Taken

authors note~ please read!

Hi guys! I just wanted to say something about the last chapter, chapter 20.

One of my bestfriends Carly, was 16 when she died in a car accident. i was only 10 years old, i knew her because of my sister, but carly and i were close like sisters.

I used what happened to Carly happen to Gale in the story to sorta teach you guys a lesson and warn you about what could happen to anyone.

She was on her way to jump off a bridge with a couple of her friends, they were going to jump into a creek which had a hole that was deep to jump into.

There was a driver, someone in the passengers seat, and one other person in the back seat other than carly.

Everyone except carly was wearing their seatbelts.

The speed limit was 30 mph but the driver decided to speed it up a little and go 60 on a dirt road.

he then lost control of the car turning a corner and it rolled.

Carly went through her window on the right side because she wasnt wearing her seatbelt and unfortunately the car rolled right ontop of her and compleatly flatten her body. she was pronouced dead at the scene.

My sister was invited to go with this group of people who went to the brige but she had a date with a boy carly introuced her to. When my sister got back home from lunch with the boy they both came to my grandmas house which was across the street from my house at the time and so i was there.

My sister got a call from Carly but it wasnt carly it was a Police officer. He started questioning my siser about caly and asking how old she was and where she went to school and every because my sister was the last person to talk to her that day.

Carly's parents were not allowed to see her body because of the condition it was in, but they were allowed to hold her hand for a breif moment. At her funeral it was a closed casket.

Carly was such a sweet girl. She had a smile that could light up a room in a second. She was the youngest on the swim team who has ever won a competetion in the butterfly skill with the less time. She was only 16 when this accident happened which means, she never got her drivers liesence, she never went to highschool prom, she never went to highschool homecoming, she never graduated highschool and she never got to start college along with her friends. She also was a only child, so the pain her parents went through was horrific. They split up for a while, but then got back together a couple months after. They sold thier house and moved to flordia.

My sister and i to this day still go to Carly's stone at the graveyard and bring her flowers. It used to be filled with tons of stuff people bought that reminded them of her but over the years people started to move to college and start their own families and they tend to forgot about her. But my sister and i havent.

What im asking you right now is that when youre in car you NEVER know what is going to happen to you, but your safety can always be gauranteed if you wear your seatbelt.

Its not asking much, but it would mean a lot if you started to think about wat can happen.

Carly,Everyone in that car, Her Parents. MY sister. My parents. The whole student body at her highschool and i never saw this coming for such a sweet girl but it did happen and it haunts me to this day on that road, and anytime im in a car.

Thank you and i hope youre enjoying the story!

rip c.c.c june 24, 2010