If and when Ashley ever checks her Futurephone, she'll notice its making a sound indicating she has an incoming text message from...someone. All it says right now is simply:

Are you there?

It doesn't matter if it takes her a long while to get back to the message; the person on the other end isn't going anywhere.

Leon really needed to see Ashley right now. Not that he had anything important to tell her, or that her life was in any kind of immediate danger, or anything of the sort. But after going back to Spain, a trip that dredged up some dark and unpleasant memories, Leon just needed to check on Ashley. He had to see that she was safe, that she was ok, ( Read more... )

Claire, having gotten Ashley's address from Leon, comes walking down the street and knocks on Ashley and Robin's door.

*After writing in her journal, Ashley is in the kitchen fixing herself a salami and mustard sandwich, along with some apple slices. She sits at the table and continues to mull over her thoughts as she slowly eats her snack.*