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Who is he

Carla sat on the sofa infront of the TV. She had Frank's dinner cooking in the oven and a bottle of beer in the fridge for him. She hoped she could put him in a good mood tonight so that she could avoid a beating, she didn't think she could cope anymore.

Carla knew that Rob being here would make it harder to hide what Frank was doing to her but she was determined to keep it a secret, so she would. Carla had always been good at hiding things, some of them she knew now that she should not have hid, but when she was younger she didn't think she needed help. It wasn't like she wasn't coping.

By the time she was 9 she was practically Rob's full time carer. He as 6 years old and every morning she would get him washed and dressed for school while their mum slept off another hangover.

If he ever needed to stay off school she would stay off with him to look after him, making her grades a lot lower than they should be. She wasn't stupid, if their mum was around she would've been near the top of her class, but she wasn't. Sometimes their mum would go away for a few days leaving them on their own. Carla had never left her little brother alone, not until she had a choice anyway.

When she was 16 and Rob was 13 their mum had a new boyfriend. He was a creep, Carla knew that as soon as she saw him. It was one night when he came into her room she realised just how creepy he was.

Nothing actually happened that night but Carla knew that it would if she stayed. She packed her few belongings into a bag and left the next day. She stayed with Michelle, Dean and of course little Ryan.

She still met up with Rob but she couldn't keep her eye on him like she'd used too and that was when he went off the rails and she could do nothing to stop him.

When she was 17 she started a relationship with Paul. His parents weren't exactly approving. They had always looked down on Carla because she lived on the estate with all the druggies. They thought she was leading Michelle astray and that when it came down to it, it was her fault Michelle had got pregnant at 15.

Rob came to the wedding 3 years later and that had been one of the last times she saw him, except when she visited him in prison and their mum's funeral.

She was so engulfed in her memories she hardly heard the door open and Frank walk in.

"Hello Carla." He said in that voice she hated so much.

"Hey Frank, I've got dinner cooking." She said, standing up and getting his can out the fridge.

"I can see that." He said, taking the can from Carla and popping open the lid.

They sat in silence until Frank suddenly said, "I saw you."

"Saw me where?" Carla asked, confused about what he was going on about.

"In town, with him." Frank snarled.

"It wasn't like that Frank. He's just my-" Carla said befroe being cut off by Frank pulling her head back by the hair.

"He's your what? Your boyfriend, your bit on the side, who is he?"

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