[s7e23] Ashlee's Big Decision: Part 2 Page

Ashlee looked at the blueprints spread across the table. She remembered the smell of old parchment and the way the golden hour light used to hit the mahogany shelves where she’d learned to read. If she signed the papers, the history of her family—and the town—would be leveled by Monday.

"No," she said, sliding the folder back across the table. "I'm keeping the only thing that actually belongs to us. We aren't building condos, Simon. We're building a foundation." [S7E23] Ashlee's Big Decision: Part 2

"Ashlee? The specialist is ready for you," the nurse said, her voice soft but firm. Ashlee looked at the blueprints spread across the table

"You don't have to be the hero, Ash," Simon whispered as she sat down. "That money could pay for Mom’s care for the next decade. Gran would have understood." "No," she said, sliding the folder back across the table

Ashlee picked up the pen. She thought of the "Big Decision" everyone expected her to make—the logical one. The safe one. Then she thought of the hidden room she’d found in the basement yesterday, filled with journals she hadn't yet finished reading. "I'm not signing," Ashlee said, her voice finally steady. Simon gasped. "Ashlee, you’re throwing it all away."