I really appreciate that you DON'T play favorites with who the player should go after. I've played games where it's "you're going after this gal because I said so" and usually that woman is either meh or I don't care for her, causing me to quit the game. Really frustrating when the woman I like gets almost no attention and the woman the dev chooses is "no thanks"
Replaying from the start, at the dinner table, Ashley makes a snarky comment at low volume and the Mom asks what Ashley said, all in bold. Guessing Mom is really annoyed, especially given Ashley wilts from the question! Given that it's the only time everything is in a bold font, I get the feeling that Mom Aurion is essentially shooting daggers at Ashley over the comment!