Lexi Carter is an illegitimate child who was adopted by Alex Carter and grew up as his only child. Over time, Alex's household expanded as he married Gwen and they had twin boys. Blythe, a mysterious teenage girl, also came to live with them. Lexi found the intrusions difficult as a rebellious teen but went off to college with Blythe. The document provides background on Lexi's family and teases future stories while acknowledging Lexi herself does not have a significant story or character development.

1. Meanwhile In
Limbo
Following, once again, a certain Lexi Carter. This time,
she remains unaware that I am watching her family.

2. You all remember Lexi, I assume. An
illegitimate love child, taken from her
mother’s arms the night she was born, not to
be seen again.
Or so you thought.
Lexi herself holds very little historical
significance, except that she always seemed
(during this time period, at least) to be a
direct eyewitness to almost everything. This
is not her story, for that very reason. Lexi has
no story. All she does is watch.

3. A child is hardly news on this island. Single parents
are an even older story. No—the surprise in all
observers of the tiny house on the edge of
Bluewater before the Great Flood rested in that
there was only ONE child.
That was unheard of. Almost cruel; children were
supposed to come in bunches. Why, the poor thing
Alex Carter had brought home had only an Isles
Corgi* pup for company.
*(Sims have never been to Wales. Okay, the whole island is very loosely
based on Great Britain, but it’s not called that. So, Isles Corgi instead of
Welsh Corgi.)

4. An unremarkable child. Standard Phantasma
genetics, nearly identical to her massive heap of
cousins and siblings. Tanned skin, blue eyes, brown
hair. She could be anyone.
Except that she remains the only child, adopted or
otherwise, of a shopkeeper rapidly moving his way
to prosperity and beyond.

5. The flood came and wiped Bluewater clean. No
one noticed, really. A complete architectural
redesigning was the only physical clue. That, and a
new name: Phantom Beach and Company.
Lexi, in her new home, undisturbed, was quickly
picking up Alex’s flair for business. Though unable
to make much money yet, she was looking forward
to a very successful future.
Meanwhile, Alex was getting his groove on with a
spare single mom (left over from creating teenage
soulmates for dating purposes). No one was quite
sure if Gwen had moved in or not, but she certainly
spent a lot of time at the Carter household.

6. Lexi barely noticed Gwen; who could notice
someone who spent so much time in the master
bedroom instead of in the parlor like a normal,
sociable person?
She got the shock of her life, though, when Alex
brought home a young teen girl, who claimed to
have washed up during the flood. Anyone would
notice a sudden older sister moving into a bedroom
they’ve had to themselves for nine years.
That being said, Blythe and Lexi got along relatively
well. Though quite different in age, the girls shared
mysterious origins and a taste for the finer things in
life.

7. Very shortly after Blythe’s mysterious appearance,
Alex and Gwen were standing in the backyard to tie
the knot; the reason for the rush readily apparent in
Gwen’s swollen appearance.
(Discontinuity in pics: the wedding took two takes,
as Gwen decided to give birth between posing for
Take 1 and actually getting married. See next slide.)

8. Aaron and Benny, twin boys, nearly identical, were
welcomed into the world. Lexi didn’t care much
for him, but since Blythe, Alex, and Gwen all
doted over the little ones, no one else noticed.
The boys have always been very nearly identical,
except that Aaron has grey eyes and Benny has
green. Their purpose comes later; “Project
Carter” due out when I actually get to writing it.

9. Autumn came with the move back to the
original isle, away from the prone-to-flooding
old Bluewater site. The rich and patchworked
family took to playing; the again-expecting
Gwen enjoying the leaves just as much as the
boys, but rebellious Lexi opting for puddles
instead.
Lexi was indeed feeling rebellious. She’s been
alone for so long with Alex; the intrusion of
Gwen, Blythe, Benny, Aaron, and this New
Child Who Is Presumably Just As Bad in
combination with the eve of her teen years was
starting to cause minor stirs of trouble.

10. Blythe was not half so disturbed. A peaceful teen
by any standard, she spent a lot of her time
painting, mostly portraits of Benny and Aaron, both
adorable and reasonably willing subjects.
In all truth, I was just killing time so she could go
to college with Lexi. The pair, in combination with
a heap of other young Phantasmas, would fit in
perfectly at the actual-playing-time recently opened
Phantasma University.

11. Lexi’s birthday finally rolled around. I needed her
and Blythe deported to college, and fast—their
bedroom was the one the Carters intended to put
the newest baby, due any day, in.
I think I may have made her Fortune. Lexi did not
spend long as a teen, or long in college, and had her
aspiration swapped an almost shameful amount in
effort to give her a story that never quite happened.
Still, I can think of worse fates…like what
happened to that poor son of hers. Maybe we can
visit in a few updates, after we cover the rest of the
island…

12. Lexi went to college in company with Blythe, Arthur, two young
blonde twins with the gift of magic (who will be mentioned
later) and a custom boyfriend. She never did develop a story,
and is still just sort of a rock in the center of the wild maelstrom
of siblings, friends, and children getting into trouble.
This is not the end of the Carters by any means. The next
feature chapter should be Project Carter, after the other needed
updates so that time flows in a reasonably logical (if not all that
believable) manner.