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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊
- the years before Headlock takes place.
𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟓 -
Twins had never been a part of the
Shelby family tree. Nobody had ever considered
that twins could've came along in that family.
Except now - during the early hours
of a rather sunny morning, Martha found herself
cradling not one child but two. A boy and a girl.
Their cries echoed across the canal, The January
steadying them as they drifted across the water.
Polly Gray looked at her with furrowed eyebrows.
"Twins, Martha." She whispered, pushing down the blanket to get a good look at their faces.
Martha looked up at the woman and began laughing. "Twins." She repeated. Her eyes returned to her new babies, the sun falling upon their faces. "John. ." She confirmed, having already had a name picked out after Polly had predicted she'd give birth to a boy. "And a darling girl-" Martha had always wanted a girl. Always.
But after Arthur and Thomas, she wasn't sure
if a girl would be on the cards for her. But there she was, a complete and utter miracle.
"Francesca Shelby." A breath of satisfaction was let out into the air. "John and Francesca."
IMPORTANT EVENTS TO WRITE BEFORE THE WAR:
- Mother's death. 1909
- Reggie's parents passing. 1912, 17 y/o
- Reggie's siblings, make it known he has other family.
- Francis getting sick 1908-1909
- Their dad leaving 1909
- Finn being born 1908
- Michael and Anna getting taken away 1908
- Francis relationship with the church after Martha's death
- Freddie Thorne intro 1906
- Johns first son 1912, 7 in 1919