Spencer grabbed Ashley’s elbow and pulled her closer so she could whisper in her ear, "Be nice, Ash."

 "I’m trying." Ashley said sharply. Spencer rolled her eyes and sat down.

 "So Ashley…" Paula started which was met by Spencer harshly glaring at her.

 "Mom." Spencer warned and Paula Shrugged her off.

 "Did you know that Spencer was on a television show?" Paula asked while her icy stare made Ashley shiver.

 "Yeah." Ashley answered to everyone’s surprise. "My Manager Ethan personally came to me to sign the release forms stating that she could use my guitar for something."

 Spencer winced. She hadn’t gotten around telling Ashley exact what TV show she had been on. Or what she did with the guitar.

 "Do you even know what the show is called?" Paula asked as politely as she could while taking a sip red wine from her glass.

 "No." Ashley said curiously. Everyone took notice of the tension and Spencer’s friend Leah announced she would go help Kyla bring the rest of the food out from the kitchen.

 "The Ex-Wives Club." Paula said and downed the rest of her drink.

 "Well that sounds amazing, Spencer." Christine chuckled causing all of Ashley’s anger to unfairly shift towards her mother.

 "Why are you even here!" She yelled at her. Spencer got up from the table and removed Justin from his.

 "Look if everyone wants to argue do not do it with all of the children in the room." And with that she left the room with Justin of her hip. Chelsea followed suite with her daughter Aasha, Nina went with her partner Jenny and their daughter Juliet, then Kyla with Raife. So all that were left was Ashley, Paula, Christine, Arthur, Aiden, and Glen.

 "Well it seems you drove half of the party away." Christine stated. It was silent at the table.

 "Look Davies," Glen spoke for the first time that evening. "You better not hurt my sister again."

 "I have no intention to." Ashley said honestly as she looked him square in the eyes.

 "Are we allowed to eat yet?" Aiden interrupted. Everyone, except Arthur, turned to glare and mutter a ‘Shut up’.

 "I’m going to get a drink." Ashley mumbled and walked out of the dining room and into the kitchen. She opened the fridge and sighed. There wasn’t any alcohol in this house besides the bottle of wine that the Carlin’s brought and they were to keep an eye on it at the table. So instead she grabbed a can of Pepsi and headed back into the dining room.