EXHIBIT
EXHIBIT LAWRENCEVILLE NEWS.COM. >>> ONE SUMMER EVENING A NINE-
YEAR-OLD GIRL DECLARED SHE
WANTS TO BE AN AUTHOR.
THAT NIGHT SHE DIED
UNEXPECTEDLY IN HER SLEEP.
AFTER A YEAR OF GRIEVING HER
PARENTS SINCE HER RATING TO A
CHILDREN'S AUTHOR IN ATLANTA.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN HIS UNTOLD
ATLANTA SERIES.
ATLANTA SERIES. >> Reporter:>> I'M 4@A
STORYTELLER.
STORYTELLER. A JOURNALIST AND A CHILDREN'S
AUTHOR.
AUTHOR.
AUTHOR. YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE YOUR
STORIES ARE GOING TO COME
FROM.>> Reporter: AROUND AN
HOUR FROM 4@4@DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.
A STORYTELLER CHECKS THE
NUMBERS ON HIS LATEST
RELEASE.>>> WE WERE IN THE TOP
FIVE WITH THE BERENSTEIN
BEARS.>> Reporter: THE CO-
AUTHOR 4@SAID PAIN.>> I HOPE IT
FINDS A GREAT 4@AUDIENCE.
THERE IS A LOT THERE.>>
Reporter: HIS PARTNER IS
SOMEONE HE HAS NE4@VER MET AND
NEVER WILL.
NEVER WILL. >>> I WASN'T EXPECTING I 4@WILL
CO-AUTHOR A STORY WITH A NINE-
YEAR-OLD.
YEAR-OLD.
YEAR-OLD. THAT IT WOULD BE SOMEBODY WHO
HAD LOST THEIR LIFE.>>
Reporter: AROUND AN HOUR FROM
DOWNTOWN DALLAS TEXAS A BEDROOM
REMAINS AS IT WAS THREE YEARS
AGO.>> I DON'T WANT TO FORGET
WHAT SHE SMELLED LIKE.
AND WHAT HER SHOES LOOK LIKE.
WE HAVE HER SOFTBALL HELMET.>>
Reporter: SHE PLAYED SOFTBALL
RODE HORSES TRAVELED WITH MOM
SUSAN AND STEPDAD CHAD AND
4@
SUSAN AND STEPDAD CHAD AND SISTER JADE.
SISTER JADE. MORE THAN ALL THAT 4@SHE ROADS.
SHE WOULD SPEND HOURS WRITING
THESE STORIES.
THESE STORIES. THEY WERE WITTY.
THEY HAD HER WITH AN HUMOR IN
THEM.>> Reporter: ONE AUGUST
4@
THEM.>> Reporter: ONE AUGUST EVENING SUSAN SAID 4@HER DAUGHT
DECLARED AT THE DINNER TABLE
SHE WANTED TO BE AN AUTHOR.
SHE WENT TO BED A DREAM
INSIGHT.
INSIGHT.
INSIGHT. >>> LIKE EVERY NORMAL4@ NIGHT. @
AND THEN A LITTLE AFTER FIVE
THE NEXT MORNING JADE RUNS DOWN
AND SHE IS GONE.
JUST THAT QUICK.>> Reporter:
THE AUTOPSY 4@REVEALED WHAT HAD
GONE UNNOTICED.
GONE UNNOTICED. AN EXTREMELY RARE FORM OF
MYOCARDITIS.
MYOCARDITIS. AN INFECTION THAT ATTACKS THE
HEART.4@ 4@
HEART.4@ 4@ SHE HAD SHOWN AND NO SYMPTOMS.
THE VIRUS STOPPED HER HEART
INSTANTLY.>> IT IS SOMETHING
YOU GET 4@THROUGH.
IT IS NOT EVER SOMETHING YOU
GET OVER.
GET OVER.
GET OVER. YOU JUST GET THROUGH THE NEXT
DAY THE NEXT DAY.
AND THEN THE NEXT DAY.>>
Reporter: THEY KEPT HER ROOM
THEY TOLD HER STORY.
A YEAR AFTER HER DEATH SUSAN
AND CHAD DECIDED TO PURSUE HER
DREAM.
DREAM.
DREAM. THROUGH A FRIEND OF A FRIEND
800 MILES EAST.
>>> THESE BOOKS ARE WHAT ENDED
UP BECOMING VALES TALES.
THE TYPOS THE MISSPELLINGS.
YOU CAN SEE THE CHESS PIECES.>>
Reporter: HER PARENTS ASKED HIM
TO USE HIS SKILLS TO MODE HER
VISION.
VISION.
VISION. >>> SHE SENT ME A LETTER.
SHE SAID IS IMPORTANT TO SAY
SHE LOVED LIFE AND EVERYTHING
IN IT.
IN IT.
IN IT. SHE LAUG4@HED AND WAS SILLY.
SHE LOVED WITH HER WHOLE HEART.
>>> I FLEW TO ATLANTA AND MET
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. I
HIM. I KNEW THE MINUTE I SAW HIM.
I JUST KNEW IN MY HEART THIS IS
THE GUY.
THE GUY.
THE GUY. FOR THIS PROJECT.>> Reporter:
18 MONTHS LATER THE PROJECT 4@I
PUBLISHED.
PUBLISHED. FOR STORIES WITH ONE SPINE AND
TO OFFICE.
TO OFFICE. >>> EVERY TIME I TURNED OVER A
STORY TO SEND THE STORY TO
SUSAN SHE TOLD ME 4@4@SHE CRIED
MANY SENSES I WAS HELPING THE
FAMILY GRIEF.>>> AFTER THESE
THREE YEARS I FEEL LIKE SHE HAS
COME ALIVE IN HER BOOK.>>
4@
COME ALIVE IN HER BOOK.>> Reporter: THERE IS NO RIGHT WAY
TO GRIEVE.
TO GRIEVE. NO TIMELINE.
NO TIMELINE. NO MAP.
NO MAP.
NO MAP. THERE ARE THE WAYS WE RECLAIM
POWER AT A POWERLESS POINT.
THERE ARE THE STEPS LITTLE
ENLARGE.
ENLARGE.
ENLARGE. TO TELL A STORY TO HONOR A
LIFE.>>> I JUST WANT TO TELL
HER.
HER.
HER. THIS
HER. THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED.
THIS IS YOUR DREAM.
IT HAS COME TRUE.>>> THEY
PROVIDED THE WORDS IN
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