Lost and found

All she knows is hustle

Mrs Hudson wasted no time she ran to the door wrenching it open. She stormed out in to the lobby of the orphanage her heel clicking like hell fire on the stone floor.
"ARIBELLA STRAY YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW"
Aribella was half way up the stairs. She turned and faced Mrs Hudson her face illuminated with rage.
"You came back here and listen,this is my orphanage and you are still under my roof" Mrs Hudson tried to speak with power but her voice was too sweet and loving.
This only seemed to set Aribella off more.
"YOUR orphanage under your roof how dare you,i have worked my ass of for yen years for this place I brought the extra money and you dare say you still control me" by this point Aribella stood at the bottom the stairs making fast steps toward Mrs Hudson.
"Aribella no one asked you to do all this you decided to go to the darker parts of life " Mrs Hudson almost mocked.
Aribella was fumming her knuckles has split again as she dug her nails deep into her palms,her anger was spilling over and she was ready to release it.
Aribella took a breath and her anger seemed to decrease only slightly as she began to talk again.

"The more I stray the less I fear and the more I reach the more I fade away  the 'darkness' Right in front of me is calling out and I won't walk away because I would always open up the door always looking up at higher floors want to see it all give me more I was always up for making changes walking down the street meeting stranger flipping through my life turning pages" Aribella was now in Mrs Hudson face as she screamed what she had done for the oprpahnege.
"I have worked until my hands have bled until my back Broke and my finger worn bare I did the work so no one here had to and you still wish to throw me away like a dog, fuck you, fuck you how dare you '
Aribella spat each word her body visible shaking with anger her eyes were wide and tainted.
Mrs Hudson still stood her ground.but her once hatred face was now one of guilt and sorrow.
'Nothing to day Mrs Hudson didn't think so ' with those words Aribella walked out of the lobby and down a darkened corridor.
With everybody going on no one noticed Hunter stood in the corner observing  everything silently watching his the girl he though of as a sister lose her temper and let out things she had been holding in for years.

Tommy stood his face still stoick as we watched his daughter release emotions that seemed foreign to him.
Mrs Hudson threw her hands in the air and stormed out of the lobby leaving the three Shelby men and the lone boy in the corner.

'She gotta temper like a Shelby eh, don't know how Birmingham would deal with anther Shelby girl like that ' John spoke chuckling at the end Arthur laughed as well will Thomas ran his hands over his face over the bruise from the first time he meet his daughter she sure as hell had a temper one that Thomas was unsure if he could handle.

'She weren't always like that world made her like that '
Thomas turned to meet the eyes if the boy hidden in the shadows.

" you know she use to be well fun and relaxed never gave two shits about business and then one day it was business this and that you know "

"You know why she's like that " Thomas asked raising his eyebrow at Hunter.
"Wish I did Mr Shelby but she don't tell no one bout her business just who she is ain't it " he replied kicking the non-existent rocks on the floor.
"I can show you what she was like though all those years ago,come follow me it's just up here" Hunter exclaimed racing up the stairs.
The Shelbys shared a glance before following him up the stairs they weaved through toys laundry that were sparled around the corridors squeezing past children. Until they reached a large oak door. Hunter dug around in his pocket until he found a key.
The door clicked and Thomas slowly entered. The room was large and small lights shone in each corner. After a closer look Tommy found that this was a trophy room glass cabinets were filled with red ribbons and trophy cups were all lined up, pictures hung from each wall, each with Aribella stood in the ring with a different cup and different injuries.

A pair of old boxing gloves hung in the centre of the wall they were warn and had cried blood spots smacked  into the leather. Arthur held the gloves his eyes fixed on the blood that no one had ever cared to wash off.

"Those were her first pair of gloves cost an arm and a leg beat her first guy into the ground with them, put them in here bout a year ago saying she didn't need them no more,they just sit in here now "

"The blood "Arthur asked his eyes to fixed on the small leather gloves.
"She said making the boys in the ring bleed was achievement and who washes there achievements down the drain" Hunter replied wiping dust of the cabinets.
Arthur just shook his head placing the gloves back down and walking to the other side of the room.

Thomas eyes though are fixed on a small picture frame picking it up he realised it was the front of pride den there was a ribbon across the entrance and Mrs Hudson and a group of kids stood at one side where as Aribella stood with a large pair of sisscors shaking hands with another man. Thomas traced his hand over Aribellas face she was smileing her eyes twinkled she looked happy if you looked at her now you would believe she was a different person.

"That was taken the day pride den became a legit fight club you should have seen her smile as wide as the Cheshire cat , she don't smile like that no more Mr Shelby. Aribella Stray don't exist anymore only lady lion heart remains " Hunters voice faltered at the end as her turned his back on the photo and Thomas.

"And non of yous no why " Arthur asked
"No one day she was Aribella Stray The next day she was lady lion heart and she never returned to being our Aribella "
"Maybe it was a boy " John half joked
Thomas snapped his head towards Hunter at the mention of a boy being involved.
"Nah I'm sure Aribella had a few boys but the only one we know of we don't speak of"
"Why's that " Thomas gritted out
" well she was a loaded gun and he was just a boy, nearly blew hi brains out cause he mistook her for a toy "

Just as Thomas went to reply the most blood curdling scream was heard everyone snapped there heads towards Hunter but he was already down the stairs running as fast as he could towards the screams that to wake the dead and scare the devil.