What specific event triggers Ashley's decision to leave permanently?

Her mother steals her $5,500 savings to buy Madison a gold bracelet.

How does Ashley support herself at South Coast University?

She uses scholarships, part-time jobs, and research work.

Faraway Wilds：The Daughter They Never Chose

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Faraway Wilds：The Daughter They Never Chose — An overlooked elder twin leaves her biased family after they steal her savings to reward her favored sister.

Ashley grows up invisible beside her twin Madison, absorbing every slight from parents, brother Taylor, and childhood sweetheart Brandon. A flawless 1560 SAT score draws zero curiosity, while Madison collects a $20,000 reward and a new laptop against Ashley's $200 and a cheap e-reader. The final blow lands when their mother drains Ashley's eighteen-year savings of $5,500 for a gold bracelet. Without warning, Ashley rejects the family's chosen college and boards a train for South Coast University, seven hundred miles south. At her graduation party, hundreds of guests learn the city's top scorer is the daughter they dismissed. The family races to her campus in regret, but Ashley has already secured scholarships, research work, and a future built without their approval.

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What specific event triggers Ashley's decision to leave permanently?: Her mother steals her $5,500 savings to buy Madison a gold bracelet.
How does Ashley support herself at South Coast University?: She uses scholarships, part-time jobs, and research work.