When Lynda spotted Leighton in a cinema queue she wasn’t expecting sparks to fly. It was 2010, and she was happily single after moving to Sonoma, California, the previous year. “I had lots of friends, a great career in marketing, and I had started studying Ayurvedic medicine,” she says. But the second she saw Leighton something “stood out”. “It was like love at first sight. I just thought, ‘How do I meet this guy?’”
The cinema’s ticket-seller had failed to show up, so Leighton, who was friends with the theatre’s owner, offered to help out. “I got to the front of the queue and made a joke, asking him how he liked his new career,” she says. They sat near each other to watch the film and, after it was over, Leighton’s friend, Vic, invited Lynda to join them for a drink.
