Auctioned For Christmas.

Chapter 5

Lights flashed all kinds of colours around the enormous club and people gathered on the massive dance floor, Gwen still insisted that they should dance but Arty remained fixed on her chair at the bar.

"You guys go dance, I'll be right here when you return, I just need to sit down for a while. I'm a little dizzy." She lied to partially cover her anxiety.

"Okay then.." Gwen hesitated slightly. " You sure that you are okay though?

"Yeah." She said as she nodded.

With the a last worried glance cast Artemisia's way, Kayla and Gwen continued to the dance floor. Kayla seemed slightly drunk and kept on dancing awkwardly. Artemisia threw a last glance towards the two sisters who were slowly disappearing in the dancing crowd. Now was time for action, she decided, as she pulled out her Samsung Notepad and tried to conect to an already waiting conference video call. She paid the barman, while she waited and walked towards then balcony. Very few people were outside on the balcony this made it the special spot to connect to her collegues. 

None of her collegues seemed to show up on her screen but the was a recording and an email. 

"Arty, are you working again?' Gwen accused as she found Arty in her secluded corner. 

"Nope.''

"Fine, lets go get a drink." Gwen ignored Arty's lies.

"I said i wouldnt drink, Gwen. Remember?"

"Come on we just gona toast to Kayla's engagement.''

"One glass of wine?''

"Anything you want...'' Gwen didnt seem to mind.

Kayla showed up with three glasses of some sort of drink, she was all giggley and seemed quite under the influence of alcohol. 

"Its a cocktail, before you all start asking and please just taste it. Please?? Just this once??? Kayla rolled her cute puppy eyes an d they all agreed.

Gwen downed the contents, Arty followed...