Home Sweet France

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Rose is 14. Finn is 17

Tommy pov

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. The only word I could think of in a situation like this. Just when I started to understand our family. As we settled in with the power we all had, I get told this. A sister? Not ada but another sister? I didn't want to believe it but deep down, I knew that my father probably had hundreds of children from all the whores he fucked after our mother. All I knew was that finn would be over the moon not to be the youngest and a little girls life was about to change forever.

Me, Arthur and John were driving to London where our new sister was apparently staying with our father. We had social services telling us of our sister. They're had been complaints from neighbours of the girls neglect which didn't surprise me and the government wanted to find someone else she could stay with. They found us and left our sister to live with our father until the time comes for her to be with us. Apparently the social worker went to take our sister to an orphanage for a few nights but our father didn't allow it and threatened to shoot them all. Again. Not surprised.

When we finally arrived, we were outside a row of council houses. Windows smashed on a few of them and some didn't even have doors. We only had the street not the house number so this could take a while.

"How the fuck we supposed to know where she lives?" Arthur grumbled

"Do you even know her name Tom?" John asked

"We check every house. And her name is Rose Shelby. From what I've been told, her mother was French and so she has an accent."

Rose pov

I was dragging my father's drunk arse home after he had thrown up in a prostitutes cleavage. Not the nicest picture and definitely not the best thing for his daughter to see. He was walking himself was every now and then, I would have to catch him slightly as he stumbled around

"Papa, tu es tellement irresponsable"
(Daddy, you are so irresponsible)

I said as I dragged his body closer to the house. Stood outside our house (if you could call it that) were 3 intimidating men. Tall and had a look that demanded both fear and respect. Before I could question why they were outside our house, Madeleine ran outside

"Madeleine, rentre"
(Madeleine, go inside)

I told her. She looked at papa with tears in her eyes

"Est-ce que papa va bien ?"
(Is daddy OK?)

She asked. The men were now looking at us and at madeleine

"Va voir Timothée"
(Go check on timothee)

I told her so she didn't have to watch whatever the fuck was about to happen. She nodded and ran back inside. My father was now throwing up against the neighbours house when i turned to the men

"Can I help you gentlemen?" My English was good however I still had a strong French accent.

"I take it your Rose Shelby?" The more scary out of the 3 asked.

"And what is it to you?" I asked as I raised my eyebrow at them

"I'm John shelby. And these are my brothers Tommy and Arthur. That bastard over there is our father which makes you our sister" the youngest said. I looked at him unamused

"Bollocks" I said as I walked inside the house. They followed uninvited. In the house were 3 more people.

"This is my sister madeleine and our brothers, timothee and Andre" I said pointing to the children. Madeleine was 7. Andre was 10 and timothee was 2. I looked after them all. Only Andre understood English. The youngest 2 only spoke French.

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