Scarlet’s family are in a long line of gypsy descendants and her family are very fixed on the gypsy lifestyle. She loved her large extended family but longed to attend normal public school rather than being taught irregularly by her parents in their caravan. at the age of 12 her parents gave in to her wish for a normal life so now she and her parents live in a house and she is attending public school although due to her early childhood she is massively judged at her school because of the towns issues with gypsy in the past. she strives to have a different life from that of her parent and have a stable non hectic family life. now aged 15 she has lived in the town for three years she has become friendly with 14year old hugo because of how close they live to each there
Her mother works at a flower shop in town and her dad is a door to door sales man although her parents work they have little qualifications to be able to earn a well paid job so the family rely on benefits from the government too keep their family on their feet. scarlet also has a part time job washing the dishes for a pub down the road she feels like she should also provide for the families welfare
Mazy is 33 she is mother of Hugo and Brodie Williams, she divorced her husband after he left to live with woman he had and an affair with at the time Hugo was two and Brodie was 15. She now does not get on very well with her ex husband and the children rarely got too see him as they him growing up. She has been in a number of relationships since the divorce but none of them have worked out due to her struggles with anxiety and panic attacks this made looking after her children difficult. But as Brodie is now older he helps bring up his younger brother to relive stress from his mother.
She has very little contact with her family as they did not agree with her young pregnancy with Brodie and they also did not agree with the relationship she had with her now ex husband. Her relationship with them has somewhat improved now that she and her ex husband got divorced.
She used to work in the local nursery teacher but left soon after Hugo as born so she could devote more time looking after him. She now works short shift in the local super market to provide money for her family though they get benefits as the money made is not enough to support them
Hugo is 14 he lives with his mother mazy Williams and is looked after by his mum and older brother Brodie Williams who lives in a house across from Hugo with his pregnant girlfriend Imogene .Hugo’s dad left when he was 2 to go live with the woman he had had an affair with,his dad and the woman now have three children Cara, brooke and Isaac and got married when Hugo was little. Hugo has a very strained relationship with his father as his mother and father do not get along. He very rarely sees him and looks to his older brother as more of a father figure.
Hugo is dyslexic and was diagnosed when he as ten. It was noticed when he was unable to read or spell as well as the other children his age. He struggles in school but get a number of supports from teachers to help him keep up with class work.
he has found friendship with scarlet ross who is a 15 year old gypsy who moved too town a few year ago, they help each other through all their issues such as bullying or learning difficulties
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