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Ashley Marie Fox was by all accounts a
purposeful, driven, passionate, woman. Born in
Anaheim, California in 1958 to loving parents,
Ashley attended Catholic school throughout her
childhood including graduating from Cornelia
Connelly School in 1976.
During her first 3 years at University
California Irvine, she worked for a local accountant
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for practical experience and part time as a cast
member of Disneyland. Her youthful charm, Irish
red-hair, and freckled face, invigorated the small
practice and it began to grow.
Ashley spent her free time prothletising the
Gospel of the Internal Revenue Service, doing her
co-workers taxes for free in the early days.
Friends and family would joke, If the only
two things for sure in life are, Death & Taxes;
Ashley was covered. Her ability to explain the tax
code, to make this necessary chore, (Patriotic
service of every American.) a light, cheerful,
painless transaction, for which she sometimes, even
paid their postage, allowed her to captured a lion
share of Disney Cast Member as clients. (They will
all grow to earn and own more later in their lives,
they will all need an accountant.) She began her
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final year of college, by buying into the small firm
and becoming a partner.
And then in the fall of 1979 she met Micheal
OConner.
Her life to this point was one of discipline
and direction.
Micheal was neither; Blond & Bronze from
spending the summer at his grandfathers in San
Clemente he was cocky, loud, and much to her
discontent he was a genius.
Ask me something, He would challenge
her,anything at all. If I am correct, and you know I
will be, I get to ask you apersonal question.
And if yourewrong she retorted,
you have to leave me alone.
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I guess the strength of your question will
determine,he quipped how desperate you are to
see me,.. and tell me all your secrets.
Tell him she did. She poured herself into
another human being for the first time in her life,
and he listened, he was hers, she was his.
Parents were introduced, plans were made,
Ashley graduated and took control of the small
accounting firm.
On Halloween of 1980, Micheal Patrick
OConner drove Ashley Marie Fox to a small
neighborhood on the west side of the Disneyland
Hotel. Trick or Treaters were moving in groups
among the homes along Kimberly Lane. A street
know for its unique collection of three large
Victorian Style homes. Grossly out of place in this
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quiet neighborhood of single story, single-family
homes, each house an exact copy of the others, rose
three stories off the ground.Nicknamed the 3
sisters the homes were infamous in the whispers
that make up a citys history.
Micheal pulled his small blue Ford Ranger in
front of the middle sister.
Lets see if they have any candy. he stated
What? Wait, we cant do that? she called
after him, We cant just randomly pick a house to
go Treat or Treating. Wedont.We dont have
costumes. She said looking about the imposing
structure.
Sure we do, he smiled at her, and stepped
toward the houses enormous round front porch I
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am dressed like your husband and you are dressed
like my wife.
She stopped in mid stride, Micheal spun
around and moved to one knee. She covered her
mouth in anticipation.
He waved toward the house, This is mine.
And I want to fill it with OUR children, will you do
the honor of being my wife?
How Micheal had come to own the Middle
Sister as it was known, was something of a
mystery, in Ashley Foxs world people didnt give
away such an asset. But that wasMichaels story,
he had beengiven the house by a friend because the
man was too old to care for it. She suspected
gambling was behind it, but as long as she held the
deed
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They were married on February 28, 1981 at
Saint Boniface in Anaheim. Friends, Family and her
clients were invited to dance the night away with a
reception at the Disneyland Hotel.
The enormity of the house inspired Ashley,
and she promptly moved her practice into a large
first floor sitting room to save money. Micheal
graduated the following spring and went to work
for McDonald Douglas in Long Beach. Driving
every morning with the sunrise climbing over
Saddleback Mountain as he worked his way down
Katella Ave.
In his off hours, he tinkered with everyday
household appliances trying to make them better
and more energy efficient. The house on Kimberly
Lane began to look like more workshop than house.
The massive structure has two master suites that
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extended the length and breadth of the upper 3rd
story. The 2nd floor is an odd collection of bedrooms
and bathrooms. The OConners consider remolding
but improving the efficiency of the house is their
highest priority: The house is the first in the
neighborhood to have Solar heating, and a rain
water reclamation system. Dissected vacuum
cleaners, blenders, toasters, all litter the garage,
living room and kitchen. He files a series of patents
for his improved designs.
The lack of any mortgage payment allowed
them the freedom to spend on their separate
business. In subsequent years, Ashley would keep
up her time at Disneyland with a few shifts every
month, mostly to acquire new clients. Sitting in her
Orange & White 1969 Volkswagen Bus, in the
employee parking lot, cheerfully filling out yet more
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tax forms. Micheal began to promote her tax and
accounting service to those at his work and soon
she was confronted with the idea of hiring an
assistant.
Haley Mary Patterson is a single mother (an
11-year-old boy named George) in her early 30s, a
former alumni of Connelly and Cast-mate of
Ashleys, with the unfortunate nickname of Hail
Mary. (for reasons no one thought proper to ask)
Haley is slight, tiny in fact. As a ride operator
at Disneyland, she was not tall enough to ride the
rides. Fiercely loyal she is Ashleys constant
companion. During slower non-tax times, Ashley
& Micheal watch George as Haley attends Fullerton
College, and later graduates from Cal Poly Pomona
with a degree in Mathematics & Statistics.
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October of 1981 Ashley & Micheal become
pregnant, and the OConners extended an invitation
for Haley and George to move in to the house with
them, occupying two of the 2nd floor bedrooms.
April 16, 1982 Catherine Anna Fox-
OConner is born. Ashley would not let the child be
born any sooner. In that same month, Micheal
receives an offer from a Japanese conglomerate to
buy his patent portfolio.
The child proves to be a difficult infant, and
Haley is asked to move up stairs to the one of the
master suites. The OConners sleep in a smaller
room next to the nursery for almost a year before
they feel comfortable with the idea of a flight of
stairs between them and their child.
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Haley Patterson will remain in one of the 3rd
floor suites for the next twenty-odd years. She
begins to sell insurance within the structure of the
tax and accounting business and eventually will be
brought on as a partner, in business and, as some
have suspected, in marriage as well.
In 1983, two other children will enter the
OConner household. The first is an Apple II
computer and with it, a love affair & obsession in
the OConner-Patterson household that will one day
see them own over two dozen devices from the
Cupertino, CA manufacturer, including, one of the
first Macs, a Newton PDA, and an assortment of
laptops, iPads and iPhones.
The second child is the creation of an
investment company called; H.o.a (hands off
always). Using the money from the sale of
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Micheals patent portfolio plus most of their
savings, and a new mortgage on the house, the three
adults form the investment company, and acquire
nearly 1500 shares in Warren Buffets Berkshire
Hathaway.
September 16, 1985 Lindsey Raven Fox-
OConner is born. She is a calm child with her
fathers coloring.
Cat & Raven attend St Juliana Falconieri in
Fullerton. They are with their parents constantly,
and the house begins to take on a decidedly
Disneyeque motif.
The two girls are as different as their parents.
Cat with her red hair and freckled face is an
Irish force of nature, a leader among her classmates
she dominates the home growing up.
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Raven (only a nurse at the hospital ever called
her Lindsey) is blond, reserved in her approach, but
has an eye for detail that reminds everybody of her
father.
Micheal spends long hours with her on his
newest Mac teaching her to use MacPaint &
MacDraw, she has a natural eye for design.
The three adults give all the televisions in the
house to the St. Bonifice to be sold at a charity
auction. The House on Kimberly Lane will never
have another TV.
This household of six continues on for the
better part of six years with school, work and the
twice a year Family vacation.
Much like Goldie-locks, they try out the
islands of Hawaii.
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Hawaii is too big,
Oahu is too crowded,
but Maui is just right.
So enchanted with the southern shore town of
Kihei, Ashley and Haley decide to purchase a condo
for their joint families.
It was on one of these family vacations that
Carmen Okelani Fox-OConner was conceived,
born October 31, 1993. Okelani means from
heaven as the OConners had given up hope of
any more children.
George Patterson is now a graduate of
Chapman University and will attend graduate school
at UC Santa Barbara. His time at the Victorian
house on Kimberly Lane becomes infrequent and
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confrontational, he feels his mother is married to
Ashley and Micheal and wasting away.
September 16th 1996, on her eighth birthday
Raven Fox-OConner announces she will be
attending boarding school in England beginning
with the next term. She begins to speak with an
English accent and presents her parents with a
prospectus outlining her choice of school. After
some debate and a trip to England, Mother and
Daughter agree on Woldingham/Marden Park in
Caterham, southeast of London.
In years to come she will have to point out
that she went to an English boarding school well
BEFORE Harry Potter made his publishing debut.
In 2000 Cat will graduate from Connelly
High school and move on to UC Santa Barbara,
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where a love affair with George Patterson will
finally commence without the watchful eye of their
parents.
In 2002, Ravens return to the house on
Kimberly Lane is as brief, as it is quasi-disruptive.
I am Gay she announced to the kitchen
floor, her British accent smooching it into Uhm,
Gay
Thats disgusting. Replied Ashley sitting
next to her daughter at the kitchen table, she glanced
at her husband, the twinkle in her eye made Micheal
smirk.
Mom she began to choke back tears
How dare you. Ashley scolded her
daughter.
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The indignation climbed & cracked in
Ravens voice, I cant believe you would say
that. Her voice trailing off.
Fox-OConner family lore is built on a few
precious glimpse at what is commonly known as
The Face.
Ashleys eyes would squint, her breathing
would become controlled, and her neck and
shoulders would seem to grow exponentially. It was
a mental resting place while she decided her next
course of action. Micheal had divided these two
choices into Shock & Awe or Benevolent
Despot
The set of her jaw and the gleam in her eye
had already told him, this would be Shock &
Awe.
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This family has spent the equivalent of the
GNP of Kiribati, to educate you and you bring me,
Um, Gay?
Ashley shifted in her seat, bring herself closer
to her daughter, Sweetheart,she whispered, if
you want your clitoris to be worked over by a man
and/or a woman, I could fucking, care less.
The use of the word clitoris caused Raven to
look up; she recoiled at the site of her mothers
intense stare.
Ashley pressed on, But to come in here, her
voice began to rise,and spout EITHER/OR
arguments at me is the..well, ok, just remember,
youstarted this conversation She glanced
sideways at her husband; Micheal realized this was
going to get very uncomfortable before it was over.
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Are you good in bed? Ashley asked
Mother?!
Oh no, dont get indignant with me, you are
the one who waltzed in here and declared, Im
gay, sothat is the conversation we are having.
I repeat, are you good in bed?
I.think so
Dam it young lady! Have an opinion! About
yourself above all else! We send you off to boarding
school and what do we get back in return? Weak &
Wobbly and a taste for pussy? For the third time, are
you good in bed!?
Yes! God dam it! Raven exclaimed.
Good, are you caring, respectful,
considerate? When you make love to a woman are
you responsive, intuitive?
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Yes!
Good. Are you.. Ashley paused; she
didnt have the right term butch? Is that the
right word for these days?
Raven smiled, I am not butch, but you can
say I wear the pants.
Ok, Ashley smiled at her daughter, and
then looked at her husband; she realized he would
be scarred for life.
Raven, I know youve been away, and here
you are headed to Stanford, she paused realizing
distance had causedthis conversation to take place.
What conversations would there be after more time,
more distance. But you need to remember, What
is rule #1?
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Raven smiled, The Face episodes always
ended, with a review of the Fox-OConner Family
Rules, Dont Preach, And Dont Proclaim. Dont
Label.
Number2? Ashley quizzed.
You are what you do. Dream privately, Do
publicly.
and 3?
Be articulate, speak the now of things. She
recited, gaining momentum. Number 4, Be
Passionate, but be mindful of Desire, and know the
difference.
Number 5; Never rely on anyone, or
anything for a paycheck. Number 6, Be Generous
with your attention, but your time is to be paid for.
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Ashley took over and recited Number 7 as she
always did, And never put anything or anyone
ahead of this family.
You see.., she leaned into her 2nd child with
a look in her eye that caused Micheal to lurch, Here
we go he thought. myself I like to be fucked in
the ass. She said making eye contact with her
daughter. Throw in a little hair pulling, she
paused to tug slightly on her daughters blonde
mane. And, damn, I mean I cum like a garden
hose. She let the image trail off with her voice.
Raven couldnt or wouldnt comprehend what she
had just been told, and mentally retreated to staring
at the surface of the kitchen table.
You are what you do, no reason to come in
here and announce it.
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I just wanted you & dad to know, Raven
started, she continued looking at the table,...cuz
well, Im gonna have a few girls over this sum----.
If what you are saying is, Ashley
interrupted, you plan to have women spend the
night in your bedroom for the purpose of having sex
with them, that is fine, just saythat.
Alright, Ashley said comforting her
daughter with a hug and a whisper,Youre
fathers brain will melt passed its point of
usefulness if we keep talking. Her voice trailed
off as she looked at her husband, who sat looking at
the ceiling. He has such an active imagination.
# # #
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In 2004, George & Cat would marry, at St
Bonfice, just a few short months after her
graduation from UCSB.
At age 11, Carmen enrolls at UCI Bren
School of Information and Computer Sciences. She
has been home schooled her entire life and took her
G.E.D and qualifying exams when she was 10 years
6 mos 14 days.(if you ask her today)
Although in appearance she resembles her
mother with red hair and freckles, she is her fathers
child. Raised to be an intellectual giant, by the age
of 7 she has completely reorganized the accounting
and tax business, adding servers and now offering
H.o.a. clients web sites to promote their businesses.
(the sites are offered by Haley, because nobody
believes a 7 year old can write the code)
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Micheal continues to register patents, many in
his daughters name. Carmen is restless in her
pursuit of the perfect business opportunity.
Micheal reads her endless news articles as she
writes code. Her focus is on business-to-business
applications. Specifically mobile payment
processing. An initial set of patents is sold a month
prior to her 12th birthday.
Father and daughter celebrate in true geek
fashion; buying popcorn and drinks for every guest
at the sold out local premiere of Josh Whedons
Serenity .They also announce to the assembled
crowd that all are welcome to stay for a second
feature, free of charge; Ridley Scotts Alien.
In 2006 Raven graduates from Stanford and
begins (much to Ashleys displeasure) working for
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Sunset Magazines Corporation in Menlo Park, Ca.
In appearance, she resembles Michaels maternal
side of the family, voluptuous features with a great
mane of auburn hair. In personality, she has gained
the Irish fire that is distinctly her mothers.
On a cloudy May morning in 2008, Carmen,
at the age of 15, graduates from UCI. The small
gathering assembled to celebrate her
accomplishment is also treated to the news that Cat
is expecting twins.
Congratulatory hugs are interrupted by
Carmens reappearance with a neighbor and fellow
sister owner, Josh Lowenstein. The pale looking
Mr. Lowenstein raises a glass of champagne and
tells the crowd he has just sold his house to Carmen.
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With the birth of the twins, Carmen asks
George and Cat to move in with her to the first
sister on the block. George still believes the
relationship between his mother and the OConners
to be dubious and pushes for her to move into the
first house with himself, Carmen and Cat.
Haley Patterson will not listen to any
discussion that removes her from her home. Now
in her late 50s she is content with her life, she looks
forward to more time in Hawaii. She has begun,
along with Ashley, to finalize the transition of the
family businesses to Cat and George.
April 1, 2010; Ashley Marie Fox-OConner,
while completing a purchase of a Newport Beach
apartment complex, collapses on site, passing away
from a sudden heart attack. An occasional smoker
and daily Irish Whiskey drinker, she is 52 years old.
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H.o. a. is worth over $300 million dollars, in
real estate, including high-end apartment
complexes, patent royalties, fast food franchises, a
strip club, (a whole other story) and the original
Berkshire Hathaway Stock.
Immediately after the funeral Haley retires to
Hawaii, she has no plans of returning to the
mainlandever.
With a substantial inheritance (and a will
reading that savagely attacked Ravens continued
defiance of family rule number 5.) Raven and
Carmen begin their own social network site called
kQrks.com. The site targets overachievers, (and
their monstrously sized disposable income) giving
them a place on the web that is secure from the mere
mortals that drool and populate the Earth.
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It was this rather fordable group, now
gathered around the kitchen table to hear about this
mornings escapade. Carmen ran thru the highlights,
using her iPad where necessary to illustrate the
importance of todays visitors. The Polycom
speakerphone crackled to life as a plea for help
reaches Hawaii. The picture of Elizabeth Victoria
Aragon, now moved to a place of honor among the
assemblage, seemed to be smiling that once again
she was the center of attention.
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Micheal OConner stomped thru the
moist turf of Loma Vista Memorial Park, his boots
squishing irreverently his approach, a small toolbox
keeping time as it swings back and forth from his
arm. He stops at his wifes plot with an abrupt start,
lookingback toward the car, feeling he hadnt
walked quite far enough.
He places the toolbox on the ground next to
the grave. For a moment he stares at the gravestone,
it never fails to bring a smirk. The large
OConner
was blazed across the top half of the four-foot
high grave marker, with a smaller phrase equally as
brazen, in tone, if not in height of lettering.
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AdiosMotherFuckers
Her children were scandalized by the
tombstone but Haley and Micheal would not be
denied their lovers final wish.
Micheal withdrew the grass aerators from the
toolbox and began to perforate the grass atop the
grave. He sprinkled theJohnny Jump Up seeds
heavily on the grass and repeated the process of
stepping them into the soil.
Gardeners patrolled the area with lawn
mowers only twice a month, if he came the day after
they mowed, the flowers would often last for a week
before being chopped off. Flowers closest to the
gravestone always survived the bi-weekly
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onslaught, and offered a splash of purple to contrast
the granite & grass.
He sat on the toolbox, his eyes, little
recovered from this morning; he sniffed and plowed
a forearm across his nose.
Oh, God, where do I start? he asked
the sky.
The repeated sounds of car doors opening and
closing caused him to look back towards the parking
lot. His three children, a son-in law, and his two
grandchildren slopped their way toward him with
equal parts disgust, dismay, and infantile
fascination. He had fled the house before they had
all arrived, he needed time to think, to reason, to
investigate, to question, to understand.
Cat, as always, was the first to speak, Dad?
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She looked past her father to look upon the
dreaded Tombstone; her twins were crowding
around their grandpa, pushing to be first into his lap.
Carmen and Raven laid siege to a nearby
bench, George tried and failed to wrangle the twins
away from their Grandpa. One twin, Hailey, spun
away to the tombstone tracing the outline of the
work Fuckers.
I hate that thing, Cat sighed.
Her father looked up, I need to explain
something thingshe offered.
Right! interrupted Raven, before anyone
else could speak, her English accent made Micheal
fight back a smile.
Cat squatted next down to her father, Who is
this woman, Dad? This Elizabeth Victoria Aragon?
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He looked around at his family and felt like
he had over the last two years, unworthy,
unprepared, unwelcome.
He shook his head, looking at his wifes
grave Its a really long story.