Keira's History
Keira Chantelle Steiger was born in the March of 1988 to Christine & Allan Steiger. She was the second daughter to be born to the couple, following Heidi "Pepper" Marie Steiger. br Keira was nicknamed "Ginger" when she arrived in her teens after a disastrous attempt to dye her hair.
Her hair turned out a ginger colour and she was stuck with the name. br At school, Keira was your normal 'popular' – everyone looked up to her and idolized her. She, and her 3 other friends ruled the school. She also met Hunter while she was in high school. But, there's a catch. Hunter was a lot older than her & was not as nice as he seemed. Graduating from high school, Keira moved away with Hunter to a place by the beach.
Unbeknown to her family, Hunter was sexually abusing her. br In the February of 2007, just 4 months after moving away, Keira did a runner from the beach house and found herself back at her dads. This time she wasn't just coming home to dads empty house to find another letter saying he had to go into the station. No, this time she arrived as a surprise at Paul & Izzy's house for her dads engagement party. But, this time round her dad wasn't engaged to Chris, her mother, but it was infact Carmella Cammeniti. This was the first time Keira & Carmella had met, but it seemed as if they had always known eachother. br Weeks went by & Keira settled in. She even started to date her housemate, Frazer. (Yes, Pep invited her to stay at number 30) But it was about a month & a half after arriving that she found out she was pregnant.
Was it Frazer's? Was it Hunter's? Or was it Brian's? Her best friend who lived overseas. There was only one way to figure this out – a paternity test. By this stage, Keira had managed to adopt Rachel Kinski's baby to whom Rachel had named Timmy. He had been adopted with Frazer being named father & Keira mother. When the paternity tests returned, it found Frazer to be the father. Frazer had had enough of the drama Keira had created and left her, resulting in Keira running into his older sister, Kasey's, arms. That night Keira lost the baby.
One month later & Keira met Austin through Kasey. Speed dating, they spent nights together laughing, eating, watching movies & enjoying eachothers company. This is where the story begins…