Tommy's Girl

Chapter 2

The maid woke me up and helped me get dressed, I hated dresses so I wore some soft black trousers, a grey jumper and some black shoes. I made my way downstairs where everyone was in the kitchen smoking and drinking tea, I walked over to my uncle Charlie who ruffled my hair and lifted me onto the counter, "how you doing misses" he said and handed me a piece of toast "I'm going in the shop today with my dad" he smiled "oh are ya know, so you don't want to come and help your uncle Charlie with the horses" I giggled "maybe one day, I want to see the pretty one that daddy has the painting of" I said whilst I ate my toast. My dad set his cup down and looked at me "come on boys let's get to work, Molly come with me" he said, Charlie lifted me down off the counter and I walked with my dad down some stairs and through some big doors, we went into a smaller room which was his office.

I was sat on a small chair in his office watching my dad work, I didn't mind though because I liked being with him. He looked up from his desk and over to me "c'mere Mol" I got up and wondered over to him, he lifted me gently onto his knee, "do you know what these numbers are?" He said and pointed at a number with his pencil "is it money?" I asked, "it is yes and do you know what we do with it?" He asked me, I shook my head. "Ok so, this is how much we've made this month, but we have to take this away because that's how much we pay for the house and for the cars etcetera" I nodded my head showing that I understood. "So this is how much we have left which goes to paying for the food and the horses and the" i cut him off "guns?" He chuckled "yes the guns to"

I must have fallen asleep because I heard a knock on the door, "come in" my dad said and I heard Johns voice "Tommy there's someone to see you says it's business", he lifts me up and stands up, I lay my head on his shoulder as he carries me out his office. "Arthur take her will you" he says and hands me over to my uncle, I squirm a little and whine quietly, Arthur rubs my back "shhh it's alright", I lay my head on his shoulder, I'm very small and don't weigh much. "Good afternoon Mr Solomons" my dad said, "yeah it is" I heard a voice who I'm guessing is Mr Solomons, " I didn't know you had a little girl Arthur" the man said and Tommy interrupted "she's mine, but we didn't come to talk about my daughter so let's go into my office."

It had been about an hour, I was curled up on a chair with Arthur's coat over me. My dad and Mr Solomons, he walked over to me and crouched in front of me, Arthur moved to my side and placed his hand on my shoulder. "Ello little one" I leaned further into Arthur's hand "who are you" I said quietly, "my names Alfie, what's yours" he said, "Molly Shelby" I said, Alfie smirked "well Molly Shelby did you know I'm a baker?" He asked me, I looked at him confused "you make bread?", he chuckled "yeah I make drinks too but they taste like shit" I tilted my head "why do you make it if it tastes bad" Alfie adjusted his balance "because rich people like it and they pay me money for it." I thought for a second "you could make nice drinks too, then other people would buy them and you could make more money" I noticed my dad smiling and Alfie let out a chuckle then looked back at my dad "she's smart this one", my dad just nodded his head. Alfie stood up and shook my dads hand before leaving.

My dad came over and knelt in front of me, he placed a hand on my cheek "he's right you know, you're a smart one" John interrupted "yeah she doesn't get it from you" Arthur elbowed him "shut up John" I smiled and climbed into my dads arms and he lifted me up gently, "come on let's get you fed."