Denise Brown is one of Astrid Maxxim’s best friends.  Denise is one of the few kids in the story that isn’t an only child.  I realized after I had finished Astrid Maxxim 1, that I had made many of them only children.

Denise has a brother named Dennis.  My friends pointed out that with the names being so similar, the readers might get confused.  On the other hand, that’s just what people tend to do– name their kids in groups or with similar names.

Denise and Dennis live with their two dads.  I haven’t actually worked out their back story yet, so I haven’t decided if they had a mom at one time.  Their dads have different last names, so they probably live in a state where gay marriage is not legal.  I may never actually illuminate the whole issue, as it’s not truly important to the story and Dennis and his fathers barely appear.