Geez. Quite a lot of reviews. I feel special.

BlackRoseOnFire: well Glen is dumb, so that fits perfectly. But really, give him a bit of time to process it... maybe it'll be better... maybe

IndieMoviePrincess: Well thats good, because I like writing my stories

clearwatergurl99: I wanted it to seem sort of frantic. Thats why the rushedness

southismyantidrug07: Arthur is so sweet. This chapter is almost all about Arthur.

free21: he's so fun to write though :)

DaPhoenix: Not too many people know... even now... the truth will unwind itself in due time

ashley-michele: Paula is gonna have a coniption.

BROOKLYNDEB: love what I said about glen!

"Hey," Spencer greeted her dad at the door with a hug.

"How is everything here?" he asked.

"We're all just fine... coping as best we can."

"Do you want me to go get Glen?" Arthur asked.

"No, not yet. Give him a bit of time to figure things out. Maybe he'll come around."

"Maybe, but I know my kids and I don't think he will."

"So do you want to see her?"

"Yes I want to see her."

"She's over in the TV area," she paused, "Hey Skye," Spencer called.

"Yeah?"

"This is my dad... your Grandpa Carlin."

"Hi Skye. Its good to meet you," he smiled warmly at her, taking a seat next to her on the couch, "She looks a lot like you Ash," Arthur smiled at Ashley, "But she's got Carlin lips."

Skye blushed.

"Dad! Don't analyze her like that."

"Sorry."

"Popcorn is ready. Dad, do you want some?"

"Sure. Popcorn sounds good."

"Anyone for a margarita. I just found some mix in the cupboard."

"Hell yes!" Ashley responded.

Spencer rolled her eyes.

"Virgin?" Skye asked.

"Okay. Dad?"

"No thanks."

Spencer fixed all the food and drinks up.

"So, Skye, tell me about yourself," Arthur lead, "We have twenty years to catch up on."

"Where do I start?" Skye asked, "I was adopted just a few days after I was born. My parents were fairly well off, and couldn't have children of their own. They had one biological son and then were suddenly for some reason struck infertile. So they got me. I did ballet lessons and piano as a kid, and a couple sports. All the makings of a wonderful young lady. In high school, I decided I wanted to be an actress. I did all the school plays, and just a few weeks out of high school, Ashley hired me for her movie. I guess because I looked like her--"

"And because you could act... you could play me," Ashley inserted.

"Not too much of stretch now that you know what you know huh?"

Ashley laughed, "No, not too much of a stretch," she repeated.

"I got a few commercial roles after that, and I'm continuing to pursue that, but a couple months ago, I found out that Ashley is my biological mother. I was in a database, and she'd recently updated her file in the database. Then I got pregnant. Thats pretty much my life in a nutshell."

"Hey Ash, I've got a confession to make... two actually."

"Yeah, Mr. C?"

"When you asked me about my first time having sex..."

"You asked him about his loosing his virginity?" Skye gasped.

Ashley ignored her.

"I lied," Arthur continued, "I'd done it twice before my wedding night. The first with some girl from my high school that I went out with before Paula. It wasn't anything special. The second time, was in the back of a car, with Paula. We conceived Glen that night out of wedlock. Thats what swayed our decision to get married. Don't get me wrong, I loved Paula, but at that point, I really didn't feel ready for marriage. That was the thing to do when you got pregnant, so we did. Now, we haven't told anyone about this, and if Paula found out, she'd kill me, so don't tell a soul."

"No problem," Ashley and Skye said almost simultaneously.

Spencer added something different to the conversation, "Eww. I so did not need to know that."

"Whats the second confession Mr. C?"

"When you came to dinner, when Paula thought Spencer was bringing home a new man, I don't actually live in that house, Paula does. We like to keep the grandkids thinking we're a big happy family."

Ashley laughed, "I wouldn't have pictured you two going to that extreme."

"They haven't been in the same house since my junior year in college. That was when my Mom decided it was okay if we weren't picture perfect. But she's gotta keep up the picture of perfection for the next generation's kids," Spencer added, in a dull monotone.

"That is so bizarre," Ashley laughed, "Why did you go along with the fake living together thing Mr. Carlin?"

"It just seemed like an easy thing to do to make everyone happy. I'm all about keeping the peace."

"That why you went into social work?" Skye asked.

"I did that because I knew a kid in school who was in foster care. I wanted to make sure all those kids had a better life."

"And how did you choose Clay, out of all those kids to join your family?" Ashley asked.

"I wanted to take most of the kids I counseled home with me, but I couldn't. Clay was an interesting case."

"How so?" Ashley asked.

"Because he talked like he was an adult, and he knew what he wanted. I talked to Paula. She'd been wanting a new child in the house, I asked her if this way would be okay. She said yes. So I asked him, like an adult, if he wanted to join the family. He did. The rest is history."

"Wow," Spencer said, "I never thought about asking you the whole story."

"See? Thats why I like Ashley," Mr. Carlin commented, "She's blunt, and she's always herself."