![]() They get in trouble with a police officer for throwing rocks. Later, Eddie sneaks out to hang out with Mickey and his friend Linda. Lyons realizes who he is and tells him to leave. Mickey later shows up at the Lyons' house, hoping to see Eddie. After learning that they mysteriously share a birthday, they make a pact to be "blood brothers," cutting their hands to seal the agreement. They take an immediate liking to one another. Years later, Mickey and Eddie meet while playing on the street. ![]() She tells her to stay away from the house and make certain that the boys never meet, as she suspects something terrible will happen if they do. Lyons is upset by her behavior and fires her, paying her off with a large severance. She immediately regrets her decision, as she still feels attached to Eddie and takes every opportunity she can to see him at the Lyons' house while she is working. Lyons and tells her other children that one of the twins died. After the twins, named Mickey and Eddie, are born, she gives Eddie up to Mrs. Lyons' offer, hoping that it will give one of her children a better, more financially secure future. Johnstone's pregnancy, she asks her for one of the twins, singing "My Child." She says no one will ever have to know what they did. Her husband has dissuaded her from adoption, as he does not want a child that is not biologically his. ![]() Lyons wants to have a child of her own but is physically unable to get pregnant. She is uncertain about how she will pay for two more children. She subsequently discovers that she is pregnant with twins, much to her great dismay. She takes a job with the Lyons family, working as their maid. She is unable to pay the milkman when he arrives at her door. Johnstone is a single mother living in significant debt. She begins to sing “Tell Me It’s Not True." The narrator says that the story behind this tragic scene began thirty years ago. Johnstone stands over the dead bodies of her two sons, Mickey and Eddie. The musical opens in Liverpool, England during the 1980s.
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