[[I'm sorry I've not updated for a while. Laptop/laziness issue. I Promise I shall update more often. Thanks for reviews so far.]]

The dream. It was the same every night. Every single night, she was forced to relive the moment her father first abused her. That very moment that was the reason her life had ended up in such a mess.

Glenda's eyes widened upon hearing her daughter sleep talk. Her beautiful daughter was haunted, so haunted. She had left Archie because of his abuse towards herself. She knew just how controlling her was. How twisted he was. Guilt flooded her. Why had she left her daughters with this man. The thought of this creep of a man laying his hands upon their eldest daughter made Glenda feel physically sick.

Ronnie was still tossing and turning on the sofa. Glenda could not watch anymore. She couldn't see her little girl suffering any longer. ''Veronica Darling'' Glenda spoke softly, gently rubbing Ronnie's arm.

Ronnie woke immediately. She quickly scrambled to her feet, in a confused daze. ''Where's Ruby?'' She asked in a loud, panicked tone, whilst her eyes searched for her precious daughter. Ronnie had remembered that she had fallen asleep with Ruby on her chest. She'd never done that before, but just having her daughter so close, hearing her breathe in and out so perfectly, made Ronnie feel trouble free. This little girl was all she needed now. She panicked when she awoke to find her daughter no longer fast asleep on her. She needed to know where she was.

Glenda stood, and moved closer towards Ronnie. She gently put her hand on her daughters shoulder and pointed out where she had placed her granddaughter. Ronnie straight away walked over and checked on her little princess. Ruby was sleeping peacefully in her moses basket, wriggling her little legs about every couple of seconds.

Suddenly it dawned on Ronnie what she had revealed to her mother. Shit. She thought to herself.

''Veronica love…'' Glenda whispered as she walked over to her daughter and took both her hands in her own, trying to look deep into her eyes, but unable to due to Ronnie bowing her head and staring at the floor.

''What you told me, about your father, is it true?'' Glenda asked. She knew it was true. She didn't want to believe it, but she knew it happened. She knew from the way her daughter spoke, that she hasn't made this up. She knew what this man was capable of.

It was a Tuesday night, and Glenda had been out with her friends. Archie had got the girls ready and sent them to bed by 8pm. She walked in the door, clearly intoxicated. Archie heard his wife struggle with the door, then slam it shut, giggling as she did so. He was angry. She swore she would be back by 11pm, yet now it was already12:39am. He sat in the dark in the lounge, with just the light of the moon peering through the window, causing a shadow or him across deep red carpet. She crept into the lounge, putting her hand through the gap in the door to turn on the light before she entered. Archie raised his head and stared right into his wife's eyes. He looked almost possessed. Glenda knew she was in trouble. Knew that her being late wasn't going to go down well at all. Sheer fury flashed through Archie's eyes, causing Glenda to freeze on the spot. ''Bit late eh darlin'?'' he spoke sarcastically with a venomous tone. ''Uh, yeah, look I'm sorry. The taxi was really late. I'm sorry Archie. It wont happen again, I promise'' Glenda replied. She was scared. She made up the fact that the taxi was late, she had been having fun with a few friends and didn't look at the time. She had hoped he would be in bed when she got home, then she could lie and say that she was home on time, and had slept on the sofa so as not to wake him. Archie stood up. He walked calmly over to his wife, with a smile on his face. Pulling her into a false sense of security, he shook his head and muttered ''its ok''. He put one hand on Glenda's waist, and the other behind her head and began to kiss her passionately. Glenda was confused. One minute, pure anger seared through her husband, the next minute he was being affectionate. Just then she knew she was in trouble. He yanked her hair, forcing her head back with such a force, causing an instant pain. She let out a small shriek. Archie glared into her eyes, pure hatred and anger pouring out of them. ''You're sleeping with someone else aren't you?'' he snarled. ''no of course I'm not, I wouldn't do that Archie.'' Glenda replied, pure fear laced her tone. He didn't believe his wife. That was obvious. Still holding her by her hair, he pushed her onto the sofa. Her ripped open her shirt. Glenda knew what was about to happen. She closed her eyes and tried to pretend it was not happening. Pretend that Archie was not forcing her to have sex with him. She had tried screaming at him to get off of her, tried pushing him, she cried, and even stayed silent at one point, in the hope that he would stop, but he wouldn't. She closed her eyes and mind off from what was happening, she thought of other things, but there was no way she could shut off from what was happening. When Archie had finished with her, he stood up, pulled his dressing gown back around him, and walked off slowlt, leaving Glenda crying on the living room floor, curled up in a ball. ''Your dirty'' he muttered as he walked out of the living room door.

''Don't…Don't you believe me?'' Ronnie asked. Tears started to well up in her eyes. What was she going to do if even her mother didn't believe her? Her sister didn't believe her, and for a while they didn't even speak. These are the two people who were supposed to believe every word she said, and it appeared neither of them believed her. ''He raped me mum. My dad raped me, and you're stood here asking me if it is true. Why would I make something like that up?'' her tone was louder. She was angry that it appeared she was being accused of lying. She wasn't a liar, and she didn't want to made out to be one.

''Stop lying. Your sick'' Both Ronnie and Glenda turned round to see the shadow in the door way of the living room, knowing full well who it was, but unable to see them from the darkness of the landing.

[[I cant seem to get a lot of this chapter how I want it, but ill post it anyway before it annoys me any more.]]