Tommy's Girl

Chapter 4

I was woken up by the maid opening the curtains and the sun shining through, I whined and hid my face in the pillow. My dad laughed, he was already awake and dressed "come on get up, we've got things to do" I huffed and reluctantly got up, washed and dressed. I noticed as I walked past the window that the ground was covered in snow I squealed in excitement and ran downstairs and up to my uncle John "you're on a mission this morning" he said as he ruffled my hair "it's snowing uncle John" I said and pointed out the window, he laughed "well i guess that means we've got have a snowball fight then" he said with a cheeky tone in his voice, I turned to my dad who peered over his newspaper "gwon then but put your coat and gloves on, don't want you getting ill" I rolled my eyes "fine" I said and ran out the room quickly followed by John, Arthur, Finn, Charlie and Ada.

I was about to walk out the front door when John grabbed me and picked me up I laughed "put me downnnnn" I whined as he chuckled and put me down, Arthur ran past me "come on Webley let's win this snowball fight you're on my team" I laughed and ran after him. Tommy watched and smiled as he saw his daughter playing with everyone, Polly walked out and sighed "sometimes I think your brothers might be bigger children than your daughter" He chuckled "she can't go to school, they're the best she's got."

All of a sudden 2 black cars sped into the driveway and 4 men jumped out, 2 of them had guns. I jumped behind Arthur, My dad, Polly and John both ran over forming a protective circle around me. "Which one of you's the leader!" A man shouted, "that would be" my dad said and stepped forward, I moved further towards Arthur. "and who's this little thing eh?" The man asked taking a step closer to me, he crouched down so he was eye level with me "what's your name sweetheart" i looked a him "Molly" I said and went to take a step back but the man grabbed me and stood on his feet, my dad pulled his handgun out and stepped forward "let her go." The man laughed "easy tiger, put that gun down and maybe we can talk" I looked at my dad "daddy help" I said with tears in my eyes he looked at me then back at the man, slowly he lowered the gun. "Who sent you", the man laughed "that's for me to know and for you to find out" I tried to slip out of the mans grip but he just held me tighter. "What do you want, I can give you money, guns whatever you need, just let the girl go" the man sighed "what we want Tommy is to send a message, you ain't the man in charge no more, the Sabinis have taken over" the man said. All of a sudden I heard 2 gunshots, the man holding me dropped to floor and I ran to my dad who dropped to his knees and hugged me, I turned my head to look but he pulled my face too look at him "don't look at it."

"Arthur, get Molly inside, I'm going to visit Alfie, see if he knows anything about what's just happened" Arthur nodded and stepped towards me, I backed off and clinged into my dad. "No no no no, please don't go" I said "ey now" he said and held both hands whilst looking at me "I'm just going to see Alfie, you know Alfie, the baker?" I nodded "you stay with Arthur, I'll be back really soon." I turned to Arthur who picked me up and carried me inside. He sat me down on the sofa and sat next to me, I leaned into side and he put his arm round me. After a while I looked up at him "Arthur?" I asked he looked at me and hummed in response "why has dad gone to see the baker about the bad men, what can he do?" Arthur chuckled "I'm not sure maybe ask him when he's back" I nodded and started to fiddle with the bracelets on Arthur's wrist.

Suddenly, the door opened and my dad walked in, I jumped up and ran into his arms, he lifted me up, I rested my head on his shoulder, "how's she been" he asked Arthur, "restless and she won't eat" he grunted. Tommy nodded "right, let's get some food in you then you're going to bed" I shook my head "I don't want anything" he moved me so I had to look at him "you've got to try and eat something Molly it's not good for you" I thought for a second "one slice of toast" I said and he smiled "ok" he said.