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Ashleigh always wondered why her mom and dad got married, because they weren't together for too long. “Ashes. I can still hear the fight. It was just a couple of months before the breakup. I was in bed when they went at it. “Her name is Ashleigh!” Mom shouted. “A name you insisted on. So why do you call her ‘Ashes’?” This quote shows that Ashleigh’s family is falling apart and her mom is easily annoyed by her father. Since they are divorced, Ashes and her father have fun days out together. One day they go to a restaurant to eat and they start discussing her father’s financing. “You owe them two hundred dollars?” I asked, trying to keep the panic out of my voice. “I had a thought,” he said as he reached for my pickle. “Your mother keeps a couple
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