By the time Spencer arrived at Kyla’s house with Dylan they were already twenty minutes late.

As Dylan burst thought the door Spencer said, “Ky you are a life saver. Thanks for watching Dylan tonight. I completely forgot my mom had poker.”

“Dylan who?” Kyla joked. “You mean this little monkey climbing on the breakfast bar?”

“Dylan!” Spencer snapped. “Where are your manners young man?”

“I left them at the zoo.” Dylan replied giggling loudly trying to make monkey noises.

Jeff entered the kitchen. “What’s all this noise in here? I thought I heard my favorite monkey boy, how’s it going?”

Dylan responded with more giggling and monkey noises.

“Gees.” Spencer rolled her eyes. “And I wonder why my kid never listens to me.”

“I listen Mommy.” Dylan said looking a little hurt. “But when I’m at Aunt Ky and Uncle Jeff’s house I always play monkey. That’s ok isn’t it Aunty Ky?” he questioned slightly concerned he was doing something wrong.

“Absolutely monkey boy. But remember Grandma Paula usually drops you off here so your Mommy may not know.” Kyla said giving Spencer a look.

Realizing that she had to reassure her son that all was ok Spencer said, “Alright monkey boy come here and give me a kiss and hug cause Mommy’s running late.”

“So is she.” Kyla said while mother and son exchanged kisses and hugs.

“What?”

“Ashley is running late too so don’t feel too rushed. She called me just before you got here.”

“Oh. So how late is she running?”

“She said she’d be at the bar in twenty minutes. She wasn’t sure which number was yours so she figured I could tell you since I’m so close to the wonderful establishment where you chose to dine.”

“Nice. So Ky we got twenty minutes. Tell me everything you can about your sister. Better make it ten minutes.”

Kyla laughed and rolled her eyes.

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Ashley couldn’t believe the demands of her new job. They had a meeting after the real work and she thought she would never make it out of there. Truthfully she was really excited to spend some times with Spencer so the day seemed to go at a snails pace.

Finally she arrived at Someplace Else nearly an hour later than planned. She knew Spencer was aware that she’d be late but she still felt horrible.