I hope this makes sense.

Chapter Eleven:

Faye arrived at the gallery to find Macy already seated in the viewing area.

"I can't wait to see slutty Sarah and saintly Kayla pour their hearts out to Spencer and then watch him cut one of them."

She took a seat. "Rumors that you enjoy kicking puppies exist because of comments like that."

"I've heard worse," Macy said dismissively.

They watched as Reid entered with Sarah and Kayla. Both stuck by his side as he looked the series of ink blocks on display.

"I see animals in all of them," Sarah said. "I thinks it's because I work with animals and look at x-rays all day."

"I see faces and letters," Kayla said. "I don't think I'm that imaginative."

"I see shapes," Reid said. "It feels if I look at one long enough I can see everything."

"That is incredible," Sarah said.

Kayla began to pace. "How long are we supposed to wander around here?"

"As long as Spencer wants," a producer said.

"We can stop now," Spencer said. "I don't want to leave anyone in discomfort."

"Dumb move Kay," Macy said. "You have the upper hand because you didn't try to make a move on Spencer yesterday. Why are you wasting it over boredom?"

Sarah watched Reid. "What do you see in this one?"

Tiny tears formed in his eyes. "I see a mother holding her child with the partner facing them."

"Do you want kids?" she asked.

"Yes," he said.

"Damn!" Macy said. "Look at the reaction on Kayla's face! Can Spencer see it?"

Reid looked to Kayla briefly and then back to Sarah. "Do you?"

"Yes," she said and began to tear up. "I gave up one for adoption when I was in college."

"I can't imagine how difficult that must have been."

"There's more Spencer," Sarah said and choked up. "I had it with a guy who frequented a club where I worked as an exotic dancer to pay my bills."

"This is beautiful," Macy said. "Come on Kayla, do something. You're going to get asked to leave!"

"Sarah has a blog about the lonely hearts," Kayla said. "She was bragging about it yesterday. Her friend runs it and she submits content. She wrote an article about being the perfect contestant and how she could win any heart if she revealed the right information about herself."

"Kayla led a discussion about whether you're a virgin!" Sarah said.

"You were the one who tallied the votes," Kayla said and approached Reid. "Please, Spencer. Sarah's a monster, she intimidates everyone."

"Kayla isn't a saint either," Sarah said.

"You can both leave," Reid said coolly.

Both women looked devastated. They began to shout but Reid raised his hand.

"I've heard enough," Reid said. "Both of you have shown spitefulness that I don't want to see in someone I love."

Macy radioed a producer. "Get them to yell a little more and then have Spencer eat alone in front of the ink block he saw the family in."

Faye sighed. "It is a good thing that you only strive to one day be a network head. I'd hate to see how the world would shape out if you chose to put your scheming to use in another place, such as getting to the oval office."

"You love this too," she said.

"I love the part where he actually gets to know the women. Cheers to the final six."

…

It was around midnight when Faye came in to look at the damaged lockers.

"Dumb question," she said. "But do we have security cameras on the cameras?"

"Nope," the tech said. "We thought the locks were enough. Whoever broke into these knew exactly what they were doing as you couldn't pick one of these with a hairpin."

"There's nothing around this location and we've run background checks on all the closest neighbors."

"You're thinking this is internal?"

"What else was stolen?"

"Aside from two cameras, one router, some satellite equipment, and a few people reported their iPhones stolen."

"It sounds like someone is trying to transmit a secret message," Faye said. "I want double security, cameras on the any equipment with values at over two hundred dollars, and additional screening of everyone who has access to these areas."

"We have a shirtless Spencer," it was announced through the radio.

The tech nodded. "I'll email you my report."

"Thanks," she said.

Faye walked into the war room and took a seat. Reid was doing some rapid laps in the pool. Like he was trying swat something away.

"Hi, there," Ava said.

She was wearing a purple robe over a gray ACDC t-shirt and black shorts.

He swam towards her. "Were you one of the women debating my virginity?"

"So that's why both of them were sent home," Ava said. "We were all in it Spencer. It took over the house."

Reid spun around and did another lap.

"Wait!" she said.

He kept doing laps.

"Spencer!"

It didn't get his attention. She jumped in the pool. He stopped swimming.

"We didn't think you were the kind of guy who would get intimate without a strong relationship. We wondered about what love was to you. We—I don't know Spencer. I know you're smart, I know you're kind. But that isn't enough to build a relationship off of."

"Does it really matter that much?" he said.

"It was an intense conversation," she said.

He didn't say anything back.

"I lost mine to the captain of the high school football team," she said. "I was the head cheerleader and it was just assumed that we'd hook up. We did and then it got all sorts of crazy awkward when everyone wanted details. I really wasn't mature enough emotionally for sex."

"I'm not a virgin," he said simply and swam to the ledge of the pool.

"Does this mean I'm eliminated?" she said.

"No," he said. "I just need time to think."

Faye watched Reid walk to the house leaving Ava in the pool.

The producer, turned to her.

"Do you think he needs talking off the ledge?" she said.

"No," Faye said. "I think he just got a reality check about how things work on this show."

…

During the elimination ceremony, he chose Halia to leave. He recited a farewell poem in Hawaiian that put her in tears. They just didn't have enough in common or the right chemistry. They parted on good terms.

Macy rubbed her hands together. "Thing are only going to get more fun from here."