In flashbacks, Shannon's father is killed in a car accident. Shannon is accepted to an internship with a dance company, but can't go because her step mother cut off her money supply, and she won't be getting any money from her father because he had a living trust and everything went to Shannon's step mom.
Shannon asks Boone if she can live with him, but his mother gave him a job, and so he is moving. Boone offers her money, but Shannon is determined to find her own way.