The Planet Friday Night:

Bette looked around her as she and Tina sat in an easy silence waiting for the rest of the girls to arrive. Fifteen years on and the place had managed to move with the times and go from strength to strength under Kit’s guidance. This venue was now only one of five that her sister owned across L.A and Bette still felt fit to burst with the pride at what her sister had achieved.

“Babe, are you ok you seem a million miles away?”

Tina’s words brought Bette back to the present as she assured her wife that she was fine.

She was in fact a little nervous and extremely tired it had been a bizarre week and she had somehow managed to invite the cause of some of the unrest that had occurred on their regular night out and was not sure how the others would react to new blood on their official “family” night or how smoothly the new faces would allow the night to run.

Bette Porter-Kennard Gallery Monday Afternoon:

——-Bette——

“Jesus Christ James what the ***** is going on out here?”

I know I am yelling as I run out into the corridor but we are trying to secure a major deal with three up and coming young artists and their agent is arriving to meet with me and I am no where near ready so stressed is an understatement of how I am feeling.

James is as close as I have ever come to a partner and he manages the second site of my two building operation and has been working with me here for ten years, since I could afford to poach him from the C.A.C after leaving there and setting up on my own again.

“Sorry Bette, these paintings arrived here, they’re meant to be in New York before I arrive or I will never have them ready in time.”

I speak briefly to the men delivering the work and manage to stay calm so they agree to re-route the work to New York and assure us it will arrive by the end of the week.

James and I have been working towards the opening of a third gallery in New York. It will be run under the same name as the two here in L.A but James will be moving there as the sole manager and has put up enough money to own a 50% share. This is his last week in L.A and it makes me sad to consider his leaving.