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"[For you... a hazelnut cappuccino. And for the lady, a Banana Crunch!]"
"[Anything else?]"
>Why is she /the lady/?
>"That'll be all, thanks."
The server walked off, leaving the pair to themselves.
>Ashleigh, it's freezing. Why'd you go for a smoothie?
>"You drink hot coffees in the summer."
>Yeah, but-
>"It's delicious. Get off my back, *mom*."
The blonde sippped at her drink before humming, as if remembering something.
>"I thought you were gonna take the kid trick or treating."
>Gift delivering.
>"Yeah, that."
>She needed to do 'this one on her own'.
>So she'll text us when she's done.
>I think.
>... I hope.
>Does she even have her phone?
>"Margaret, relax. She's fine."
>"You're not a 11 hour plane ride away, you're, at most, a short, very dangerous and illegal drive away."
>Yeah, yeah...
Ashleigh leaned forward over the table.
>"I never pegged you as the worried motherly type."
>I'm not!
>It's just...
>There's a lot of baggage there, you know.
>I'm still not entirely over the uh
>The last one.
Amy Flame has, to Ash's point of view, turned into an undeniably awful human being. Yet, she's gotten the success worthy of her potential through those choices. When she was thrown into her watch, Ash was neglectful and uncaring. But at that ONE key moment, she was controlling and unwilling to communicate.
No matter how little sense it made and how much Ash had convinced herself there was never going to be any other outcome, deep down, Romero felt a considerable amount of responsibility for how things shook out.
