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“Okay, your eomma is teaching a night class and I have to work tonight so you three are on your own for supper.” Aisling started as she put together her purse for the evening “El, please make sure your sisters don’t starve. You can use my card to order food.” She addressed her son directly this time, knowing that as the oldest, he would be the most likely to obey. Her kids were technically old enough to be taking care of themselves but she always hated leaving them home alone. The one thing that gave her consolation was the fact that her wife would be home long before she was.
“Can’t I come with you?” Artemis begged, causing Aisling to chuckle. Due to her modelling career starting to take off, her eldest daughter had gotten a taste of celebrity life and naturally, it was intoxicating.
“Not this time. I need you to make sure Macy doesn’t give Elliot an aneurysm.” At this, Macy rolled her eyes before muttering a ‘bye mom’ and leaving the room. Artemis laughed but seemed dissatisfied by her mother’s response. As Aisling made her way to the front door, where a car was already waiting outside for her, Elliot followed.
“What time are you going to be back?” He asked her as she put her purse on and checked her hair and makeup in the mirror one last time.
“I’ll be back around midnight but eomma should be back by 10.” She explained before embracing him. “Don’t forget to take your meds.” She reminded him as she opened the door.
“I’m 20, not 10. I can remember my meds.”
“I love you. Bye.” She quickly added as she shut the door, walking to the waiting vehicle.
When she arrived at the event, she put on sunglasses to shield her eyes from the camera flashes as she boarded the ship. Already, her phone was blowing up with the social media alerts she’d set up for her clients’ names. Most were just photos of them arriving, headlined with tidbits of information from questions asked by paparazzi. She scrolled through them, just to scan what was being said. It was mostly mindless gossip but one photo in particular caught her eye - Eva May, flipping off a photographer.
“Oh dear god.” She muttered before putting on her ‘everything’s fine’ face and going to find her client to have a little chat about how to behave in front of photographers. It also wouldn’t hurt if she found herself a drink on the way. Luckily, she found the girl at the bar.
“Gin and tonic with Empress, please.” She ordered, heading over to where Eva was standing once she had her drink. “I saw your little display from earlier. Care to explain?” She said once she was standing next to the girl, her voice having a ‘we’ve talked about this’ tone to it.
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@sunflowerjm - Eva