SPENCER'S P.O.V
We're at Leo's diner.
It's only a couple of blocks down from the bar.
"So who's that girl Zara's talking to?"
"That's Sal"
They dated for three years.
"She's Zara's ex"
"They seem to get along pretty well"
"Yer they parted on good terms and now they're really good friends"
When I take another bite out of my burger the sauce runs down my face.
"Spencer you're very unattractive when you eat"
"You never mentioned it when I was eating your pussy"
"As if i'm going to insult you when you're going down on me"
She's quick.
"So Ashley I umm..."
I feel bad about what she heard before.
"I'm sorry you had to hear that before"
She looks confused.
"Spencer it's fine"
"I was a bitch..."
I don't know Ashley that well but I don't want her to judge me on what she just saw.
"It's complicated but I shouldn't have acted the way I did"
"Spencer you don't need to explain yourself to me"
If I could go back in time I would handle it all differently.
"I know but I don't want you to start thinking i'm someone i'm not"
"You care what I think?"
I knew she was going to say that.
"Yer for some reason I do"
She's laughing.
"Awww Spencer you want to be my friend?"
"Okay we need to talk about something else"
She's grinning.
"Okay let's talk about your open mic nights"
"Ashley are you on something?"
She's laughing again.
"What's with you and my open mic nights?"
"I want to play"
"I thought you were joking around the other day?"
"No I seriously want to play"
"Ashley I'm fully booked for the next two months"
I can tell she doesn't believe me.
"Sure you are"
I make enough money for the whole week from that one night.
"Spencer are you going to let me play or not?"
I do own the bar so if I wanted to squeeze her in I could.
"I'll think about it"
"This is the first time I've ever had to beg to get a spot at an open mic night"
I find that hard to believe.
"Back in L.A I just say my name and I get a spot because of who I am"
"Who you are?"
She seems surprised I asked that.
"Has Kyla not told you who our dad is?"
"No"
I've never heard her mention anything about her dad before.
"That doesn't surprise me"
Now i'm curious.
"Our dad's Raife Davies"
"The Raife Davies?"
To say i'm surprised would be an understatement.
"Yer"
"I thought Kyla's last name was Woods?"
The payslip I give her every week says Kyla Woods.
"It is"
"Your dad's Raife Davies?"
"Yep"
"How come she's never mentioned that before?"
I feel bad when she doesn't answer me.
"Ashley you don't have to answer that it's none of my business"
"They never met"
I've known Kyla for a couple of years now but she's never mentioned any of this.
I've heard all about her mum, her life in Baltimore and her sister that lives in L.A
But not once has she mentioned that her dad is Raife Davies.
"I had no idea"
"Yer it's not something she's likely to talk about"
I've always thought Kyla had a perfect upbringing.
"Kyla didn't know I existed and I didn't find out about her until he died"
She's playing with her glass.
"Our dad was a selfish asshole who cared more about his career than his family"
"Ashley you don't have to tell me this if you don't want to"
"I am who I am Spencer I don't have anything to hide"
Her eyes are locked on mine.
"He spent all his time on the road and when he was home he spent all his time at the studio"
The more I talk to her the more I realise we have alot in common.
"Anyway one night he'd been drinking and for some reason he decided to drive"
I actually remember when he died.
It was all over the news.
"He crashed into one of the freeway barriers and died at the scene"
She's playing with her glass again.
"My mum and I were asked to go to his lawyers office for the reading of his will and when we got there Kyla was sitting there with her mum"
How could their parents not tell them the other one existed?
"Neither of us had any idea the other one existed until that day and if Kyla hadn't of already agreed to attend USC we would have gone on living our seperate lives"
I'm starting to understand why Kyla's never shared this part of her life.
"Anyway when she moved to L.A she started living in the dorm rooms at USC"
I never did the whole dorm thing.
"The first week she was in town she tried to contact me, but I was a bitch and told her I wanted nothing to do with her"
She's looking at me again.
"I tried so hard to pretend that she didn't exist, but she wouldn't take not for an answer and before I knew it we were hanging out"
When she says that I can't help but smile.
"Anyway I've never really got along with my mum so when our inheritance came through Ky and I bought a loft together"
What they went through sucks but at least they found eachother.
"We lived together for three years and then she moved here"
I don't know what to say.
"Ashley i'm sorry you had to go through all that"
"Spencer we all have our issues"
"I know but noone should have to go through what you guys went through"
"I have a sister I never knew I had 'cause I went through that"
That's true.
"Ashley why are you telling me all this?"
We only met a couple of days ago.
"I don't know"