Chapter 3

Ashley sat down across from her son at the kitchen table in front of one of the blue plastic plates that was pilled with grilled cheese. The brunette stared warily at the burnt sandwiches, which hardly resembled grilled cheese at all. She looked back up at Spencer who was leaning over, staring at her expectantly a huge grin covering her face.

The brunette looked over at Lance who also seemed to be holding back a pained grimace as he eyed the sorry excuse for a sandwich, looking as though he would rather eat the plate. The brown eyed boy glanced up at his mother giving her an ‘do I really have to do it?’ look. Ashley glared back making the boy jump and picked up the grilled cheese cautiously.

Lance opened his mouth a little and reluctantly took a piece of the sandwich into his mouth. He chewed it slowly, and Ashley could tell that he was trying not to wince in pain at the taste. His eyes were closed and he was kicking the brunette mother hard under the table and out of the blonde’s view.

Ashley turned back again to look at the blonde whose smile was even bigger now at the facade Lance had put on. Ashley looked back at her mountain of grilled cheese and sorrowfully picked up a sandwich and hastily shoved it into her mouth, trying to swallow the sandwich as quickly as she could.

The brunette just barely stopped herself from gagging as the dry, burnt meat refused to go down her closed throat. She forced a painful smile onto her face as she looked back up at Spencer.

"Is it good?" she asked eagerly.

Ashley nodded quickly, not trusting herself to open her mouth in case the vile sandwich decided to come back up. Spencer giggled and jumped up and down in glee. She turned around saying, "I have more on the stove.

As soon as the maid’s back was turned Lance and Ashley quickly spit their food out and covered it in their respective napkins. Spencer turned around none the wiser and placed more grilled cheese on each of their plates. Lance stared at it his eyes wide in horror. Ashley quickly leapt to the rescue.