I thought you were different.

Rita heard of the disagreement that occurred between Mark and their mum some days ago. Immediately after the disagreement that occurred that day, Mark's mum called Rita on phone and told her all that happened between her and Mark that very evening. Rita loves and respects her brother Mark so much, and she also loves her mum so much. She wanted to balance the issue, she didn't want to hurt her mum's feelings by not talking to Mark and trying to change his mind about his resolve not to quit music, and she didn't want to hurt Mark's feeling either. But pleasing her mum was a topmost priority, anytime she remembers how their mum strived for them to live a good life and for them not to suffer after the death of their father, she couldn't just hurt her mum in any way.

She had been waiting for the right time to have a one on one discussion with Mark regarding the issue. She had waited enough, and this very Monday morning, she felt it was the right time to call Mark on phone for them to set a time and date to meet at a restaurant to discuss more on the issue. She called Mark on phone and they scheduled a time to meet at a certain restaurant to converse immensely.

"What's so important that my sister wants to discuss with me, I hope it isn't much of a big deal". Mark uttered to himself after the phone call with his sister ended.

Rita sat on one of the seats she reserved for she and her brother, Mark, at Alinea restaurant, she had been waiting for his arrival for some minutes now. She was becoming a bit impatient because she was a very busy woman, she was supposed to be involved in other important activities as of the moment. She took her phone to call Mark, but she decided to wait some more. Mark arrived at the restaurant looking so gorgeous, his dressing was so cool from head to toe. He wore a blue jeans jacket and a pair of blue jeans trouser, a white T-shirt inside, a nice sneakers and a pair of black sunglasses to match it all. He was looking so gorgeous and handsome that some girls couldn't take their eyes off him, he sighted where his sister was seated and went over to her.

"It looks like you like keeping people waiting". Rita abruptly uttered to Mark as he sat down.

"I am so sorry sis, I didn't keep you waiting on purpose". Mark said trying to keep a calm face.

"Ok, I hope so".

They were here to discuss, so they didn't order anything eatable, they ordered a bottle of beer each for themselves. They opened up their bottles of beer as they poured it's content into a glass cup and began sipping slowly. They sipped their cups of beer in silence for some minutes before Rita started a conversation,

"You might not like the topic I'm about to discuss with you right now, but I just have to". Rita stated giving a warning sign, she knew that the conversation she was about to have with Mark might not go well.

Mark's face changed a bit in curiosity immediately he heard Rita's words, for the fact that she said that he might not like the topic she was about to discuss with him kept him in alert.

"Go on". Mark uttered granting her full permission to speak.

Rita sighed before speaking her mind,

"Mum told me that you refused her offer to quit music and to start a lucrative business she already had in store for you, I don't understand why you would refuse such an offer from mum".

After hearing those words from Rita, Mark now fully understood why she gave that warning sign before speaking, his mood was completely spoilt immediately he heard those words from her. Any discussion concerning him quitting music and diving into something else seems to rise his anger. The fact that such words were coming from the mouth of his sister was even making him angrier, but he kept his cool before replying to her.

"Like seriously, you of all people should know how much I love making music, quitting music is just like quitting a lot of important things to me, to be sincere, I am disappointed that you are supporting mum's decision, I thought you are different from her".

Even though Mark was trying to keep his cool, Rita could already sense the anger in him. She wasn't that surprised that he was already getting angry, she expected it. Making him angry wasn't on her agenda at all, but pleasing her mum was more important to her, so she spoke her mind once more.

"I know how much you love making music, but we all know that music-making isn't favoring you that much, and you haven't gotten the type of success you are supposed to have as an artiste for the past four years, and you know mum's rule is for us to be successful in whatever career we choose to do. Making mum happy is supposed to be our topmost priority, so why don't you just oblige to her offer".

"So my happiness isn't important to you at all, do you know how sad I'll d be if I quit music, I won't be able to concentrate on whatever business mummy introduces to me to. I know that my music career isn't booming the way it should, and I am fed up about it, but I believe that one day, I will soar high". Mark said to his sister with a voice filled with a bit of anger and confidence. He couldn't keep his cool anymore, the anger developing in him was already revealing itself.

Rita sighed, she couldn't even look at Mark straight in the eye anymore, she knew there was no way she could convince Mark in his angry state right now. But something kept on pushing her to keep on talking to see if she could actually convince him,

"But Mark, you should try.....

"I don't wanna hear anything anymore, this discussion is over, I should take my leave now". Mark said cutting Rita's words short. He got off his chair and stomped out of the restaurant leaving his bottle of beer half drunk.

Mark stepped outside of the restaurant not knowing what to do, his mood was totally trampled on. He found a nice chair to sit on while he was walking along the street, his heart and mind were bothered and troubled by what transpired between him and his sister. He couldn't hold back from asking himself so many questions,

"Doesn't she care about my own feelings"? "Is it only my mum that deserves to be happy"? "I thought she knew how much I love music, why would she suggest I oblige to mummy's offer"? Those were some of the questions that were running through Mark's mind at the same time.

*Ring *Ring *Ring

The ringing of his phone jerked him off from his thoughts to reality. He checked the caller, it was ben, he answered the phone call with immediate effect,

"Xup Mark, how are you doing". said ben immediately Mark picked up the phone call.

"I am cool bro, just a bit sad right now". Mark stated with a troubled heart.

"What is making you sad"? Ben asked with concern in his voice.

"I just had a conversation with my sister not too long, she is trying to convince me to oblige to my mum's offer to quit music and to dive into business, I couldn't even believe she would suggest that to me, she spoilt my mood completely". Mark said explaining the reason for his sad mood.

"That's not cool at all, how did she hear of the disagreement that transpired between you and your mum"? Asked Ben.

"My mum told her on a phone call". Mark replied.

"As I expected, what about the conversation with your label boss, did it go well, did he agree to your proposal"? Ben inquired once again.

"Not at all, he even said some words that annoyed me that day, he said that he can't overlook the contract, even if I wasn't making that much money for his record label, at least I was making something for the label, those were some of the annoying reasons he gave me". Mark answered with displeasure in his tone of voice.

"Like seriously, what a selfish and greedy reason, so he isn't even concerned about your success as an artiste, his only concern is on the little money you are making for his label, Damn!" Ben stated with annoyance in his voice, he was really irritated by the greedy mind of Mark's boss.

"Yeah, I have gat no choice than to stay in the label, just gotta keep on making and dropping good music hoping to make it big someday, if I may ask, where are you right now? I am hearing noises that sound like booming music". Mark inquired of Ben.

"I am at a club party right now, I was invited by a friend, I am gonna be attending another one next week, I would like you to join me". Ben said to Mark.

"Yeah, sure, I would like to be there, I just wanna head over to the studio now to produce some cool beats, I wanna ease my troubled mind". Said Mark.

"You should, bye for now, we gonna meet and talk later". Ben uttered ending the phone conversation.

Mark stood up from the chair he was sitting on heading straight to the studio.