Pretty Little Liars Next Generation - From the Beginning

Haleb meets Kayla

A/N - I am currently in the year 2024 for this story  

Caleb's POV

*Friday July 19th*

Running late for work was not usually me but today I overslept the alarm and was late for work. I tried to make coffee just as I was getting ready to leave but the coffee maker broke so now I have to buy it. Thankfully there is a Starbucks in the same building I work in. It's 9 am and i'm just leaving the house but I was supposed to be at work by now. Right now I'm an assistant manager at apple in Philadelphia but I am trying to get the manager promotion either in Philadelphia or a nearby city so Han and I don't have to move again. Being late is not good for wanting to get promoted and I have to interview a potential new employee for Apple at 10 am.

 It normally takes me 45 minutes to get to work from home in morning traffic but this morning I got to work in 30 minutes. Since I had 30 minutes to spare before the 10 am interview I had enough time to get coffee. I waited in a short line and finally was able to have my morning coffee. As I was walking out of the Starbucks the girl walking into Starbucks bumped into me and my coffee spilled all over her shirt.

"I'm so sorry." I said

"You have to got be kidding me, I have an interview for apple in 20 minutes." She said

"Again I am really sorry." I said

"How am I supposed to interview for a job when my shirt is ruined?" She asked

"Wait, is your name Kayla Fleming?" I asked

"How did you know?" Kayla asked

"I'm the person you are interviewing with?" I said

"This is awkward." Kayla said

"It doesn't have to be, Why don't I just buy you something to drink and then I can walk you up to my office." I said

I bought Kayla a Cupcake Frappuccino and we walked upstairs to my office.

"At least my resume was in a zip block bag so it didn't get ruined as well." Kayla said

"It shows on your resume that all your work experience is in LA, why did you apply for a job in Philadelphia?" I asked

"I decided to move from the west coast to the east coast but I would need to have a new job so I could support myself and my daughter who will turn 8 in November." Kayla said

"So if you are 26 right now Kayla then you had a kid at 18, who will take care of her when you are at work?" I asked

"I will find somebody to babysit so she isn't alone at such a young age?" Kayla said

"I don't know if I trust that answer you just gave me Kayla." I said

"Why it's the truth." Kayla said

"What about the address because I know for a fact that you listed an address that isn't your address." I said

"How would you know that?" Kayla asked

"Well it just so happens that the address you listed is my dads house, I know for a fact that my dad isn't keeping any secrets from me." I said

"Let me explain." Kayla said

"If you want this job I need the truth, no lies and not even a small lie." I said

"I have been looking for my dad ever since I was old enough to talk and I think I found him. The reason i'm leaving LA is because I wanted to meet him and I want him to get to know his granddaughter. I listed this address as my home address because I'm pretty sure that this is where my father lives." Kayla said