Scarlett woke up the next morning and cooked her brother breakfast. She sat it down on the table in front of him.
"Are you going to eat?" He asked.
"I lost my appetite."
He nodded and started eating. They talked a little bit and then Scarlett stood up.
"Well it's time for me to go to London." She said hesitantly.
Wesley stood up and Scarlett just pulled him into a tight hug and didn't let go.
"Scarlett I will see you when you get back."
She pulled away and made eye contact.
"Wes, just know that I love you and getting to know you while you've been here has been the best gift, but you need to leave. You need to get on the next ship out of here. Please, Wes."
He shook his head and she looked down.
"I'm a Capone. I don't run away." He said.
"Why do we all have to be so stubborn." She joked.
"Please be careful." She looked up at him.
He pulled her into a hug.
"I love you, sis."
She pulled away and nodded and made her way to the door.
"Hey, I'll see you later, okay?" He said.
"Okay." She said and then walked out.
She walked into the office and heard a voice.
"What the bloody hell happened in your office?" Polly asked as she appeared.
Scarlett walked in and found the envelopes on the ground and handed them to Polly. She read them and looked up at Scarlett.
"They weren't my wedding bells you were hearing, Poll."
Polly was stunned at what she just read.
"Scarlett....he went last night....He came by the house to get the car keys." Polly said.
Scarlett nodded and looked at the ground.
"A part of me thought he wouldn't, but maybe he flipped a coin that told him to go." She said and then walked out.
Scarlett started up a car and floored it as she made her way to London.
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About twenty minutes after Scarlett left the office, Tommy walked in. Polly bolted out of her office and stood in front of him.
"I thought you learned your lesson." She yelled at him.
Arthur and John heard the yelling and stepped out to see what was going on.
"What's going on?" Arthur asked.
Polly gave John and Arthur then envelopes. The started reading them and Polly never took her eyes off of Tommy.
"Did you sleep with Grace last night?" Polly asked.
Tommy stood there in silence and then Polly slapped him.
"You and Grace deserve each other." She yelled as Arthur pulled her back.
She walked away and then Tommy was left with his two brothers.
"Seriously, Tom? She betrayed you, SJ, and our whole family." John said.
Tommy looked up at them.
"It's a damn shame." Arthur said as he shook his head.
They looked at him and eventually walked away. Tommy walked into his office and slammed the door.
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Scarlett got to London a little earlier than she expected. She decided to walk around downtown and hopefully take her mind off of her brother and Tommy. She stepped into a boutique and saw a familiar blonde girl. She then heard that annoying voice and immediately knew who it was. Grace was telling the worker about how she needed a new dress to impress her man. Scarlett walked up to the counter and told the other worker that she wanted to pay for the blonde girl's dress. The worker took her money and Scarlett was out of the door before she was seen. She made her way to Alfie's and walked in.
"There she is. Ms. Capone. Looking ravishing as ever." Alfie said.
Scarlett nodded and then they talked business for what seemed like forever.
"Still can't believe Tommy got himself a woman like you, love."
"He didn't." Scarlett said as she stood up.
"Trouble in paradise?" Alfie questioned.
"There is no paradise for people like us, Alfie."
"There is with me." He smirked.
Scarlett laughed and started to walk away.
"It was nice doing business with you, Mr. Solomons." She said as she walked away.
She got to her car and just sat in the drivers seat for a while. She looked at herself in the mirror and then started the car and made her way back to Birmingham.
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Tommy, John, Arthur, and Wesley were at their meeting with the Changretta's. The three brothers sat and kept Wesley hidden at first. Vicente and Angel sat down at the table.
"You blew up my son's restaurant." Vicente said calmly.
"He blew up our pub." Arthur said.
Vicente nodded.
"We are here to tell you to stop before you go too far." He said to the boys.
Arthur laughed and then leaned over the table.
"We are the Peaky fucking Blinders. We aren't scared of you."
Vicente leaned back as Angel laughed.
"Do you think we are scared of you, Mr. Shelby." Vicente said to Tommy.
Tommy lit a cigarette.
"We don't even respect you." Vicente added.
John started to stand up, but Tommy held his arm out.
"Where's Scarlett? Now her, we respect." Vicente said.
"She's on other business." Tommy said.
"Very smart move, Mr. Shelby. Bringing her in. She's like American royalty. She will run everything her father leaves her. She has a whole kingdom waiting for her and if you fuck her just right, it'll be yours too." Vicente smirked.
"What makes you think it will all be left to her?" Wesley said as he walked out.
Angel looked at his father and then pulled a gun out and shot Wesley in the head without hesitation. Wesley's body fell and all three Shelby brothers stood up. They all had wide eyes.
"You didn't think we knew about him? You didn't think we've kept tabs on him ever since he was taken out of New York?." Vicente asked.
Tommy was breathing hard as he looked up at them with wide eyes.
"She warned you about bringing him, didn't she?" He asked Tommy.
John pointed at Angel.
"You just wait, I'll take your fucking eyes." He screamed.
"Now you've overstepped." Vicente said.
"Give Scarlett our best. We hope to be seeing her soon." He said and then they walked off.
Tommy put his hands on his head as he looked at Wesley's body.
"Fuck." He yelled.
Arthur walked over to Tommy who was standing over Wesley's body.
"What are we gonna do, Tom?" He asked.
"I don't know.....I don't fucking know." He said as he got louder.
He was shaking his head. He looked at Charlie and Curly standing a little ways away.
"Curly, get some men and take the body to the mortuary. No one will ask questions." Tommy said.
"Charlie, go wait at Scarlett's house and when she gets there bring her to us. Don't say a word no matter what."
He nodded and they both ran off. The three Shelby brothers busted into the office to see Lizzie, Ada, and Polly. Tommy had this look in his eyes.
"What happened?" Polly asked.
"Where's Wesley?" Ada yelled.
Tommy wouldn't look at them.
"Tommy!" Ada yelled.
"He's fucking dead, Ada." He screamed.
"He's dead." He said softer.
"Where's Scarlett?" Polly asked.
"Charlie is waiting at her house for her and then he's bringing her to the mortuary." Arthur said.
"We are headed there now." Tommy said.
Polly and Ada grabbed their coats and followed the boys out. They all got there and waited patiently for Scarlett.
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Scarlett pulled up to her house and saw Charlie standing on the porch.
"Scarlett you need to come with me." He said.
"Where's my brother?"
He didn't answer her as he lead her.
"Charlie. What the hell is going on?"
They got to the mortuary and she realized where they were.
"No." She said as she shook her head.
She ran through the doors and down a long hallway. She busted through the door with her head down.
"Please tell me this isn't..." She stopped as she walked in.
She looked up and saw the body on the table.
"No." She said as she walked over to Tommy.
"Scarlett." He said
"I told you what would happen! I told you they would kill him." She said as she pushed him.
She was hysterical.
"I told him.....I told him." She yelled as she hit Tommy in the chest.
He just pulled her into a hug as she struggled, but eventually stopped.
"He promised me. He promised me." She said as her voice broke.
Tommy had her in his arms and had one hand on the back of her head as he looked up at his family. Polly had a sad look on her face, Ada was wiping her tears, and John and Arthur couldn't even look at her. She stood there in his embrace for a minute and then pulled away. She had tears in her eyes, but she didn't let them fall. She looked down at her brother and then looked up at the family.
"If war is what they want, war is what they'll get."
She started to walk out, but Tommy grabbed her arm.
"What are you going to do?"
"What I should've done two years ago when they killed Hunter."
"You can't. You can't go alone." He said sternly.
"They are killing everyone I love. Who do you think will be next, Tom?" She yelled.
He looked her in the eyes.
"You walk in there alone and they will kill you."
She made eye contact with him.
"Then make sure they send my head back to New York."
She walked out and Tommy was stunned. He turned around to look at his family.
"Go. Someone has to stop her because she will kill anything that gets in her way." Polly said.
John and Arthur started to walk out, but Tommy stopped them.
"I'll get her. Everyone go to the office." He said and then walked out.
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American Angel
Fanfiction"There is God and there is the New York Mafia. One signs and seals your fate....and the other, delivers it." She said with her glass raised. She had the face of angel, but did she have the heart? Did he? Were they too similar? Or were they a pe...
