Chapter 38 - Birthdays / July 1973
POV Roger
The band's album release party was over. In the early days after the release of the Queen album the boys and I are already thinking about recording the band's second album. John Anthony and Roy Thomas Baker have already said that the entire August months will record the band's new album and then we'll go on tour.
Finally Deacy and I finished college and our degree collation will be in early August. I got the job of a fixed biology teacher in high school, until I signed up as a professional musician.
On the nineteenth of July Bri completed twenty-six years and Ivy twenty-two years. We all celebrated at a pub for their birthday, and Cindy went with me. I'm staying with Cindy. She studied with me in college. I realize that both my sister and Ivy do not like her. Cindy just came with me because Bri said there would be no problem, but if it was just Ivy's birthday celebration she would not accept it. She already said that to me. The next evening Ivy prepared a delicious dinner in her apartment and invited only Bri's closest friends and parents. I did not take Cindy any more, because Ivy did not want to. By midnight we sang to her and Bri and they blew the old women and kissed each other on the lips, to my discomfort.
By the end of the party after everyone had gone, only Ivy, Igor and I were in the apartment. Even Bri was gone. I had been engaging in conversations with Igor. He and I became great friends.
"It's past two in the morning, I have to go. He said to Igor and Ivy.
- Rog we'll see you in the next few days. Said Igor, smiling. - I'm going to sleep. Good evening.
- Good night, Igor. See you. - I said.
"Good evening, my beloved sister. - said Igor kissing Ivy's face with affection.
"Good evening my beloved brother. Good dreams. Ivy and Igor grinned, and Igor headed for the guest room.
"Before I go, I have to give you your birthday present, but I've forgotten it in my car. - I said. - If you want, we can search quickly.
- Let's go. She said with a smile.
She walked me to the parking lot of the building where I had left the car, I opened the car and took a bag in the back seat of the vehicle and handed it to Ivy.
"It's a simple gift, but, I hope you like it, heart. I know that besides gastronomy, you like decoration too, so I think it will look beautiful in the apartment.
Ivy took the two small presents from the bag and opened it and then smiled. I had bought a crystal ball with the Big Ben symbol of London and a crystal ball with the symbol of the church of the Sagrada Familia, Gaudi, Barcelona.
"Rog, the two presents are beautiful. I loved my beautiful angel. Thank you very much, my drummer boy. I adore you so much. She smiled beautifully and hugged me and I hugged her back.
"I hope you continue to worship me, always," he said, smiling cheerlessly.
"Rog, my drummer boy, I realize you're jealous of Bri, but, angel, do not look like this. No need to jealousy my kitten. I love you. - she said.
"I love you very much, Ivy. He told her with conviction.
"I love you, too, my friend," Ivy smiled. "You're such a sweetheart, Rog. I hope you have overcome your father's nasty throw.
"After so long, he comes to ask for money, but he will not have a penny, Ivy. Not even. He said in revolt.
"He'll still be back, but be sure he's going to look for you again." Ivy said.
"He who does not dare." - I said and Ivy and I hugged each other harder and we promised to see each other in the next days, before my birthday, because, I want to show her the new song I wrote for the band.
Over the next few days, Freddie, Bri, Deacy and I had a reunion at Trident Studios, to close off the band's performances. In August we will record the second album of the band and from September we will do a tour until the month of December. We will release our Queen album. The boys and I also had an agreement with Trident Studios to get twenty-five thousand pounds. There were some unforeseen events and I could not take the lyrics I wrote for Ivy to read.
Finally it came twenty-sixth of July, the date of my twenty-fourth birthday. We celebrated in a pub and Cindy was present. I could tell Ivy was annoyed. I can not do anything. She's dating Brian. The next evening, in her apartment, Ivy made pizzas with my sister Clare and invited our friends and my mother to be there. The boys brought drinks and I told Ivy that because it was my twenty-fourth birthday I would take Cindy. Ivy reluctantly agreed. We had a lot of fun and at the end of the day, it was past two in the morning. I took my mother, sister at home, Tim, Brian and Les in the car. In the other car were Deacy with Veronica, Mary, Freddie, Peter and Mike.
After I left Cindy, my mother and sister at home I returned to Ivy's apartment and decided to show Igor and her the lyrics of the song I wrote for the band's second album. I was with my guitar and I played the song and sang.
"The song is great, Roger. Congratulations. The band is to be congratulated. I thank you again for the Queen album I won as a gift from the band. I've heard it three times. Congratulations, I hope they sell a lot.
- Thanks, Igor. I get very happy. I smiled at him. - In two weeks, the album is selling reasonable, let's see if it improves.
"It will certainly get better," Ivy said, smiling.
After spending some time in Ivy's apartment, I decided to go home. As it was dawn and I left my car parked in front of the building, Ivy and Igor went down with me and accompanied me. I put my guitar in the trunk of the car and said goodbye to Igor and Ivy. As I was leaving to get into my vehicle, I saw across the avenue, the man who tried to kill Ivy. He watched us. I told Ivy and Igor what was going on. The dark man realized that we were looking at him and walked toward a car, quietly.
"Let's follow him now, Rog. We need to know where he lives, "Igor said.
"My brother, we're not going anywhere. Are they crazy? Rog, please leave carefully and Igor and I go to bed. Ivy said, startled.
- Not even. Your brother is right. - I said categorically.
At that moment, Igor and I put Ivy sitting in the backseat of the car. Igor and I sat in the front seat. I turned on the vehicle and Igor was at my side.
"You're crazy, you just can. Replied Ivy nervously.
"We're really crazy, and we want to do the right thing. - I said.
I followed the dark-haired man who tried to kill Ivy and me in the streets of London. He did everything to fool us and he managed for a moment.
- Damn it! It was not to lose sight of him. He said angrily.
"Rog, please, just leave it alone." Ivy said. "Take Igor and I to the apartment, please."
"Ivy, please, I say, Rog and I will go to the end. I can not go back to Brazil in the next few days and know nothing, my sister. This man tried to kill her and will not stop. So we'll find out at least where he lives and we'll go to the police station. - Igor resolutely.
After a while, Rog took another shortcut and was able to follow the car of the dark man who tried to kill me. We followed him without him noticing this time. We followed him further and left West London, Kensington, and headed east to the Whitechapel neighborhood. We watched the man store the car in a parking lot of a house. Roger took a paper and pen inside the glove compartment of his car and wrote down the house number as an address. He also had a camera in his car and my brother took the picture of the brown man's car and the house.
"We'll go to the station now," I said. "No one else can threaten her with death, Ivy. There is a mystery behind it all and we will find out.
"Rog is right, Ivy. Let's go to the police station now. Said Igor. "It will be all right, my sister.
I turned the vehicle on again and headed north to London, back to the police station.
I promised Igor to help him protect Ivy and I will have to comply. I'll go to the end.
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