Karen White

Karen Elizabeth Cross (nee White; May 3 1951-) was once the mistress of Stephen Thompson and is now the wife of David Cross and the mother of Jack, Lauren, Alexander and Lisa. She is the second last person to ever see Thompson alive, before his murder in 1975.

Biography
Cross was born in Wolverhampton and had two older siblings named Thomas and Beryl, except from this, nothing further is known about her past. She became a model when she was sixteen and her career only lasted for one year, before meeting Damian White, who employed her to dance in his nightclub Devil's Corner, with the occasional bar work. When she began working as a prostitute, she was disowned by her family and her relationship with her siblings suffered immensely.

She met Stephen Thompson in the Foresters Arms pub in 1971, after falling out with her manager, who wanted her to perform favours, which she refused to do. She and Thompson had intercourse in the pub's toilet and began a secret relationship. initially he never told her that he was married, until she confessed that she was falling in love with him. He never kept to his promise of leaving his wife for her, despite the fact that he too was falling for her. Their secret relationship lasted for four years, however in 1975, she was invited by Thompson to go to his house, where they rarely ever spend time together, in the fears that he would be caught by his wife. Their relationship was discovered by Thompson's wife Dora, who seen them in bed together. She dragged Cross out of bed and forced her out of their home, without letting her get dressed. She never saw Thompson again, but received a letter from him, informing her that he no longer wanted their relationship to go ahead. Feeling heartbroken, she went back to work for Damian O'Brien.

One year later, She went into labour, whilst dancing in Devil's Corner, in front of many customers. She was sacked by the manager of the nightclub and forced to leave. She gave birth to a son, she named Jack, at the nearby hospital. She then worked a few different jobs, trying to support her son, but eventually met a man named David Cross, who she married in 1988. Together they had three children named Lauren, Alexander and Lisa.