"Skye and I are moving back to the city tomorrow" Her mum said as they walked inside
"No you guys are staying here" Her dad yelled
"What's going on?" Skye asked dropping her bag on the ground
"Nothing, go do your homework" Her dad replied
"Well I kinda can't if you guys keep yelling at each other like that"
"SKYE!" her dad yelled "go to your room"
She felt like yelling in his face but she didn't. She looked at him disgusted and picked up her school bag slamming the door behind her.

The next day

Skye walked along the footpath on her way home from school listening to her music and scrolling through her news feed. she was a couple houses down from her house when she began to see flashing lights in front of her. She took her earphones out and looked saw Brax standing in front of her. not a word was said. She looked past him and saw cop cars.
"What happened?" She asked worried
"Skye I'm sorry" He replied
Her breathing got faster and her heart began to pound. She looked towards the house and saw a body bag come out the door. Her bag and phone fell to the ground.
"NO!" She screamed as she tried to run towards the house but was quickly stopped by Brax, "NO!" She continued to cry.
"Skye, hey it's alright" He said trying to comfort her as she fell to the ground a sobbing mess. Brax knelt down on the ground and held her in his arms.

Skye had stopped crying. Her heart had finally been broken into a million pieces. She didn't know how she was supposed to feel.
"Tell me you had nothing to do with this." She asked him as they sat on the ground.
"why would you think that?" He asked
"I just need to know"
"No" He said "I had nothing to do with it"
A police officer came over and began to talk to Skye
"You can't interview her now" Said Brax
"Well we need to ask her a few questions"
Brax looked at the officer, "She just lost her parents"
"I know but we need to asked her some questions"
"Not today please"
The officer thought for a second "Alright, But we will have to ask her some questions soon"
"Thank you" Brax replied
"Has Skye got some family she can stay with tonight"
"She can stay with us, were her cousins" Brax explained
"OK then" The officer replied getting up and walking back to the police car.

Skye sat in the front seat of Brax's car. She was just staring at the same spot. Brax pulled into the driveway. He looked at Skye, he saw tears flow down her cheeks. He reached out and held her hand. She looked at him
"what made you see that there was more to life than the river boys"
Brax thought for a second "Someone taught me that family is more important and showed me what you can miss out on in life"
"Were they special"
"She was very special" He said "Why do you ask"
"Dad always put the river boys first, I just wish he had spent more time with us, cared about us a bit more" She said starting to cry
"Hey, I'm sure he cared about you" He said hugging her.
They went inside where Casey and Ricky were. Brax hadn't been talking to Ric lately which made things a bit awkward. Casey went up to Skye and wrapped his arms around her. Skye began to cry again
"Oh Skye I'm so sorry" He said trying to comfort her.
"Are you guys alright to look after her" Brax asked looking at Ricky
"Yeah sure" Ricky replied
Brax walked out the door and got into his car and drove off.

He slowly walked through the grass, the strong cool sea breeze blowing past his shirt.
"Hey Charlie" He sighed
He looked at a card next to her grave stone left by Ruby.
"So um, I thought about a few things and it's beginning to make some sense about letting go of the anger which is hard because you shouldn't have been taken from me but you were, just like Drew and Susie were taken from Skye" He said "But you were and, you know, life goes on."
"Anyway you know why I'm here now, Charlie, because your'e not here are you, your'e out there somewhere on that horizon and I'll never forget you, and I'll always love you, but I...I gotta let you go. So this is it, Goodbye" He said trying not to cry.
He walked off, he could finally see everything more clearly. He knew what he had to do now, he had to tell her.

"Where's Skye?" Brax asked Ricky
"She's out the in the backyard with Casey, why?"
"I need to tell her something" He said walking out the back door
He walked out and saw Skye sitting next to Casey. He thought maybe he shouldn't tell her but she needed to know. He walked up to them.
"Hey Case can you leave us alone for a bit" He asked
"Brax not now" Casey said
"Case go inside"
Casey looked at Skye, she nodded her head, Casey went back inside the house. Brax sat down next to her.
"Skye I need to tell you something" He hesitated
"What" She asked
"Drew and Susie, they weren't your parents" He said straight out
"What" She said shocked
"I...I'm your dad" He said quietly
"No, your lying" She said shocked
"I wish I was"
"No" She cried
"Skye" He said trying to calm, her down
"No" She said getting up and walking off.