The Magnificent Cat by Nadia Ramadan (early reader chapter books .TXT) 📕

the concert from playing the music loudly. Its 2:00 PM and the owners of the Fantastica stage sat on their enormous seat where they could see every bit of the show. They are ready to spot any new talent wanted for their stage far away from Bevin.

The seats started to fill up just as the first entertainers walked onto the stage.

 

"They started! They started!" Jessica shouted as she walked into the dressing room.

"I still have two hours, Jessica" Lisa said nicely "I told you my time is 4:00"

"Mr. Lennox and I couldn’t wait to see you perform" 

"Thanks Jessica" Lisa said as she smiled "hope I do well myself"

 

Patricia heard the door bell rang and knew immediately that it was James. She ran to the main door and opened it.

"Hello" she greeted nicely as she looked at James

"Hello" James greeted "you look stunning, am I late?"

"No, you are not, it's just the beginning; we don’t have to be there early"

"Yeah you are right, but I hope you have nothing to do right now"

"No I don’t" Patricia continued "I want to be with you the whole day today"

"So be it" James said as he laughs

Suddenly Patricia's phone rang, she looked at it and then said "it's my father, will you excuse me for one second?"

"Sure" James said as he turned away 

 

"Yes" Patricia said

"You shouldn’t be going to the concert" Ray said sharply

"Why not…?" Patricia asked

"You should be packing!" Ray continued "do you have any idea about what is going to happen today?"

"Of course I do!" Patricia shouted 

James turned to look at her and gave her the "what's going on" look

She smiled back at him to show that everything it's alright.

"I already packed everything" Patricia said in a much lower voice

"Are you sure?" Ray asked "we are leaving today…you know that!"

"I will be there when everything is over, alright?" Patricia said angrily 

"Ruddick is on the other line" Ray interrupted "I have to take this, and I will talk to you later"

"Just talk to Ruddick" Patricia said as she closed the phone.

Patricia walked over to James and said "are you ready to go?"

"Of course" James replied "is everything ok with you and Ray?"

"Yes, no worries about that" Patricia added "shall we go now?"

 

Ray answered Ruddick and said "hello, last minute changes?"

"Of course not" Ruddick replied "I just want to know if everyone left already"

"No" Ray replied "the Concert just started and it will be a silly thing to attack now"

"I know" Ruddick replied "we are not coming now! Well we are prepared alright but we will come at 4 or something"

"Nice timing" Ray said "but let me make sure that everyone is gone, I will give you a call as for the perfect time to send the troops"

"That will be useful" Ruddick said as he shuts the phone.

 

"You can drive my car" Patricia said nicely

"What for…?" James asked 

"To go to the Concert" Patricia continued as she laughs

"We don’t need a car; it’s not that far we can just walk"

"Are you sure?" Patricia asked 

"Yes, it will be much enjoyable too"

 

Both Patricia and James walked the whole way chatting and laughing, on their way they could hear the loud music and see the fireworks closer and closer, it was beautiful as the day started to turn a little bit darker.

"Isn’t this amazing" Patricia said as she looked at the fireworks

"I know" James replied "it's wonderful"

"It truly is" Patricia said as tears rolled down her chicks

James stopped walking to look at her.

"Are you ok?" James asked seriously "is everything ok?"

"Yes" Patricia replied as she dried her tears "don’t mind me, I just…I just like Bevin a lot"

"You are not leaving Bevin, are you?" James asked seriously

"No! It's just that we can never know our future"

"Is your father planning to leave Bevin?" 

"No" Patricia replied "he loves his job, why would he leave it"

"Yes, I thought so too" James said as he turned to look at the fireworks

"Can we just stay here" Patricia said "we don’t have to go to the concert, let's just stay here, me and you, and watch the fireworks, it will be very romantic"

"I would love to" James said nicely "but there is someone we should see"

"Oh yes, Mr. Picklock" Patricia said "I totally forgot"

"But after the concert we can spend some quality time together here in this very spot"

Patricia looked at James sadly knowing that it can’t happen "that will be great"

"Come on, it's ok" James said as he laughed "stop worrying about everything"

"Let’s just go now" Patricia said "there is no time to waste"

 

Ray walked back into the building and saw Nick all dressed up exiting the building.

"Where is everyone?" Ray asked 

"Most of the staffs are already at the concert, sir" Nick replied

"Are you all going?" 

"Well the boss gave all of us the day off" Nick answered "but I am not sure every single person is going"

"Well it’s a shame if they miss a Concert like this" Ray added

"What about you, Sir, don’t you want to attend it as well"

"No" Ray said as he laughed "I have much more important things to do, don’t you think so?"

"Of course" Nick said shyly "see you later then"

Nick walked out of the building and Ray continued to go to the elevator to the secretive room.

 

Ray used his keys and entered the Secretive room, only to see Armand having a bottle of Champaign.

"You are celebrating already?" Ray asked as he laughed

"I was waiting for you" Armand replied "we can consider this to be our break as well, Mr. Herbert's 7 million is sure as hell not finishing from my pocket"

"Enjoy it as much as you like" Ray said as he turned away angrily

"Alright, I suggest you have a glass of Champaign?" Armand asked

"That will be great" Ray said with a smile.

 

James and Patricia finally reached the Center of Bevin where the concert is being held. The place was starting to be crowded with the second entertainers already starting their performance.

"Let's get a seat over there" Patricia said as she pointed out the front seat

"No wait" James interrupted "there is Mr. Picklock he is sitting over there"

Both James and Patricia walked between the people until they found their way to Mr. Picklock.

"Hey Mr. Picklock" James said happily

"James!" Picklock greeted in excitement "you came"

"Yes indeed" James replied happily "this is Patricia"

"Hello" Picklock greeted as he looked at her "you must be Ray's daughter"

"Yes I am" Patricia said shyly "nice to meet you"

"Nice to meet you too" Picklock replied "let’s sit over here, I saved a place for you"

"Thank you" James said as he sat down next to Patricia 

 

Jessica walked out and looked around the entire place, for the place is much more crowded than earlier, more and more people were filling the seats.

 

"They sang nicely" Patricia said as she looked at the singers on the stage

"Yes they did" James replied as he smiled at her

"Did you notice something" Picklock said as he looked around

"What is it?" James asked 

"I am seeing almost everyone here" Picklock replied "everyone from the building"

"Are you sure?" James said as he looked around.

"Well I can't be sure but…"Picklock said as he continued to look around 

"Let's just enjoy the show, shall we?" Patricia interrupted.

 

Wade walked into the crowd and looked around, he didn’t imagine that the concert  is going to be this huge, for it was filled with Bevin's citizens and other from other towns joined together to enjoy this very day.

 

"Is that Wade over there?" Picklock said happily as he waved him.

Wade saw Picklock and waved him back smilingly, next to Picklock he could see James and Patricia sitting in the same row, and didn't feel like approaching neither of them.

 

"Who is he?" Patricia asked curiously "is he Wade Carter?"

"Yes" Picklock replied surprisingly 

"Do you know him?" James said as he looked at her seriously

"No I don’t" Patricia replied sharply "it's just that my father talks about him sometimes, I think they are close"

"Wade doesn’t like your father at all" Picklock said as he turned back to look at the show

Patricia looked at Picklock angrily and said "there is nothing wrong with my father, maybe if you all gave him a chance to be nice to him, you will see the good in him"

"It's not like that at all" Picklock started 

"Can we not talk about this" James interrupted 

"You are right, James" Picklock said "we should be enjoying the concert, and especially for me, I think I should put all of this behind me"

James looked at Picklock sadly and said "I will surely miss you"

 

Wade walked between the people and saw the front seat empty; he knew it would be the best place to see everything clearly.

 

"Lisa! Lisa!" Jessica shouted as she ran into the dressing room backstage.

"What's the problem?" Lisa said worryingly "is everything ok?" 

"He is here" Jessica said suddenly with a smile on her face

"Wade is here?" Lisa asked "are you sure?"

"Yes" Jessica replied happily "thank God…now you can finally perform without worries in your head"

"Thank God" Lisa said as she smiled to Jessica "shall I talk to him now?"

"No" Jessica replied "talk to him after your performance, you can have the entire night all for yourselves!"

"Are you sure?" Lisa asked smilingly "I want to talk to him very badly"

"No, not now Lisa" Jessica continued "Just think about your performance now!"

 

Joe walked into the kitchen and saw only five guards sitting there.

"Hey" Joe greeted "you are also missing the concert?"

"Yes we want to have this one on one time with Armand" one guard replied

"Me too" Joe said happily

"But he haven't left the secretive room at all today" another guard said worryingly "he doesn’t seem like he wants to talk to us"

"He will talk to us, come on, we have this entire night! Do you know the concert may last till 1:00 a.m?"

"He will talk to us whether he likes it or not!" the other guard said as he laughs

"Now let's drink to that!" 

 

The third entertainers came to the stage and everyone gave a loud round of applause.

"There are drinks over there" James said happily "what can I get for you both?"

Patricia woke up from her seat and said "please allow me to get you the drinks"

"No, no" James said as he stood up "please have a seat, I will get the drinks"

"No" Patricia replied "you have done too much for me, let me do something for once"

"Alright then" James said as he laughed and sit back down.

 

Patricia walked all the way to the giant buffet where everyone was picking up food, drinks and dessert.

"Three drinks, Please" Patricia asked the bartender. She then walked left and right feeling nervous about what could possibly happen. 

 

Ruddick looked at the time and saw it 3:30 Pm.

"It’s time" he said as he looked at Alden

"They are ready" Alden said as he looked at his wrist watch "it's your call"

"And I say now!" Ruddick shouted.

 

"How is everything going?" Picklock asked as he looked at James

"Everything is great" James said "are you talking about Patricia?"

"I rather not" Picklock replied "this is your personal life"

"Mr. Picklock, you can say anything to me, it doesn’t matter"

 

"Here are you drinks" Patricia said as she approached them with three glasses of Champaign.

"Thanks a lot sweetie" James said as he grabbed two glasses and gave one to Mr. Picklock.

"So what are you guys talking about?" Patricia said as she smiles

"We are just watching the show" Picklock replied 

"This song is not as good as the first one" Patricia said as she looked at the performers on the stage"

"I agree" James said "look at the panel of experts over there, they seem disappointed"

"Yes they do" Patricia said as she laughed.

 

The time went faster with fun and joy, every single person in Bevin didn't expect their first concert to be this big with a huge crowd of audiences. Wade starred at the stage and could see Mr. Lennox preparing for a speech, he immediately know that this is Lisa's boss.

 

"Ok, thanks a lot" the host said to the performers as