The River In Reverse

Brother Where Art Thou?

Motherfucker, fuck your mama! To the 10th power

Yeah, I got work like an employer.
10 guns, 10 goons, and 10 lawyers.
And I ain't tryin' to ignore ya...

But money talks - you should let your money talk for ya" - Dwayne Michael Carter Jr

Dany

Her parents were arguing again although her father was much louder than her mother. As a girl of six she hated how it made her shrink like she were two.

She had never seen father so mad, so much so that he hit mother. She was so frightened that she yelped when he did it. Father noticed her and a look of shame washed over him as he saw Rhaella clutch her cheek in shock.

'Rhaella I...' father went to her but someone intervened.

Her brother stood in front of mother like a guard looking like he wanted to pummel his father to death.

'It's always the same shit with you father' Rhaegar growled as he shook his head.

Father flustered.

'I'm sorry this got the better of me' Aerys tone was regretful.

'I came in when you both started, I don't know who this Bonifer person is but I know mother and I know she is faithful and honest. You're an animal' Rhaegar stated before walking to her and picking her out of the room and taking her outside.

Rhaegar didn't release her until they arrived by the swings and he put her down and removed a strand of her hair that was in front of her face.

Dany hung on to the swings staring down at her brother who was crouched. Her brother was nineteen but he looked much older than that.

'You okay Dany?' he asked.

She nodded with a sad smile.

'I've never seen father so angry' she said in a small voice.

Rhaegar looked away, his blue eyes much like hers churning with rage.

'I have, same old bullshit. He wants to be this big shot but he can never live up to it and lashes out at the rest of us' he whispered with a clenched jaw.

Dany didn't understand what he was saying.

'I am done with him, I can't live like this' he said.

Dany was confused.

'Rhaegar?' she questioned in a childlike voice.

Her brother's frown disappeared into a small smile and he kissed her forehead.

'I love you little sister, I want you to know that. And I'm sorry' he said before sitting in the swing next to hers.

Dany just smiled thinking he wanted to compete to see who would swing higher. Little did she know that this would be the last time she would ever see her brother again.

'That was the last time I ever saw my brother, he never returned after that. Not for my birthday, or when Viserys broke his hand or when his mother was about to go to prison. Nothing, it's like we didn't matter to him' she said as she sat in her home office.

Her husband sat quietly on the other end of her office in their mansion, a little white bundle biting at his loafer. Ghost being acquainted with his husband's shoe

'I mean I understand given how young Rhaenys is. Elia was probably pregnant at the time. My father was a cruel and weak man and he didn't want him around her, I get that. But I don't understand why he left me there' she said with tears in her eyes.