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Chapter 2:
The Kray boys were known as little trouble makers by the age of 8, always playing pranks on others or getting in to fights much to the displeasure of their mother who had hoped at least one of them would be good in school and become a doctor or a lawyer.
It all started on a hot day at the start of July when Violet Kray was walking back with her sons after a day at the local swimming pool. A very fancy and expensive looking car pulled up in front of the house across the street from where she lived with her husband and two sons. It had been sold the previous month and had been renovated but nobody had yet to see the new owner, it was the talk of the street. She stopped in her tracks when she saw a woman jump out of the car, she was beautiful, she looked like she should be on a stage rather than here in the East End but at that moment she was clearly in distress. She was shouting and crying as another figure appeared from out of the car, it was a man who was clearly at least a decade older than the woman but still very handsome and impeccably dressed. The driver also exited the car and removed a few large bags from the trunk before rushing back to the driver's seat to get away from the argument. Violet noticed that people from all over the street had stepped outside of their homes to see what the noise was. As she looked back over to the shouting couple, she noticed the man had opened the car door and reached into grab something. It was a baby who was screaming, he forcibly handed the baby to the woman before dropping a set of keys at her feet and getting back in the car. As the car drove off, Violet noticed the woman crumble to her knees, crying and struggling to hold the screaming baby. She quickly told Reggie to go get his father before rushing over to the woman, she took the baby in fear that the woman would drop it and tried to soothe her. Violet's husband was over in no time and had put all of her things in the house before helping the woman up and ordered by his wife to bring her over to their home.
After about half an hour of crying, the woman stopped and was apologizing. Violet was still holding the baby, "Her name is Arabella" the woman whispered before continuing her story "her father, that prick you just saw is married which he had failed to mention until after I told him I was pregnant. Now he's abandoned us, sure he bought us a house and will send money but my daughter deserves a father, someone to look after her." She said as a few tears fell again.
"I'll help look after her and I'll protect her!" a small voice said by the kitchen door, it was Ronnie. The woman smiled, "That's very sweet." Ronnie went and sat beside his mum to get a good look at the baby he had vowed to protect and at that moment Ronnie Kray's heart burst with love.
Reggie never understood why his brother spent nearly every minute he could in Miss Song's house across the street, he didn't understand why he liked spending so much time with the screaming brat. It had just started walking according to Ronnie who was so proud. It was all he talked about, he didn't play football with him and the lads anymore, didn't get into fights after school anymore because he was always at that damn house , even his mother was always talking about the baby who she helped look after when Miss Song was working. So he decided to go see what all the fuss was about. Knocking on the door, he knew that Miss Song would answer because Ronnie was in detention for yet again not doing his homework. She opened and smiled when she saw Reggie, "No Ronnie today?" she asked. He shrugged his shoulder before telling her that he would probably be here after he was done with detention. She invited him in and asked him if he wanted a soda, as she was in the kitchen getting him his drink he noticed a small crib in the living room with the brat sleeping inside. Miss Song came out and handed him his drink, "Would you mind keeping an eye on her while I go get dressed for work?" he was unsure but still nodded and watched as the pretty young woman went up the stairs.
The baby started to cry, he quickly looked around, not knowing what to do. He walked over and as soon as she saw him, she stopped and reached her hands out, probably thinking he was Ronnie. He held out his hand and smiled lightly as the baby wrapped her fingers around two of his own fingers, maybe she wasn't that bad after all…
The Kray twins were nearly 21 when it happened, Arabella had just turned 13 and Ronnie still doted on her, she was a little beauty and Ronnie was always glaring at the boys who talked to her when he picked her up at school. Reggie never understood, he had once confronted his twin, worried for the little girl but Ronnie had told him he liked men which had washed away any fears he had about his feelings towards the little girl so in Reggie's eyes he knew his brother was just he had about his feelings towards the little girl so in Reggie's eyes he knew his brother was just protecting the girl he had watched grow up.
Her father had made an appearance then, both brothers recognized him, he was in politics and was very influential. He had decided that having Arabella as a daughter would be advantageous, his other daughter who was far from a beauty would never be able to help him seal a deal but he knew Arabella to be beautiful, even at her age and would blossom even more. So only a few weeks after Arabella's birthday, she was whisked off to some fancy boarding in Paris. And Ronnie's heart broke that day. Sure the letters had helped, the phone calls too and the two week visit during the summer was when Ronnie was at his happiest but slowly, the phone calls came less and less and the letters were less frequent and soon the visits stopped. Miss Song turned to alcohol and men and Ronnie turned to his work and violence. One day he just snapped, nearly paralysing a man, he was sentenced to 3 years in jail and nearly half a year before his 3 years were up, he was sent to the madhouse.