[Reg]The Minuet of families.(Alexandre, Melody, Aloysius.)FI

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Alexandre had pulled up to the Sharp home, having already been there once, it hadn’t been hard to get there. Parking up the driveway, near to the house, in order to best stay dry from the downpour, Alexandre hurried to the front door with a briefcase in hand, held close to his side, the rain coat he wore cinched at the waist and was buttoned up to the neck covering what he wore under it.

Ringing the doorbell he stood waiting, glad for some cover from the rain, which had started near an hour ago and was reported to last the rest of the night. He’d come here at the orders of his grandmother, and he wasn’t about to deny her request or push it back to the next day when it was dry out. A little rain didn’t hurt anyone, though he didn’t care to look like a drowned rat, he had a hood up so all was good right now.
 

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“Everything is fine and what brings me here is the only thing which would get me leaving my home in this weather.” Because this downpour was not about to let up, if the thunder and lightning was anything to go by. “My grandmother.” He spoke, hoping the other understood just who she was. He knew Melody would know the power his grandmother held over the family, or at least she had somewhat of an idea. “Can I come in, I have some business to speak to you and your sister about…a very generous offer.”

Standing there he looked up at the other, he really did wonder what it must be like to look down on someone like Aloysius did. Holding up his briefcase as he stood there, to show that this was civilian business indeed. “I promise tonight is not a night for the Negaverse and duties of those sorts. These are duties of another sort.”
 

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“Juice works fine.” He didn’t drink tea or coffee, espresso was his preferred, and seeing as he wasn’t going to get espresso here he went with juice. “I’m not too picky either.” Shrugging as he spoke he smiled towards Melody. “No, nothing concerning that. I’m here by order of my grandmother, as I told Aloysius, it’s the only reason I’d go out in this weather.” He would rather take on multiple eternals, and a royal, than defy his grandmother and her word. In his family it might as well be a sin, and they were as far from religious as one could get.

“Though I will have to ask a favor before I give you details, my grandmothers request. She wants you both to sign documents saying that should you agree to her generous offer you will both keep any of the family secrets you find to yourself. You will both keep anything you hear - to yourselves. The offer is generous, of that I can tell you, but it’s up to you. I’m asking a lot, I’m aware, but it’s a matter of do you believe me and sign…or not.” It was really up to them, one could agree and one not, it was each siblings choice.

“That’s what’s in here, among other things.” Flicking his eyes down to the bag at his side. Already he was taking off his rain boots, leaving them by the door, and his coat was set to hang before he followed Aloysius.

“Melody?” Figuring she would take the lead on this, she was the one he knew could hold her own in such situations. Her brother was a good General but when it came to these matters..perhaps not as good as his sister.
 

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Alexandre really wasn’t surprised when Melody jumped at the idea of signing papers and finding out what his grandmother was offering her and her family. Having taken a seat he was already opening his bag and offering a folder of papers to Melody along with a pen. “You can look it over but I can assure you the legal branch of my family wrote this up. It’s fair and right to the point. Once I explain the offer you’ll see why the paperwork is a need.”

Looking up at Aloysius came back in, with drinks, he took his own smile a polite thank you to the other. “If you sign and find out you need to tell someone than we can come up with paperwork for them to sign as well. That way you are both covered, I don’t think it’ll be a concern though. But he was willing to negotiate to get them both on board if he could, even if it meant going to his grandmother, and some of the legal members of the family to get new papers drawn up for Aloysius’ partner. He was here to do his grandmother's bidding one way or another, after all this was sort of his idea anyway.

“What I can say, without either of you signing, is that the paperwork is because you’ll be inside of several family homes. So you’ll potentially hear conversations or see things which we’d like to keep secret. So we just want to keep our secrets, as I’m sure you both can understand. This would, if signed, allow for an alliance of sorts between our families.” So long as no secrets slipped which is why the paperwork he had with him, among other things he had in his bag.

“I promise, if you want to abc out we won’t take offense, this was something I brought to my grandmother as an idea and she saw merit in it. I wouldn’t offer something I think would hinder either of you.” And here he shifted his eyes to Melody. “Or bring shame to your family.”
 

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From the bag next Alexandre withdrew a few things, a thing of wax, a small lighter, a seal of his own as well as a heavy envelope made of parchment. The paperwork Melody signed had already been signed and sealed by his grandmother but now it gained his own signature and the same seal but in a dark blue color instead of her dark red color. He was signing as the witness rather than the one this deal was being made with, since the deal was with his grandmother as it held more weight.

As he signed Aloysius’ paper, and sealed it as well, he offered over the envelope to Melody. “You can both read it. This was a letter I received from my grandmother, as did every family member, this past week. Marching orders for the family, as you can tell.” There was no proper address on the letters, so they hadn’t been sent in the mail, it simply had his name on it. Someone had hand delivered them all, and his family was not a small family.

“I’m sure what my grandmother speaks of you can both decipher the meaning of. She is recalling all those in school to school at various homes, with tutors.I’ve gone to my grandmother and made the argument that the best possible music tutors would be members of the Sharp family. Known for your long standing musical talents, it would be in our best interest to offer you both jobs teaching song and music to the children of the family. Private, in house, small groups of course.” Which would put both Sharp’s into several family homes for lessons, where they could hear and see many things. That was why his grandmother needed things kept silent.

“In return for your services you will be paid, I have the papers for the job offers as well which lay that out. Also, we offer an alliance and will render aid to your family should you need it. All offered in return for lessons and your silence on anything you happen upon.” Which he felt was more than fair. “You can make the alliance known, Melody, as I’m sure at social events the little ones might like to speak with their tutor or you may like to check in with them.” Which would look good for both families. It might even draw more business, of various kinds.
 

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“That’s fine Melody, my grandmother wouldn’t want to risk your grades. Those are important, for yourself as well as your family.” And for his own as well. They wouldn’t look bad by causing someone to fail a class, or anything like that, they would make sure she had the time she needed to do well in her classes and graduate. They were only hiring the best tutors, everyone needing to pass background checks, the two Sharp’s were known in their social circles so that wasn’t needed - just their silence. Their skill was well known with music and it was trusted.

Shaking her hand he smiled. “I wouldn’t have let her choose anyone else for musical lessons. It would be a shame when your family lives in this same city and partakes in the same social circle.” He understood things as much as anyone else did, black sheep or not, and this was networking to benefit them all, and to do what his grandmother wanted in the best possible way.

“Aloysius, I’m glad you like the idea and would like to take on the children. We’ll help you work with your schedule, the same for your sister, we don’t want either of you having a hard time with other things. My grandmother will accept phone calls from you both in order to work with you on this. She is aware people have other duties other than taking on just our family of children.” And offering the envelope he nodded once. “This would explain my grandmothers reason for the tutoring, assuming either of you would like to know.” It was outlined rather well, though in less obvious terms. “I have her card as well and the contracts of employment.” And those were next taken out, giving both time to reach over the letter he’d gotten from his grandmother the other day.

The contracts were, in the meantime, set out for them to look over and sign and Alexandre took the time to sip at his orange juice. Within the contracts it mentioned how many children, ages, and the willingness to work with them on schedules, pay and everything else the legal team had figured out was needed.

“The children all took music lessons while in school, I have information on each of them with me so you can go over it when you have time, you can evaluate them as you’d like and determine how well their previous teachers did.” Everyone in the Evans family took some form of music class whilst growing up, himself included, some continued and some didn’t. Suffice to say that everyone could at least remember some of what they’d learned though.

Crossing his legs as he drank he waited to see what they thought of the letter, plus they had contracts to sign. His grandmothers personal information sat on the table between the contracts, a phone number and her name, it was simple really.
 

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“The only thing I’d mention Melody is that she, as well as the Evans family as a whole, still hold high tea every day. So I’d avoid reaching out at that time. Before or after would be advisable.” They would, without a doubt, turn up at some point during a high tea for lessons and that was what the contracts were really for. To keep silent on anything they might hear then.

Laughing he leaned back and smiled to Aloysius. “I agree, I think this will be good for both our families. Good for you both and the little ones will benefit from the best. I’m sure the youngers would love to see you at social events, as they can get rather bored there, and would rather talk music to a teacher of theirs.” He was rather certain they’d like to show off and talk about how well they were studying on their own.

“My grandmother will be pleased with this. She’s been busy securing tutors from all over. This is one less worry for her and no background checks needed.” As they knew about the Sharp family already and both understood the social circles they moved in. They would risk a scandal or anything. Contracts and folders put back into his bag he snapped it shut and set it aside.

Earlier in the day, during high tea, he’d heard that the French language tutor had been hired and were due to arrive from France soon. His cousin Laurent had heard it from his own parents, who had been to high tea the day before with the family matriarch. A history tutor had also been found from what another cousin had mentioned as well, someone from Europe as well, they were due to arrive soon as well. Alexandre, like his cousins, had no heard about housing for these people but he knew grandmother had it all worked out. They wouldn’t be set to arrive soon if that weren’t the case.

It was unknown about other tutors, at least amongst this conspiracy anyway, but he was planning to see if he couldn’t work on his own French from the tutor. It had been a long time since he’d worked on it. Somehow the lessons he’d been getting just stopped; he wasn’t even sure how.