Ashleigh's Ashes-Short Story

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
hundred cash at her place.” “In that pretty teapot her mother gave her,” Dad said. “Unless she’s changed her hiding place. I know she changed the locks, so maybe she changed her hiding place as well.” Sometimes, when Mom wasn’t home, I’d take the lid off the teapot and stare into it, imagining what I could do with two hundred dollars. I looked at Dad and realized he’d had those same fantasies. Well, why not. I was his daughter, after all.” “Oh no,” he said, and looked really shocked. “I would never steal from your mother. I’ve caused her pain enough.” He added casually, “No I just thought maybe you could borrow the money. Just for a day or two, until I straighten out all my finances. Your mother would never know the difference.” This quote shows that Ashes’ father is trying to get Ashleigh to do something she knows she shouldn't do. At this point, Ashleigh is sure her father is not a trustable person.