▁plans ▁to ▁spend ▁New ▁Year ' s ▁E ve ▁together . ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Ash ley ' s ▁mother ▁D ina ▁came ▁for ▁a ▁" per man ent " ▁visit . ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁D ina ▁exposed ▁that ▁John ▁Abb ott ▁wasn ' t ▁Ash ley ' s ▁father . ▁Ash ley ▁leaves ▁Gen oa ▁City ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁following ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁events ▁that ▁leave ▁her ▁feeling ▁al ien ated ▁from ▁both ▁the ▁Abb ott ▁family ▁and ▁J ab ot , ▁following ▁the ▁discovery ▁that ▁John ▁and ▁D ina ▁left ▁legal ▁documents ▁leaving ▁all ▁of ▁Ash ley ' s ▁product ▁pat ents ▁to ▁her ; ▁she ▁conf esses ▁she ' s ▁leaving ▁for ▁Paris ▁to ▁launch ▁her ▁own ▁company ▁with ▁said - pat ents . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁J ame y ▁G idd ens ▁of ▁Z ap 2 it ▁described ▁David son ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁Gen oa ▁City ' s ▁most ▁bel oved ▁hero ines ". ▁ ▁Upon ▁learning ▁of ▁David son ' s ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁role ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁Cand ace ▁Hav ens ▁of ▁the ▁McC ook ▁Daily ▁Gazette ▁declared ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁her ▁who ▁made ▁Ash ley ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁characters ▁on ▁so aps ". ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁when ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁Abb ott ▁sib lings ▁and ▁their ▁father ▁John ▁were ▁together ▁again , ▁the ▁Or lando ▁S entin el ▁wrote