i can work with all of that. i don't think their mom would have approved and, while she'd never push for anything she didn't want or try to influence her choices, i don't think she would have thought she was making the best decisions about it? and i don't think she would have been a fan of the baby daddy on the principle that she would see him as an interference in her daughter's life. their dad is more the source for unmitigated support, which is where some of the familial irony comes from because of how their mom is always preaching about support and love, lol. their mom has a lot of hypocrisy going on sometimes, but she's always ALWAYS got good intentions at heart. you know what they say about the road to hell tho, lol.
loch himself has owned the store for about six years, and if she needed part time work to get or stay on her feet when she first moved back, he would have had a place for her to stay and a p/t job to throw her some cash if it got to that point. i haven't settled exactly where the dad is, but he's got acreage outside of the city for his grow operation and their mom only keeps an apartment in the city these days with how much she's on the road. i don't THINK they have any siblings that are under the age of 18, but i'm not absolutely committed to that and they might or could. i know their mom definitely only has one kid with one other guy, but their dad might have a couple. and i haven't committed to how many full siblings there are. these two don't even have to be full siblings if you'd rather go the route of coming up with a different background/upbringing for her, but i figure they look enough alike to pull it off?