Shades of Grey, the Intro.

This is Laura Grey. Her traits are Handy, Inappropriate, Neat, Grumpy and Lucky. Her favorites are Electronica, Goopy Carbonara and the color Lilac. She is the only sim in this story that I chose traits for. I wanted her to be Neat, Lucky and Handy, then with the situation she is in I thought Inapropriate and Grumpy would be interesting and more realistic. The childrens traits are random.


This is Mathew Grey. His traits are Brave, Good Sense of Humor and Inappropriate. His favorites are Latin music, Mac and Cheese and the color Sea Foam.

Here is little Ashley Grey. Her traits are good and grumpy. Her favorite things are Pop Music, Pancakes and the color Turquoise.

Now that the introductions have been made, ON with the story!! ;)

Laura Grey and her two children needed a place to stay. They had next to nothing as far as money and personal belongings, and they were lucky someone allowed them to rent a small building somewhat close to town. It wasn’t a house exactly, not quite a shack either. The small, square building had one main room and a bathroom. Laura knew it would be cramped, and completely inadequate for a family of three, but it was all she could afford. She furnished it as sparsely as she possibly could. There had only the very basics, a fridge, a sink, a toilet, a table and a bed. It would be hard, but she thought she could do it.

Laura and her two children, Mathew and Ashley, had been through a lot. Laura had been married to a man who treated his family like they were the most precious things the world had to offer. His name was Walter and he was a wonderful husband and father. He gave them everything they could ever need, and most of the things they wanted. They were not a rich family, but they were far above average. Then tragedy struck in the form of a lightning bolt.

Walter had been out fishing with some of his friends, when out of the clear blue sky a bold of lightning struck and killed him. He died instantly. Laura was devastated. She didn’t know how she could live without Walter, and she had two children to take care of on her own.

She thought she would do fine, she thought Walter had life insurance. He didn’t. Then a few days after the funeral the papers started coming in the mail and the phone started ringing off the hook. It was Tax Collectors. What Laura hadn’t known was that Walter had been avoiding paying taxes for quite some time. That’s how they were able to afford the large house and two cars. Now she was stuck with the tax bills, and no way to pay.

That’s when she decided to leave everything behind, take the kids and move to Riverview. Only taking a suitcase with a few changes of cloths for her and the kids, and a little cash she had stashed in a cookie jar, she left to start a new life. Let the tax collectors have the rest, she thought, and never looked back.