Broken Promises
Prologue
Raiyne Kaiylie Hansen was a strong willed child; she took after her father. Long dark hair swept from her shoulders in a way she had perfected, along with light grey eyes, she was a stunner. With age, she grew lean, athletic and beautiful. By 11, she was been mistaken for 15. By 15, she was acting 20; until she met Pete.
"Dad, I love him," She'd snap as her father bad-mouthed him and called her an idiot for believing his lies; lies which would cause his daughter to leave and possibly never return. Promises of love and luxury, pleasure and happiness; lies, which she believed, whole heartedly.
"You're just jealous!" She's scream at him before walking to her room to call said boy, who would soothe her with gentle words and loving promises. He loved her, he really did. He'd take care of her; he did take care of her when father was away, spending time with everybody but her. She hated him and all he stood for.
Sig sighed and called his brother, Edgar, in despair. Edgar always got through to her, she listened to him, he'd be able to convince her of this boys lies. Edgar answered, Sig explained, he was on his way. The season started again in three days, Raiyne was 17 in two days, if he had any hope of keeping his daughter under his roof, Edgar would have to work magic.
Half an hour later, there was a knock on the door. Sig flew out his chair, hugged his brother, and silently pointed towards the difficult teen's bedroom. Edgar nodded solemnly and walked towards the door, knocking and waiting for a reply.
"Go away!" She screamed at the door before she turned some music on to block out the knocking. She was in no mood to talk to her father. Edgar turned to Sig and smiled, pointing first at the door, then at his brother. Sig scoffed and walked into the kitchen. If it was going to be a night like this, then he was going to get a drink.
Edgar knocked again on the door and waited patiently. She would eventually open the door and start shouting before she saw who her vulgar behavior was aimed at. She'd apologize; he'd accept it and offer to talk, she'd agree, more to do with guilt than anything else. She had no interest in what he had to say, but because it was Uncle Edgar, she'd pretend to listen. Pete told her he was trying to poison her mind, split them up, her father was paying him to do it, he told her not to believe his stories; she believed everything Pete told her.
Finally she opened the door, and three minutes later, Edgar was sat in the chair opposite the bed, with Raiyne looking at the floor, pretending to look ashamed. Edgar believed it…Raiyne would never pretend with him, she didn't have to.
"He's no good for you," Edgar kept repeating with Raiyne nodding her head but saying nothing.
"He'll love you and leave you," He'd say afterwards, Raiyne holding in all the anger she felt at his words. Pete loved her" He would take care of her" Why did nobody else believe it! They didn't know him! These people wanted to keep her here, confined to the four walls she had grown up in, fatherless, loveless and lonely! They didn't want her, they just kept her! She would show them! She would show them all! They would pay, pay for not believing her and having faith in her, pay for leaving her all alone!