The day of her birthday arrived, her key worker Kelly organised a trip out for Ashlyn and a couple of other patients. They were going bowling and out for some lunch at a local burger restaurant that Kelly thought Ashlyn would enjoy. Ashlyn was still covered in bruises, though they looked to be at-least 2 weeks old, still pretty horrific regardless. Ashlyn still didn't understand were those old injuries had come from, everyone had asked her in one way or another, Kelly, Jackie, Justin, the doctors, but she just didn't have any answers. Kelly took Ashlyn and 3 of the girls she was ok with from the hospital out for her birthday, accompanied by Mark, another nurse, he was new and Ashlyn hadn’t interacted with him much more than to say hello or smile in passing. He had come to sit under the sam
