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Braydon & Brett Malone: I introduce these two little monsters together .. because that's what they always are - together (and little monsters). They are the youngest of the family, and very clearly the most work. Neither of them have ever learned to be on their own, and they're not likely to learn it any time soon. More often than not, they're not even called by name - they're just called "the twins". They came about after Marnie had mostly decided (on her own, of course) to stop having children. However, accidents do still happen... and so, seemingly as Karma for all the "accidents" she had already claimed - she got pregnant one more time, and ended up with twins.

They are both fussy troublemakers, and very good what they do. Nobody has ever bothered to teach them any manners, and they just run wild in whatever space they find themselves in, whether it be another tiny, messy apartment, or the great outdoors.

Being the youngest in a family the size of the Malones, is, as you can guess, not easy. Especially when that family isn't doing so well in the funds department. The twins might have started out better in life had they had some exposure to anyone other than family, but there was no money for them to go to daycare, so a beleaguered Marnie carts them with her everywhere. They end up being drug along to every scout meeting or sports game of Myles and Phoenix, and then promptly get left to their own devices. Which, as one can imagine, usually leads to disaster. I'm not sure the twins have ever heard anything other than a raised voice spoken towards them, usually in anger or frustration.

When Marnie has a spare moment, she does occasionally try to teach one or the other of them some skills, but the other twin is always nearly glued to their brother, and determined to get attention by causing trouble. ...Which is not an environment conducive to learning. Will they ever learn life skills - or will they continue to be the millstone to a family that should have never gotten to this size?

(Stay tuned, tomorrow we meet the star of our story!)

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