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The time was 12:00 AM and the large party hall was filled with important dignitaries. This was a time Wellington loved so much. When Dransvalle was bubbling and the villagers gathering to have a glimpse of men at the top and making the fact that they were his guests. He had organized a group of the villagers who would stand in rows along the roads to welcome his guests. He did not care how much he spent to do this.

There were over two hundred specially designed carts, pulled by decorated horses to convey the guests to his house. He also had quarters he called Guest Quarters to accommodate them. He had gone to welcome the Duke of England, Sir James Hudson, The Duke of Suthaland, Sir Amos Aaron and the flamboyant Duke of Syrusis, Sir Fell Amadon.

Wellington was not just connected to the royals and the high just because he was rich; he had a history with them. He was a small time money lender in England. He was approached by the infamous Baron of England, Hamilton Faggerson, who was a very dubious and avaricious man, for a deal. Hamilton was going to give him five hundred thousand pounds and one hundred pieces of gold as a secret investor. They agreed to 7:3 profit ratios, with Hamiltion taking the lager share since Wellington had just five thousand pounds capital. Wellington used a chunk of the money to buy slaves from Africa and started slave trade.

Hamilton was not involved in this and did not know the details since Wellington gave him profits which were altered. Wellington did not give the true details. It was a case of two fraudulent people doing business.

Wellington opened a secret lodge where he made back slaves sleep with high profile men for money and never paid the women. He also started farming using the slaves as the main laborers. His firm began to grow and he discovered that Hamilton stole the spoils of Gregory war which involved three boxes of gold.

On the night Hamilton brought the gold which he did not want anyone to know he had, after killing his soldiers who knew about it, Wellington asked him to spend the night in his brothel because he had new girls from Africa.

Wellington poisoned him and buried his boy in the fields. No one knew Hamilton was back to town because he believed to be on his way back from the war.

No one ever saw him and his soldiers again and they were believed to have been waylaid by the enemies.

Wellington was now very rich and had top friends who were interested in black women. He had VIP lodges for the noble men who patronized him.

His fame grew across Europe and the slave trade made him connected to top men. When King Edwin III died and his son, Price Victor took over, he decided to investigate Wellington. He pounced on his brothels and his illegal activities but Wellington was ready for this.

He had established his mega farm in the small village of Dransvalle, employed many of them, built a palace for the king and became a force to reckon with. He moved out of England and relocated to Dransvalle.

Prince Nathaniel, King Victor’s brother saw this as an advantage. He traveled to meet Wellington and expressed regrets over what his younger brother did. He asked Wellington for support to overthrow his brother.

Wellington agreed and provided funds, mercenaries and even trained slaves to support Prince Nathaniel. The battle was fierce and King Victor was killed along with his wife and three children so Prince Nathaniel became the king.

Wellington never went back to England but he now had the friendship and support of King Nathaniel and many other kings and royals.

He was one of the richest men in Europe now with one of the biggest money lending firm. He was also one the biggest farmers of cotton wool.

Most of the dignitaries came along with their wives, guards and servants. It was prestigious to travel along with workers.

Wellington was ready to impress his guest with the expensive cuisines made for them. The newly introduced turkey was in surplus, chicken, beef, pug, fish preserved fruits, expensive wine, and so many delicacies were arranged on long sets of tables. Smartly dressed waiters in service.

Musicians were invited from various parts of Europe. Also in attendance to entertain were magicians, dancers, poets and drama artistes.

The Duke of Syrusis, Fell Amadon, was a tall, strongly built man with a white long hair with a pony-tail. His face was clean shaven, with an aggressive square jaw and thin red lips. His wife, Joana was smallish and very pretty. She was elegantly dressed in expensive out fits.

The Duke of England, James Hudson was of moderate height with round puffy cheeks and swaggering mustache. He was with his wife, Suzana .

Then the short, chubby man was the Duke of Suthaland, Amos Aaron whom also came with his wife, Helen Magafen.

The royals and their spouses were on one side, including the host, Wellington, Isabella, John and his wife, Rita.

Tom had seen Rita arrive with her husband and saw how pretty she was. She was more beautiful than Isabella but Isabella had a more attractive body. Rita was slim, a little above average height with large sexy eyes.

The party began after Wellington officially welcomed everyone, mentioned the top names, thanked his wife and workers for the organization and praised Salvar Benedict.

There were wonderful performances by the invited entertainers, general dance and something happened during the entertainment; Tom decided to sing so he moved to Isabella and said he wanted to perform. She ordered that he should be given a chance and before he came on stage, he quickly had a short rehearsals with the bandsmen and they found his pattern strange but seeing that he seemed to have an influence with the Wellington Family, they followed his order.

When he came on stage and the bands men started playing music the way he told them to, the audience became a little curious. What kind of music was this?

It became more strange as Tom began sing Whiz Khalifa’s song; See you again but added a name.

It’s been a long day without you Salvar

And I will tell you all about it when I see you again

We have come a long from where we began Salvar

Oh, I will tell you all about when I see you again

When I see you again

He began to rap:

Damn, who knew?

All the planes we flew good things we have been through

That I will be standing right here

Talking to you about another part

I know we love to hit the road and laugh

But something told that it wouldn’t last…

“He is talk-singing.” Fell observed. “What kind of song is this?”

“It is beautiful.” His wife agreed. “I have never heard anything like this.”

“What is a plane? Did you hear him say they flew a plane?” Duke of England, James asked.

“Part of beauty of music is invention of poetical words. Plane may just be a word to make his song sound nice. I will like to invite this musician to England to sing for the king.” He added.

“Who is this musician?” Fell asked.

“That is Timothy. He is my wife’s cousin.” Wellington said proudly.

“That is interesting.” Fell said. “He will be a great musician. The way he sings is unique. He is singling like he is talking with a rhythm that flows like steady ocean waves.”

“Hey yo!” Tom went on, “shout out to my home boys…”

“He means his boys at his hometown, perhaps.” A man said.

“Respect to Whiz khalifa and Charlie Puth for the hit song and all the crew and artistes of Fast and furious. Can’t step down from here without a big shout out to Paul Walker. You live on bro. Now I need you to sing after me…just a sec.” He moved to the drummer and said, “just go..boom-boom….boo-boom..boom.boom….” The drummer did that until Tom felt satisfied.

Then he began to sing the a part of I Don’t Care, a song by Ed Sheeran featuring Justin Bieber.

Don’t think I fit in at this party

And the audience sang after him.

Everyone’s got so much to say, yeah

I always feel like I am nobody,mm

Who wants to fit in anyway?

‘Cause I don’t care when I’m with my baby, yeah

All the bad things disaapear

And you are making me feel like maybe I am somebody

I can deal with the bad nights

When I am with my baby, yeah

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ooh

‘Cause I don’t care, as long as you just hold on to me near

Tom’s songs made the night so lively with the audience singing aloud and trying to dance like he was doing. Isabella was mesmerized and felt so proud of her young lover. The party went on smoothly until around 4:00 AM when the big shots began to retire to their lodges.

“I need to leave, honey.” Isabella said to Wellington. “I know you have a lot to say to your friends.”

“I regret this but you are right and don’t blame me for being a business man. I have a message from King Nathaniel which must make me visit Jame’s lodge.”

She smiled and kissed his cheek.

“I understand my love. I am proud of you. I love you.”

“I love you more.”

She excused herself and walked away. John smugly starred after her.

“John, I guess you will have to see Demetrius on my behalf, please.” Wellington said. “He will be leaving in the morning and we have not finalized the cotton deal.”

“I will do that.” John said. “I am in the loop.”

“Very well and be sure to get your 10% cut.”

John smiled.

“Very good of you.”

“Since you men turn the party into a business conference, I may have to leave.” Rita said with a pout.

“I am sorry about that, madam.” Wellington said with feigned formality. “It is my fault.”

“I understand.” She said with a smile. “That is what you men do to put food on the table.”

“I am glad you understand that, Madam.”

Wellington smiled and left. He was followed by his guards but as they left the hall, he asked them to leave him alone. He Climbed a horse and rode down to his personal garden; a place he loved so much. He alighted and saw another horse tied to a tree.

He smiled as he saw her.

“Welcome my love” Rita said. “Happy Salvar day again.”

“Thank you my love.” Wellington said and held her.” We started the day together and ending it together. My best Salvar day ever. I never have enough of you.”

“Same here darling. Fifty Johns can’t make one Wellington.”

He chuckled.

“You make me feel on top of the world. Come on, let’s get down to business.”

“John handles the business while you handle the real deal. You are such a good friend. Taking care of a friend’s wife is an act of kindness.”

Wellington chuckled but in his mind, he said, “but I do not want anyone to take care of my wife in such a manner.”

Only if he knew that his wife was moaning as Tom made love to her in his cabin.

******

“You made me wet while you sang.” Isabella said as she caressed Tom after a period of s*x. “Where did you learn such a style of singing. Fell called it Talk-singing?”

Tom laughed.

“That was raps.”

“What? Like wrapping something up, right?”

He knew there was no way he could explain this so he decided to take a credit that did not belong to him in a place he could not be falsified.

“I invented it. I call it rapping and in future, I will have protégés like Easy-E. Doctor Dre, Ice Cube, Eminem, Snoop Doggy Dog, Drake, and lots more.”

She laughed shortly.

“You have funny imaginations. The names sound funny. You called one of them a dog.”

“Yeah, “He giggled. “I guess he will be proud to be called that.”

“What about the dance steps?”

“I don’t know. I just did it.”

“Really? Okay, now I want to know the real you. What is your real name?”

Tom turned and looked up the ceiling.

“I don’t know.” He lied.

“You don’t know? Please be serious.”

“I mean it.”

“You didn’t just drop from the sky and started living the day we met. Where did you come from?”

“I wish I knew, ma’am.”

“Please cut the ma’am when we are alone.”

“Okay.”

“You did not just drop from the sky, did you?”

“That is the irony. The only thing I remember is waking up on a hill without remembering what happened.”

“Oh my God! You lost your memory?”

“I guess so.”

“So tell me what happened.”

“I got up, saw some men who attacked me because they thought I was spying on them. I ran away and got my clothes soaked in water. That was when I found your husband’s clothes.”

“He was with her, right?”

“Yes.”

“Bastard! Can you describe her?”

“No. she was under him.”

“Okay, skip the details. So you can’t remember your name or where you come from, huh?”

“Yes but I get fragments of memories.”

“Like what?”

“A family that took care of me and they were in poverty. They had little to eat but gave food for me. I wish I can pay them back.”

Isabella had other ideas. This was good news to her. He had no family he could think of or any home he would go back to.

He was hers! She would have him for life. She loved him and wanted him for the rest of her life. She would do anything to keep him and she just got that chance. She wished Wellington would fall down and die. She would gladly marry him and they would rule this house and the entire empire and enjoy the wealth. She knew Wellington had secrets but he had been so smart and as slippery as ice.

What if Wellington just dropped and died? Or someone helped end his life? She was now getting ideas.

She was sure there was nothing she wanted more than this young, handsome and sexy boy. He was also the very good in bed, with styles she had never seen or heard of. She could not even imagine him with another girl. Never! He was hers and she owned him now.

“Can you remember where you met them?”

“Yes.”

“Where exactly is that?”

“It’s a town called Yorkshire.”

“Yorkshire? That is where Gaius comes from.”

“Really?” Tom feigned ignorance. “I never knew about that.”

“So you want them to have money?”

“No ma…sorry, no my love.”

She blushed.

“You called me your love! I love you.”

“I love you too.”

“Please take me. Take all of me and leave nothing behind. I am all yours, my love.”

They spent another ten minutes making love and while in the act, he paused and said, “ I want you to make your husband give them a job. He is a farmer and his wife knits.”

“Anything you want my love.” She said, high in ecstasy. “They have a job already.”

“And a place to live in.”

“I will personally buy a house for them. A big one and plenty food. Just forget about them for now and let’s make love.”

“One more thing. I can’t locate them. You will permit Gaius to go and bring them. I will ask him if he knows them.”

“Done and please shut up. Take me, please.”

It was while they deeply in a******y, and she was moaning uncontrollably, knowing the cabin was sequestered and she would not be heard, they heard a sudden scream.

It was so loud and a lot more voices emerged. Women and children screaming then a loud rumbling sound that made them disengage at once

“This is strange.” She said and got off the bed and quickly wore her dress.

Tom got dressed too. She peeked and snuck out. “Let me find out.” She disappeared and Tom came out.

The town was now higgledy-piggledy. There was confusion everywhere.

“What is going on?” Tom asked a lady running.

“The dragon is back!”

Tom looked up and what he saw scared the hell out of him!