darcy. Like, what was she doing here at the early time of the hour? Why was she banging so heavily on his door? and how did she know the location of his apartment?

"What the f**k are you doing here at this early time of the hour?". Mark inquired of Darcy, like, he was completely dumbfounded.

She didn't even answer his question as she just walked into his apartment and sat on one of his sofas. Now, Mark was getting pissed off by her actions, he strolled to where she was sitting and uttered with anger in his tone of voice,

"You can't just barge into my apartment like that without my permission".

"Are you expecting me to say sorry for that? well, I won't". Darcy stated still sitting comfortably on the couch.

Mark sighed, seems like this girl was more troublesome than he was thinking.