Yep you are right, SB never met Bex. Not once. And yep, shes left her Husband " DB" for someone she met while planning Bex funeral.
The family dynamics are very complicated. Darren has 6 children ( 5 now since Bex left us) Until Bex death he was only in contact with two of them, Bex and Dan.
The eldest is a boy, DS. Hes not been in Darrens life since birth. Then he had a girl " G" who only got in touch after Bex died, and then changed her last name to Galsworthy by deedpoll.
Then came twin girls, G and J who also were not in Darrens life until Bex died, actually I say that but they were, very sporadically, very rarely, due to problems between their Mum and Darren, it was all very very bitter.
Then came Dan, then Becky.
Darrens Father JG married DG who already had a son, BSP, they went on to have four children, SG, JG, SG ( now SB) and AG. So these are all Darrens half siblings. They were all rarely in touch with Darren, its only since Bex death that the family have all re-connected and become close.
Tanya only had Dan and Bex. Tanya had a lot of problems, as anyone who read the book would know, and had a breakdown. Much of that was to do with the way she was treated by Darren, who had a drink problem. There was a lot of violence in the relationship.
Darren well known in the St George, Speedwell and Kingswood area before Bex death, mainly for fighting but I think he did mellow as he got older.
I believe SG met Bex once, but he was the only one. None of Darrens other children met Bex apart from Dan of course.
I could say so much more but Im sure it would be violating T&C.
I keep saying Im not going to talk about them anymore on here, yet Very occasionally come back to read ( mainly on the "missing" pages, and inevitably find myself on this part of websleuths, but I really dont think theres anything worth saying about this case for me anymore, Im no longer in touch with the family apart from Dan. He is doing ok, not as good as he likes to make out but he is getting there. He puts on a brave face but is hurt by Darren and Im sure is much more upset than he shows. He was incredibly close to Bex so obviously misses her. Hes in touch with three "new" sisters now but nobody will replace Bex.
I really am going to stop commenting now, I dont think I can add anymore than I have without being banned, so its best I say nothing more.