-Caslin Donald- Carli's Mother

History: Carli was born in Madison, Wisconsin. She lived there a while, on the outskirts of the city, though perhaps not in the best area. She lived with her mother and her grandparents for the first few months of her life until her grandparents died in an auto accident, a guy in an SUV who'd fallen asleep at the wheel and hit her grandparent's car.

After word spread of the accident, Garett heard and offered Caslin and his daughter a home. For a while it was good, Carli went through her toddler years beautifully, her dad taking a liking to her and enjoying being a family. It seemed no one seemed to notice what had happened, then a few people at the school started asking questions after one of Garett's female students said he'd been making passes at her and had patted her butt one day after class. He insisted that he'd just been friendly to her and she mistook it as flirting. And the pat must have been an accident he didn't even recall occurring. No other incidents were mentioned and so it wound up being dismissed, though the girl changed schools. And Caslin said no relationship occurred until after she graduated. It had been close enough timing wise that Carli's birth seemed to fit. She'd actually been born late, but was so small still that people believed she could have been born premature.

Caslin started asking Garett when they might get married, it seemed to her the thing to do, they were in love, living together, and had a child. Garett dismissed the talk, and before long he began drinking more than casually and coming home late with tell tale signs he wasn't faithful. Caslin of course was not happy about this, and when she started to ask questions, demanding to know what Garett was doing, the abuse started to emerge. At least it was when Carli noticed it. She never could be sure if it hadn't happened before then. She was about 7 at the time. Her mother was determined though to make it work. Garett still said he cared about her, and every time his temper would flare up he came home the next day, sober and sweet, flowers in hand. Caslin loved him, she wanted to believe he'd stop, he was the father of her child, and at this point he'd never laid a hand on Carli.

When Carli got to be about 11 though, and she was starting to want to wear a bra and shave her legs, even though she didn't have much for a bra to do, and her legs didn't really need shaving yet. She started having crushes and becoming a little lady and not just a little girl. All this somehow changed the way her father looked at her. And one night when he came home and found that Carli was staying out till after dark at the movies with a coed group of friends and no parent present he was angry. Her mother was already hidden in her room when she came in and Carli got upset, she'd asked permission from her mom and it wasn't like anything was going on. She hadn't even held a boy's hand. But her defiance upset him, he'd been drinking and he hit Carli that night for the first time.

Soon Carli became just as easy a target for Garett's drunken rages as Caslin. And when Caslin realised he was hitting Carli she packed them up and moved out. Thankfully Caslin had an Aunt Taresa near by who could take mother and daughter in. They were protected from Garett there, as Taresa had some money and a security gate around her home.

Carli was sent to one of their best private schools in the area. They had small classes, a campus with security, and Taresa arranged transportation to and from school for Carli so she was safe at all times. Caslin as well had found a place to work at an office in downtown. They felt safe and after the first few weeks living with Taresa they heard nothing from Garett.

Taresa was engaged to be married and her fiancé, Matthew, was living with them. He'd even become something of a proper father figure to Carli. They married when Carli was 15, but soon after the couple started to fight. Matt was not the sort to take out his anger, but the yelling scared Carli. She hadn't been around fighting were someone didn't get hurt. The couple divorced and without prenuptials Matthew got a good sum of Taresa's holdings. They had been together for a long time before marrying and he had contributed a lot to her. They sometimes wonder if had they just remained living together and never married if things would have worked out. Taresa said she was still happy to and able to pay for Carli's schooling, but something about her aunt's break up made Caslin realize she needed to get out on her own with her daughter. Especially when they began receiving strange and threatening calls and a car had been seen lurking frequently outside the home. Caslin debated what was best for her and Carli, and decided she needed to prove to Carli that they could make it on their own. And she hoped a little distance from this place might help them both get a fresh start. They moved several hours north and a bit east to Michigan.

Carli started a new school for her senior year, and is trying to deal with meeting new people and making new friends, all while trying to ignore the past she left behind. Caslin has found a job to keep them in a decent home and fed and clothed. Though they couldn't afford the kind of nice home Taresa had or the kind of neighborhood. They have what they need, and with Carli working now and getting active at school she didn't have too much time to think about it all. Caslin as well works long hours, keeping herself busy both to keep her mind off her mistakes and because they could use the money now.

But recently her mother informed her that somehow Garett had found out they moved to Ridgefield. Taresa said he'd called her house and been lurking around until finding they no longer lived with her. Carli's scared and haunted by the knowledge that her father knows where she lives, afraid that he'll come back to  hurt her and her mom again. Worried if he finds them he'll even kill them maybe for leaving. Carli doesn't know what her father could or couldn't be capable of anymore.

Neighborhood: Greenwhich - #4 Bradford Street

Job:  Old Navy

Vehicle: A black Neon, looking slightly brand new thanks to her mother saving up enough money to buy her one.

Best Friend(s): None at the moment.

Dating Status: Has a little thing beginning with Keiran, but she's still optimistically cautious. She  is also a virgin, and she would like to keep it that way until she finds the right man.

Social Status: New. Although she was Semi-Popular in her old school thanks to her Aunt..

Class Schedule:

1st Period- Art
2nd Period- Art History
3rd Period- Health
Morning Break
4th Period- Physical Education
5th Period- Economics
Lunch
6th Period- Web Design
7th Period- AP World Geography
8th Period- French

Activities:

- Clubs: Yearbook, Art Club
- Sports: Colorguard, Snowboarding, Softball

Other Information: Carli is allergic to anything sea-food, raw fish and lobster are two things that bother her, especially the smell itself. She also plans on opening her own art museum when she finishes school.

Likes: She absolutely adores anything artistic. Even if it's any bit of crazed splashing over a canvas. Even she has done that. She loves a romantic guy. One other thing she does like is the smell of roses. Roses are one of her favorite flowers, and perhaps the only favorite, which is why she paints pictures of roses at times, or includes one in her painting. Another thing Carli likes are artistic people, poets, or any people into designing and creating as much as she is. She loves school and loves having lots of friends to spend her time with. She also likes her mother, for everything she's done to keep the two out of pain and anguish.
 
Dislikes: Carli doesn't like anything that has to do with hate. Hate-crime or abusive and controlling guys, it scares her and reminds her of her father. There are many new things Carli tries, but one thing she will never try is sex before she's ready or drugs because she doesn't like the idea of being so out of control. She also doesn't like girls who are so desperate for attention that they'll do anything to get it, even lie, manipulate, and hurt people.

Quote: "Life is one big canvas. So much room to try new things, mould it, splash it, do whatever you want. It's yours if you want it, but you have to work for it to look just right"

Any extra-curricular non-school activity: Carli baby-sits sometimes for a little extra cash beyond what she makes at work. Quite often she is seen in her own art-room in the basement, splashing up a brand new canvas to show at an Arts Festival.