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

She walked into the office, but it wasn't just the architect waiting there. It was her brother, Simon, looking anxious.

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. [S7E23] Ashlee's Big Decision: Part 2

Ashlee stood, her knees feeling like they were made of water. In Part 1, it had been about the discovery: the sudden inheritance of her grandmother’s estate, paired with the devastating news that the historic library at its center was structurally unsound. She had two choices: sign the demolition papers to make way for a lucrative, life-changing condo development, or sink every penny of her own savings into a restoration project that had no guarantee of success. She walked into the office, but it wasn't