Chapter 2

"Spencer please I just want to talk to you, to explain..."

"There's nothing to explain" Spencer retorted.

"Please just give me a chance. There's more to it than you know and more that you need to know".

"I needed to know years ago. You had plenty of chances, you all did. Why now? You know what I don't even care" Spencer said as she started to close the door.

"It's ok, I understand you're not ready yet, you need time and it is a lot to take in especially given all that has happened. Just know that I am here to answer your questions when you're ready".

Spencer could do nothing but stare confusingly at the retreating back of Mary Drake. Her birth mother. She didn't know if she would ever be ready to talk about it, if she could ever come to terms with how deep the lies and deceit in her family ran. It was all too much to deal with on top of the latest gift A.D had bestowed upon the girls. Spencer looked disgustedly at the board game lying on the kitchen counter, it's flashing lights and subtle noises beckoning her to pay attention to it no matter how hard she tried not to. Spencer walked over to her bedside dresser, opening the top drawer and removing the now well opened envelope that held the contents of the letter Mary had penned to a baby Spencer twenty three years ago. Spencer couldn't bring herself to remove the letter, she knew the words it held nearly off by heart and each time she thought of those words they cut through her like a knife, threatening to break her into a million pieces. Spencer placed the envelope back in her drawer and shut it closed firmly. She didn't want to be weak, she wanted to be strong, to pretend like it didn't hurt that she had been lied to her entire life, that she had been degraded and oppressed by her family, constantly outshone by Melissa all because she wasn't really a Hasting but a Drake. Spencer fleetingly thought of Toby, this is something she would have once shared with him. He would have held her, made her feel special and worth something but not anymore. Sure they had become really close friends after their breakup and they had even shared a brief kiss when she said goodbye to him for what she thought would be the final time but everything had changed after that night. Toby and Yvonne were in an accident and while Toby had escaped with only a few broken bones Yvonne had passed away a few days later. Toby hadn't been the same since; he had completely shut off from the world and had in no uncertain terms told Spencer to stay out of his life. Spencer felt so confused, she loved Toby, she never stopped loving him but she also knew she could never tell him because he no longer felt that way about her. He had found his true love in Yvonne and now she was gone. Spencer shook her head as if she could shake the thought of Toby from her mind.

Beep Beep

Spencer glanced warily at her phone on the bed. Nothing good ever came from looking at her phone these days. She hesitantly picked it up off the bed and unlocked the screen. A message from A.D flashed across the screen

Take a surprise walk on the board – A.D

Suddenly the board game began to light up, as Spencer made her way over to it coordinates flashed in the centre. Spencer picked up her phone and put the coordinates into her phone. As the location came up she nearly dropped her phone. What was A.D playing at?