Chapter 67

Ella buzzed at her studio door. Ruby answered it and let her in.
"Now what have you been doing?" Ruby asked her.
Ella blushed.
"None of your business young lady." Ella said with a grin. She walked up the stairs and saw Nic was passed out on the sofa.
"What happened?" Ella asked.
"She drank a bottle of champagne." Annie said. "So we are giving the salsa club a miss."
"The champagne from my fridge?" Ella asked quickly.
Ruby nodded.
"It was non alcoholic." Ella told them. "I bought it for Roman and I when we were here last."
Ruby laughed.
"I am so going to enjoy telling her."
Irene was sitting on the other sofa with a cuppa.
"Why don't you take Irene for a dance and I'll stay here with Nic?" Ella suggested.
Irene shook her head.
"To be honest I just want to put my feet up." She said. "And if that isn't a sign I'm getting old I don't know what is!" she grinned.
Ella laughed.
"So did you enjoy the stripper?" she asked.
Annie pulled out a piece of paper.
"I have his number." She said.
Ella giggled.
"Annie." She gasped.
She collapsed next to Irene.
"He was hot." Annie said.
Nic woke up and screamed.
"Nic?" Ruby said quickly.
"The blonde is back." She said. "And she looks like Ella."
"I am Ella you fool." She told her.
"Oh that's ok. Right Salsa club." She said.
"Are you sure Nic?" Ruby asked her.
Nic nodded.
"As long as Annie has finished seducing that stripper." She said.
"Er Nic I'm sitting next to you." Annie said.
Nic laughed as she stood up and walked into the bathroom. She came out a moment later and screamed again.
"Ella take off that wig," she told her "You keep scaring me. You look like my mother." Nic shrugged. "Aside from the fact you are nothing like her of course, you're nice."
Ella grinned.
She stood up and went into her bedroom and got changed, pulling on a different skirt and top. She took off the wig and un-plaited her hair, finger combing the waves. She grabbed a jacket and went through to the lounge.
"Ok, I'm ready. Lets go." She told them.
Nic laughed.
"Why do you have designer clothing and I have none?" she asked her.
Ella smiled.
"Because I take lots of lovely pictures for the designers and they pay me lots of money so I spend it." she explained.
She pulled out her phone and dialled the limo to meet them downstairs.
Irene put her feet back in her shoes and took the cup through to the kitchen. They filed out of the studio and Ella took the keys from Ruby checking the place was locked.
They climbed into the limo and let it take them to the Salsa Club. Once they arrived they went inside and straight to the bar. Ella put a credit card behind the bar to run up a tab on the drinks and ordered something non-alcoholic for her and Irene and champagne cocktails for the girls. They ran out on the dance floor and began dancing.
She and Irene went in search of a table. The club was heaving but they managed to find a small table. They sat down and watched as the girls danced.
Irene grinned.
"I can't dance like that." She said,
Ella laughed,
"Its easy." She said to her. "See that person over there that's my friend. I'll be back in a minute." She explained and walked over to Migual planting a kiss on his lips.
"Querida." Migual said to her.
"Hello. Darling." She said.
"When you use that tone with me you want something." He told her.
She nodded.
"My friend needs to learn to Salsa." She said.
He grinned.
She led him over to Irene and introduced them. Migual led Irene on to the dance floor and Ella watched as they started to dance. He put his hands on her hips showing her how to move them and Irene blushed and giggled. Ella chuckled.
Ruby came over to the table and sank down onto a chair.
"Are you sure this was good idea Ella you look a little pale."
Ella smiled.
"I am tired." She confessed.
Ruby nodded.
"But I'm ok I'll just sit here and we'll go in a an hour ok?" Ella said softly.
Ruby looked at her for a long moment before nodding. She stood and headed for the dance floor. The club closed at 4am and they were thrown out.
"I love salsa." Nic said. "Even if my dad is better at it than me."
They climbed into the limo and headed back to the bay. Nic grinned and opened up the sunroof in the back of the limo. She stood up and climbed on the seat had her top half out of the sunroof. She put her hands out.
"I'm marrying the best man in the whole world." She screamed. "I am so happy. And I really want to have sex with him."
Annie looked at Ruby and they laughed before pulling Nic down back into the limo and closed the sunroof.
They dropped off Irene and Annie before heading home. Ruby and Ella had to help Nic up the stairs to her room. She saw Geoff in bed and she climbed in with him.
"I love you Geoff." She said to him.
Ella grinned at Ruby and they went to bed.
She climbed in next to Roman who woke up.
"Hello my wild woman. I would like to point out that everyone nearly lynched me tonight because they thought I was being unfaithful." He grinned at her.
She chuckled.
She snuggled next to him.
"I'm so tired. " she said and yawned. "I'll tell them tomorrow." She promised.