Ashley clicked her tongue before answering the fixer. "Herrera was my mother's name and she's not my father's wife." the implied illegitimacy of Ashley is not lost to anyone in the room.

"When mom died, he showed up in the middle of the funeral, searched for me and try to drag me away. He failed but he'd been persistent since then." she took a sip of her drink, giving her time to breath. 

"The name change was the start, a way to connect him to me. He said it was for my sake but I know it's not." Ashley spoke with venom. "I don't need him, I don't want him. He should stay in his perfect life and leave me at my own story."

She doesn't need his pity.