Lyn Bartolini

Wisteria Lyn Bartolini

Ashley and Dylan have returned to Hanford Creak for the funeral of their father. Their mother who was in the final stages of Altzheimers had disappeared several months earlier. After the funeral, Ashley finds a letter to them from their father explaining that he feels responsible for their mother's mysterious disappearance and asks for their forgiveness. Dylan, who was always very protective of his mother, went ballistic but Ashley understood his father's feelings and tried to explain them to her brother. But, after the contents of their mother's will was revealed, Ashley's understanding came to an immediate halt that caused a discord between the brother and sister. She stormed out of the house vowing never to speak to her brother again. Ashley returned to her job as a journalist in New York and accepted an assignment to go to Illinois to live with a family on a small farm and Dylan returned to St. Louis. Their life journeys remained separate until both received the gifts of understanding, compassion and forgiveness.