It was a sunny day and Tony was at work as usual when a group of girls walked into his restaurant they took a seat as Tony walked over to them to take their orders.
"Shouldn't you be in school", Tony asked.
"No school wants me", Chardonnay-Alesha replied.
"No, our foster mum died and Chardonnay-Alesha got herself kicked out of school", Saskia replied.
"Who are you", Tony asked.
"Saskia, Berry, Selena, Chardonnay-Alesha and Crystal", Saskia said pointing at her sisters.
"Yes can we have our chips now", Crystal asked.
"Sure", Tony replied.
He went into the kitchen where Blessing was working and ordered her to cook the chips for the girls. He didn't know why but the five girls reminded him of the McQueen family, he wondered if it was because they were all girls or not. At the desk Chardonnay-Alesha walked over to Tony and looked at him.
"Yes", Tony asked.
"Is it you have a job", Chardonnay-Alesha asked.
"Sorry", Tony asked Just as Berry got up.
"Do you have any jobs available", Berry asked.
"Yeah, how old are you", Tony replied.
"Seventeen", Berry replied.
Tony hired her just as the chips came out making Crystal smile. Tony walked over to Berry as she had to sign a form. She was going to do the cleaning at the dog in the pond. She gave the former back to Tony and Tony was shocked to see her name is Berry McQueen meaning he was right. After their chips Tony walked over to the table.
"Which McQueen you looking for", Tony asked.
"Mercedes McQueen she's our mum", Chardonnay-Alesha replied.
Tony was shocked. He gave them the McQueen address and Berry the day she was starting work and let them out. Blessing and Sinead looked at Tony as he looked at them.
"Tony", Blessing said.
"Mercedes McQueen is their mother", Tony replied.
Blessing and Signed looked shocked and continued to serve customers in the pub. Dirk walked in with Hilton in the pram to drop something off for Tony. Blessing picked Hilton up and started to play with him. Dirk smiled as Hilton smiled.
"His such a happy baby", Blessing said.
"Not at home he isn't", Dirk replied.
Blessing put Hilton back into the pram so Dirk could leave again as he was going to see Dodger and Nico as Dodger is giving her a place to stay. Tony smiled as Dirk left and they got back to work.
"Dirk", Sinead said getting him to turn around.
"Yes", Dirk replied walking over to Sinead.
"A girl left this in the pub, she's on her way to the McQueen's can you give it to her", Sinead asked.
"Sure", Dirk replied as Sinead gave it to him and went back inside.
Dirk smiled at Hilton and walked over to the McQueen house hold where Mercedes and Carmel where singing a bit of karaoke. Mercedes opened the door as Carmel turned the karaoke machine off. Mercedes and Carmel looked at Dirk as he began to speak.
"Is Berry McQueen here", Dirk asked.
Mercedes froze, that's her daughters name who she gave up for adoption along with her sisters Saskia, Selena, Chardonnay-Alesha and Crystal. Mercedes stood there with tears filling her eyes as Carmel took the bit of paper and shut the door and sat Mercedes down on the sofa just as she began to cry.
"Mercedes babe", Carmel said.
"My daughters are out there, what on earth do they think of our family mostly...", Mercedes said while crying.
"Of you, you gave them up for a better life", Carmel said.
"What if they got worse", Mercedes cried.
"You had Saskia at fourteen, Berry at fifteen, Selena and Chardonnay-Alesha at eighteen and Crystal at twenty four, you weren't ready for motherhood, but now you are, everyone will help you, mum, nana, everyone", Carmel said.
"Ok", Mercedes replied wiping her eyes.
A knock was at the door and Carmel opened it to see five girls standing at the door step. Mercedes got up and looked at them realising Berry looks a little like herself. As no one would speak up as the loudest out of the five Chardonnay-Alesha decided she would speak up for her sisters otherwise they'd get no where.
"Are any of you Mercedes McQueen", Chardonnay-Alesha asked.
"Yes", Mercedes replied inviting her daughters in.
"Just going to pick Kathleen-Angel up from nursery", Carmel said leaving Mercedes with her daughters.
Mercedes stared at her daughters, they had all grown so much since she last saw them. It was silent as Mercedes didn't know what do say. Crystal got up and found a picture of her mum holding a baby boy.
"That's your brother Bobby", Mercedes said.
"Where is he", Crystal asked.
"He lives with his daddy in America", Mercedes replied.
"Ok", Crystal replied.
"Crystal has been diagnosed with asperger syndrome a form of autism", Saskia said.
Mercedes smiled it was nice seeing her daughters again but she didn't have any room for them to stay. She made them all a bedding area down stairs just as Carmel and Kathleen-Angel arrived home.
"We're gonna explore Hollyoaks", Chardonnay-Alesha said.
"Ok", Mercedes replied.
The girls left as Mercedes stared at Carmel, she smiled as Kathleen-Angel smiled at Mercedes.