GATHERING

CHAPTER TWO

The car stopped at a particular mansion and Amelia quickly got down to open the door for her boss, Iryz stepped out of the car elegantly, her aura screaming authority as her heels clicked on the hard ground towards the large doors of the mansion, the doors opened and she made way to the hall where the others are already waiting for her "Heyyy Iryz, what took you so long" her best friend Madison said as she stood up from the plush couch heading towards Iryz as soon as she spotted her at the entrance of the hall, Iryz didn't bother to answer her friend and instead she walked past her to sit down on another couch where two ladies sat, Madison already used to her friend's behavior brushed it off like it was nothing as she went back to her sit, the mansion belonged to Madison Flynn, Iryz' best friend, her father was the speaker of the house of representatives in the country, Madison was gentle, she choosed her words wisely to the people she spoke with unlike Iryz who didn't care about other people's feelings, she was a good friend of Iryz.

The ladies of the highest class often hold gatherings as they are the elites, they always have unnecessary parties including the important ones to host and attend and this was one of their circle gatherings, as they had conclude to host the gathering at Madison's mansion, the ladies of their circle are a total of eight as they where the highest of the highest, the others falling beneath them, "did you hear what happened with Bethany?"one of the ladies named Jessica asked for all of them to hear, "that she hooked up with Laura's man?" Madison asked back picking a glass of juice on the tray a maid brought for them and sipping it "what!!?" Another lady said surprised at what Madison asked "Bethany would never do that, I know she had eyes for him but she wouldn't stoop so low, would she?" She asked no one in particular, Iryz who sat comfortably on the couch stared at the lady who defended Bethany, though they were a total of eight, three of them missed the gathering, Laura, Bethany and Rita "I thought you also had eyes for the man and has being chasing him even though he was Laura's boyfriend" Iryz said for the other ladies to look at the girl Charlotte who just defended Bethany in question, Charlotte glared at Iryz internally for exposing her, how did she even know in the first place, it is true that Charlotte tried to seduce Laura's boyfriend but the man did not budge and was loyal to Laura but who knew he and Bethany were already together without them knowing "oh that, you call that chasing?, I was merely testing his loyalty to our friend but who knew he has being cheating on her behind her back " she threw shade on Laura's boyfriend while brushing the mattter off but it seems Iryz was not ready to let go "why didn't he choose you when you flirted with him and instead went with Bethany, I would say the man has good taste, I mean look at you, you aren't up to par with our dear Bethany, it only makes sense if he hooked up with her" Iryz smiled at Charlotte who has being glaring at her since the beginning of her sentence "I agree with Iryz" another lady said smiling, she continued, "Bethany is more beautiful than you, what I'm saying is, I'm sure Beth didn't put a lot of effort in hooking up with the man, but here you are claiming to want to test the loyalty of the man of your friend whom you ditched the other day because of the same man" Charlotte's eyes widen at what the lady named Jessica said, she still remembered that?,before Charlotte could retort back, Madison who has being enjoying the shade thrown at Charlotte decided to end the matter, "okay ladies, I'm sure this is not what we came here for, is it?, we can continue another time if you so much enjoy the topic" Charlotte who couldn't stand the mud being thrown at her as she was the one always shading others stood up and ready to leave, "I wish you all a good day" she said unwillingly and swore to get back at them another time, her heels clicked as she went outside the hall leaving only four of them in the hall.

"I think this is the first time we have this number, why not postpone it till we would be complete" the lady who hasn't said anything since Iryz came turned to Madison, the more the merrier the lady named Nelly thought, as people like them usually enjoy the plight of others, that was also one of the reasons of their gatherings as they don't only meet up for important issues, "I would like to postpone it but this is important, I'm sure the information will reach the others" Madison responded to Nelly "so what's the important issue" Jessica asked as she shifted on the couch, Madison smiled, "my dad just hitted a huge contract and he wants to celebrate it, therefore after the main party, there would be an after party and it will be over night" she dropped the glass juice on the table, "Madison is holding a night party??" Nelly asked surprised as Madison had never held a night party "Yes" Madison said glancing at Iryz who stared at the other two ladies "well that's great, I thought you will be acting saint all your life without jamming with a guy and dieing alone with no man in your life " Jessica said cooly staring at Madison who didn't appear to be offended at what she has said "what did you take Maddy for?, you should have seen her flirting with Jason at the last cookie party" Nelly said to Jessica who regretted missing the cookie party "I shouldn't have missed the party, but anyway I would like to see you hook up with a guy in the night party, it will be a shame for a beautiful lady like you to not be able to hold a man down" Jessica said raising one of her eyebrow in question as what she said did not seem to bother Madison.

"Is that why you forgived your boyfriend?, because you were afraid he doesn't like you anymore and the other girl you caught him with was more beautiful than you?, and that you couldn't hold him with your charms because if you fought with him he would end the relationship and go with the other girl ?" Madison taunted the girl, Jessica hands turned cold and she said "my relationship is none of your business, you only know how to snoop your nose where it does not belong, don't think I forgot what happened between you and your cousin Justin" Jessica retorted glaring at Madison who looked surprised and shocked for the first time in the gathering, even Iryz was surprised a little that Jessica managed to get to Madison, Jessica wore an expression of satisfaction seeing that Madison didn't have a come back with what she said, she hadn't mean to say it but Madison had pushed her buttons and she didn't care, "what happened with Justin?Jessy, care to share" Nelly who had being enjoying the whole scenario wanted to know what happened to Madison and her cousin, all of them knew her cousin as he was also their friend, Madison glared at Jessica, and if looks could Kill, Jessica would have being dead already, Jessica didn't look apologetic, she only glared back at Madison, she brought it upon herself after all, Iryz wondered what had transpired between her friend and her cousin as she hadn't told her anything about it, she always tells her everything no matter how shady the matter was.

"That will not be necessary" Iryz said to Nelly who was still amused at the whole matter, she turned to Iryz "I was asking Jessy, do you also know- , Nelly didn't bother to complete her sentence as she knew the face Iryz always made if she were pissed, "it is not your business" Iryz smiled dangerously at Nelly who had kept quiet, if she wanted she could remove her father from the position she gave him as she was the one who gave him the position, Nelly wasn't ready to sacrifice her father's business so she smiled at Iryz who smiled back knowing why the girl had kept her mouth shut, Madison smiled at her friend and Iryz gave her a small smile "the date and venue will be known in our next gathering, and that is when I'll be giving out the special invitations out" Madison said as she concluded the meeting "sure" Nelly said as she stood up with Jessica ready to leave, Madison only nodded, after they Left, Madison looked away from Iryz not wanting to talk about the matter with her cousin "tell me Maddy, what happened with Justin?" Iryz asked, Madison faced Iryz not meeting her eyes "I,I am- , she stammered not being able to complete her sentence, Iryz stared at her friend "you can tell me next time if you're not ready" she said as she got up ready to step out of the hall "I'm sorry", Madison said before Iryz stepped out of the hall, Iryz halted not turning back, she only nodded and went out of the mansion, Madison bit her bottom lip, she was going to deal with Jessica later, it was only by mistake Jessica had found out about what happened with Justin and she had promised not to tell a soul, it's not that Madison trusted the girl, but she had hoped it wouldn't be this soon, she was glad Iryz gave her time as this was one of the rare moment she was being reasonable, Madison also left her mansion as she had business with her sister Claudia.