Poison

Poison: Chapter Nine-Part One.

For two weeks, Carly had been trying to get hold of Chaston but his phone was turned off. Her mind was unsettled because of what happened the last time she saw him. She was spending more and more time with Brandon, going out and having a great time but she still wondered about Chaston.

She was falling for Brandon and fast. She didn't know how to stop it,it was frightening to her. Tonight was the night where her friend,Jensai Lee, would have an auction at his art gallery. He was very creative in his own right, and he expressed everything in different forms of art. Jensai and his girlfriend Cynthia had been together since their days in high school. Carly,Jordan, Jensai and Cynthia decided to go to college in Cali,and stayed in the city since.

She was taking Brandon with her so that he could meet her friends and enjoy the art and vibe of the art gallery. It was more of a formal event,so she dressed in a tight black dress with blue detail, she matched it with a blue clutch and heels. Her hair was up in a neat bun and she had wore no make-up. It was starting at 19:30 and Brandon was picking her up at 19:00.

He texted her saying that he was downstairs and waiting for her. She locked her apartment and went down to meet him. He was dressed nice, with a black shirt,black dress pants, dress shoes with no jacket. They got into his white Audi R8 and made their way to the gallery.

It was quite packed meaning that most things would be selling tonight. It was a good sign for her because some of her pictures was being showcased. Brandon held her hand as they walked around looking at pieces from Jensai and some other local artists. Beautiful and vibey music was playing making the evening relaxed. Carly spotted a painting, it was so beautiful to her. The painting had a woman but ripped open from her chest down with blood dripping from her, her wrists were slit and her surroundings was dark, but she had a hopeful smile on her face. She was staring intently at the painting and was no longer listening to Brandon.

"Carls?" Brandon said squeezing her hand a bit so that he could get her attention.

"Hm?" She said finally looking up at him.

"Beautiful isn't it" he said reffering to the painting she was looking at.

"I absolutely love it" she said turning her eyes back to the painting. Brandon got them glasses of champagne and the roamed around the gallery some more. It was beautiful,so many talent,emotion and feeling was put into the artwork, it was expression from the inside coming from different people,she loved it. She had always loved art, she was always drawn to the different types of it,always interested and always surprised at how everybody expressed it differently.

The auction was beginning and everybody circled around Jensai as soon as he got their attention. "Today, there's so much talent in this room as you can see, so much expression and thought, beautifully crafted in what we have here in front of us. I'm so glad that each and every one if you took some time out of your day to be here, I appreciate it. A friend of mine, Mr. Davies, will be the auctioneer for the evening. Thank you" he said while Mr.Davies, a man in his late 40's took his place at the bidding stand.

People were paying a lot of money for some of the pieces there tonight, Carly hoped that nobody would buy the painting she liked so that she could buy it from Jensai at another time. She had told Brandon that she was going to the restroom and that she would be right back.

There he was, the 24 year old man that she had feelings for,after two weeks, with a beautiful female on his arm,chatting away and sharing flirty glances with her. She was beautiful, golden brown skin,and dark long hair. She had beautifully shaped legs and was built well. Even on heels as high as the ones she was wearing, she still was shorter than Chaston. She looked at them for a while and Chaston made eye contact with her. Her heart started racing as she made her way to the rest room and locked herself in a stall.

Why am I even jealous, its strictly a friendship and besides I have Brandon, she though while taking a few deep breaths. He kisses me and tells me that he has feelings for me but ignores me for two weeks and then I see him with somebody else, that's fucked up, her mind was racing and she couldn't stop it. She flushed the toilet and exited the stall. The beautiful woman that she'd seen with Chaston was fixing herself in the mirror.

Carly walked out and washed her hands. The woman looked at her through the mirrors reflection and smiled, she smiled back.

"I love your dress" she said to Carly.

"Thank you" Carly said smiling, beautiful and kind,wow he hit the jackpot she thought.

"I'm Genessa" she said smiling at Carly.

"I'm Carly, its nice to meet you" Carly said drying her hands off.

"Likewise" Genessa said putting the items back in her purse.

"I'll see you around Genessa" a lot actually, she thought while exiting the bathroom.

I'm going to ignore Chaston and enjoy my night with Brandon, and she did just that. She returned back to Brandon and forgot all about Chaston and Genessa.