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Delilah stared blankly at Sonya after her nasty remark on Kelvin. Everyone was waiting to see what would happen but to everyone's surprise, Delilah just shook her head slowly and left the room. Everyone turned their attention to Sonya.
"What was the meaning of that ?" Mrs. Hanson confronted her first. "What do you mean by pervert friend ?"
Sonya just kept quiet and started toying with her food. Gabriel shook his head at his mother. "Just let her be mom. You can deal with this issue later."
Mrs. Hanson looked at her husband. "Aren't you going to say anything ? Sonya is just slandering her sister anyhow."
Mr. Hanson chuckled. "I won't talk much, honey. Let's enjoy Delilah's birthday party for now. Sonya will receive her punishment later."
Sonya stood up. "Sorry about what happened. I'm taking my leave now."
Sonya left the dinning room and the only ones remaining were Gabriel, Giovanna and Mr. and Mrs. Hanson.
"Well, that was shocking." Gabriel commented.
"What's up with Sonya all of a sudden ?" Mrs. Hanson queried.
"Sweetheart, don't worry about her. I will deal with her later." her husband assured.
"Alright. If you say so." she nodded. She focused on the couple. "So what has been up with you two of late ?"
Elsewhere in the house, Kelvin is standing before his mirror in his quarters, checking himself as he dresses up in his black long sleeves and black trousers. When he is done dressing up, he picks up his phone and calls his sister. She answers the phone call.
"Hannah. Are you ready ?" he asked. "The driver is waiting for you outside."
"I'll be done soon," she countered. "I'm just helping maa a little before I leave. I won't be at home for long."
"I've heard you," Kelvin replied. "But be fast. The party is about to start."
"Alright alright. I'll be on my way soon enough."
He hangs up and checks himself in the mirror again, before moving downstairs to the kitchen. He had been helping them since morning to prepare the food for serving, before taking a break to bath and eat in his quarters. When he got there, everything was set and the chefs were resting. He thanked them for their immense effort in contributing to making the party a success.
Kelvin then received a phone call as he was talking to the chefs. It was the DJ and he had arrived. Kelvin left the kitchen to go meet the DJ outside. He led the DJ in the house and introduced him to where he would do his work. Kelvin met up with the house workers in the parlour and he informed them of how they were going to help the invited guests around.
Just as he finished, the first guest arrived and one of the workers attended to her. Mr. Hanson came out also to welcome the guest into the house. They got into the master living room and Mrs. Hanson joined them in catching up on old times. And that's how it all started. The guests started arriving one by one and they converged in the living room to socialize with one another.
It was 3pm and Kelvin helped the guests know their way around the house. He would let the house workers deliver water to the guests if needed. A few guests chatted casually with Kelvin and they were mainly the young women. He had to leave them and focus on the work he was assigned to. The DJ started to play some soft music which filled the house with smooth vibes and some guests occasionally danced to the beat.
Delilah was upstairs, lying on her bed in her quarters. After what happened in the dinning room, she just came to her room and laid on her bed the whole time. She heard a notification from her phone and she checked it out. It was from Sena.
"Hey Delilah. I just arrived at the party. Can't seem to find you anywhere."
Delilah chuckled softly and got up from her bed. She straighten up her dress and checked herself in the mirror before going downstairs to meet Sena. They met at the far right side of the house and hugged before saying a word.
"It's good to see you, Sena." Delilah smiled. "How has it been ?"
"Great so far." Sena answered. "Saying your house is beautiful is an understatement. Just look at everything. The decorations and the very arrangement of everything."
"Thanks to Kelvin, the house has become more impressive than before. It's all his work." I praised.
"Kelvin ? The house manager ?" she inquired. "Does he wear black long sleeves with black trousers ?"
"Yes. Why ?"
"I just met a handsome guy wearing all black and he ushered me into the house." Sena explained.
"Wait, where ?" Delilah asked with concern.
"At the entrance of course."
"Let's go. I have been dying to see him for a while now," Delilah said as she led the way. "And we are not going through the living room cause I don't want the guests to start bombarding me with wishes and all that. Let's use this way."
Delilah and Sena went around the living room and got outside of the house through the entrance. To Delilah's luck, Kelvin was standing a few metres away from the entrance and he was on a phone call. Delilah and Sena moved towards him and waited for him to finish. When Kelvin was done with the call, he turned to leave but was startled when he met the two ladies in front of him.
"What the....." he quipped with shock. "I didn't hear you guys approach me."
"Sorry to scare you," Delilah almost broke into laughter. "How are you doing ? Long time no see."
"I'm doing fine and I'm sorry," Kelvin apologized. "I have been very busy since yesterday and I didn't have time to search for you."
"It's okay, I understand." Delilah raised her hands in innocence. "You were busy and I knew that. That's why I didn't bother looking for you either."
"Alright. I think that's settled then." he finalized. "Happy birthday Delilah. More blessings and grace to your life."
"Thank you so much." she appreciated. "I would like you to meet my friend, Sena. Sena, this is Kelvin. My good friend."
Sena and Kelvin smiled together as they shook hands and chorused "Nice to meet you." before they let go of each other.
"So what are you doing here ?" Delilah asked.
"Actually, I'm waiting for my sister." Kelvin responded. "She called to inform me that she's on her way."
"Your sister ? Oh I can't wait...."
A car drove through the road and finally parked in front of the house. The trio waited to see who was in the car and from the car, emerged Hannah.
"Well speaking of which, she's here." Kelvin announced to Delilah.
Hannah was dressed immaculately and she looked splendid. She walked over to them and quickly went to Kelvin. She hugged him tightly for a while before letting go.
"I hope you are not mad at me for coming late." she gave an innocent face.
"Why would I be mad ? You made it. That's all I care about." Kelvin chuckled.
"And you are here with Delilah," Hannah said as she eyed both Kelvin and Delilah.
"Hi," Delilah waved. "I'm guessing you are his sister right ?"
"Yes of course," Hannah affirmed. "Remember me ? I don't think you do."
"I'm very sure of that," Delilah laughed. "I learnt you were in my class but I hardly met you."
They chuckled and Delilah brought forward her hand. "I'm Delilah."
Hannah shook her hand. "I already knew that. I'm Hannah."
"I also knew that too," Delilah respond as they both laugh to their amusement. Kelvin rolled his eyes as they began to head back into the house.
"Kelvin has told me so much about you." Hannah responded. "You would think he had known you for his entire life."
"Really ?" Delilah beamed. "He talks about you all the time. It's like you are his best friend."
"We are best friends of course." Hannah laughed. "Isn't that true Kelvin ?"
"Yes Hannah." Kelvin replied slowly.
"See ?" Hannah said as they laughed another round. "Happy birthday by the way."
"Thanks Hannah. I appreciate that very much."
"Sorry to interrupt your girls talk," Kelvin smiled. "But the birthday girl has to go meet her parents you know."
"And who told you that ?" Delilah joked.
"Your dad of course." Kelvin countered.
"I'm not going now," Delilah refused. "I'll spend some time with Hannah and Sena, before I'll go to them later."
"Of course you will." Kelvin chuckled. "Hannah, I will see you later. Alright ?"
"I'll be waiting for you..." Hannah waved.
Delilah, Hannah and Sena went the other way whiles Kelvin went to help the guests in the living room. Kelvin ordered the house workers to organise the place in the dinning room. They brought tables and chairs and arranged them in the dining room whiles the party went on. The dining room was now set.
A lot of people were arriving and the DJ lit up the place with cool afrobeats. Some people started to dance to their enjoyment and others just spectated the event. The guests started to go into different rooms and they were all doing various things. Some went into the ground parlour, others into the recreational room, most people got into the home theater and the rest hanged around in the art room.
Everyone enjoyed themselves and had a good time. The only place the guests weren't freely allowed to go to was upstairs and they could only go there with permission from Mr Hanson. By 4:30pm, majority of the invited guests had arrived and the workers started sharing refreshments to all the guests in the house.
Kelvin got tired of all the walking and standing, so he wanted to take a breather. He searched for Delilah and Hannah at the left side of the ground floor but he couldn't find them there. He moved to the right side to look for them and as hastily as he went, he bumped into someone.
He apologized quickly to the person before he regained composure. "I'm sorry about that. I didn't see you coming."
When he recognised the person he had bumped into, he stared shockingly at the person. Right in front of him, stood Sonya and she seemed pissed about Kelvin bumping into her.
This was the second time she had faced Kelvin since the last time they met at the hospital. They stared quietly at each other for a while before Sonya just walked past Kelvin without saying a word.
Kelvin sighed and continued his search. He searched the right side and they appeared not to be there. As Kelvin pondered where they were, his mind raced to the first floor and he remembered the bar room.
Kelvin hurried and went upstairs via the elevator. He walked quickly to the bar room and to his luck, that was were they were. But Kelvin noticed that they were not alone. They were gathered around the table which had drinks with glasses on it.
Delilah noticed Kelvin at the door. "There he is. Kelvin come in. We have been waiting for you." she called out.
Kelvin got in and eventually sat around the table that Delilah and co were on. "What's going on ?" he managed to ask.
"Oh we were just talking and getting to know each other," Hannah pointed out. "And we were just talking about you just a while ago."
"What have I done ?" Kelvin queried.
"So this is the Kelvin guy ?" Gabriel spoke up. "Good to finally meet you, Kelvin."
Kelvin looked puzzled and anxious at once, so Delilah decided to fill him in. "Oh Kelvin, this is my brother, Gabriel and his fiancée, Giovanna."
"Brother ?" Kelvin repeated with shock. He began to feel immense pressure and tension.
"Yes. That's what I just said." Delilah affirmed.
"Nice to meet, Kelvin." Gabriel offered a handshake.
Kelvin looked at his hand and contemplated on what to do. For some reason, he was very much scared in meeting Delilah's brother and now, he was face to face with her brother. A lot of things were running on his mind but he finally made a choice.
"Nice to meet you too." Kelvin accepted the handshake from Gabriel. He also shook hands with Giovanna.
"You look Italian," he complimented to her.
"How do you know someone looks Italian ?" Hannah gave Kelvin a perplexed face.
"I just know." Kelvin muttered.
"Amore, sa che sei italiano," Gabriel said to his fiancée.
"Sì, lo so, naturalmente ." Kelvin interjected and everyone looked at him with shock.
"You can speak Italian ?" his sister was the first to ask. Delilah followed after.
"Since when did you even start speaking Italian ?"
"Capisci l'italiano ?" Giovanna conversed with Kelvin.
"Sì. Capisco." he replied.
"What did they just say right now ?" Hannah asked.
"She asked if he understood Italian and Kelvin said yes." Gabriel explained. He faced Kelvin. "Non mi aspettavo questo. Sono impressionato ."
"Grazie mille." Kelvin nodded.
"Enough with the Italian before you sell us out." Delilah complained and everyone laughed.
"Relax," Kelvin soothed. "He just said he's impressed and I thanked him."
"Seriously when did you even learn it ?" Sena spoke finally after she finished sipping her drink.
"Like almost 5 years ago. I did it as a hobby and after constant learning, here I am." Kelvin explained. "And it's not just Italian. I learnt Spanish and French too."
"You are a man of culture," Gabriel complimented. "I like this guy already."
They all laughed and took in their drinks as they continued to converse around the table.
Somewhere far away from the Hanson household, Raymond sits in his car that he had parked on the road. He takes his phone and makes a phone call. The receiver answers it immediately.
"Any developments so far ?" Raymond asked. "I have been waiting for a phone call from you since. The men are waiting."
"Have patience boss, everything is going smoothly right now," the informant relayed.
"Give me details." Raymond demanded.
"So the party is now becoming more and more active and a lot of people are enjoying themselves here." the informant responded.
"Is that all ? Is that everything I need to know ?"
"Be patient boss," the informant pleaded. "I'm just telling you what is basically going on here at the party."
"So when do the men come to the house ?"
"Very soon." the informant answered. "Just wait a little. When the time is right, I will give you the green light and the men can come to the house under the guise of guests and go according to the plan. Don't worry, I will inform you."
"You better do so....."