Going Solo-Gen1.

My name is Ansley Gruber (as far as I know). I grew up in the small town of Twinbrook. All my life, it was just my mother and I. I never knew my father, my mom left him when I was just a toddler.  When I got older I asked her about him but all she would ever say was that he was a mean man. Not only was he mean, but he also was apparently an important guy.

My mom was technically a criminal you see. Because of his connections, she didn't win custody of me in the divorce so on the day she was supposed to turn me over to him she ran instead. Because she was wanted by the authorities, we lived on the outskirts of town renting a house from a 'friend' for very low rent. Turns out that friend was part of a network for battered women.

Mom didn't work so she gardened and painted to make ends meet. I never had new clothes, they were always second hand things bought from thrift shops. At first I resented my mom for making us live like that. I wanted what the other kids had, the fashionable clothes, a car, you know the normal things, but that wasn't what I got.

What I did have was love. My mom risked everything for me and made sure I always had things before she did. She taught me to paint and I would sell my simple art work at the local flea market like she did. School was rough, I struggled to make good grades even with mom helping me. It didn't matter about school however, I wouldn't need good grades for what I wanted to do in life.

I joined the drama club in high school and fell in love with acting. My dream in life was to be a Superstar Actor. So after graduation I packed up my meager belongings and moved from the small town of Twinbrook to the big city of Bridgeport.

Mom was a small town girl, but I was everything to her so she moved with me. She found a nice small house to rent. Her painting were doing better and she had starting writing some how-to books on gardening that were very profitable for her. She said she didn't need much, so she gave me the money I needed to rent a small studio apartment in town. My name is Ansley Gruber, and I'm gonna be a star!

***A/N***

Jenni and Ansley were sims I used in a short challenge (that I completed!!!) called the Run away wife challenge. I decided to move Ansley over to start this Going Solo Challenge. I know I'm notorious for not completing challenges but this one is meant to take a super long time. It will help with my boredom that I get from playing one family for too long.