Don't envy a sinner (Peaky Blinders)

Wishfull thinking

(Zindelo's P.O.V.)
"I need you for something" Tommy said walking inside my office. I looked up from the pile of paperwork I was gifted by my family to work on. "I'm busy. Can't you go ask Arthur or John" I asked him. "You're better at improvising" he stated shrugging at shoulders. I sighed and put my pen down "what do you need me for?" I asked.  He didn't bother telling me and just wanted me to come. "Polly will do my head in. But, fine. I'll come" I said and stood up. He gave me a successful smirk before turning around. I followed him outside to the car. He started the car up and drive further. We drove part the more rich neighborhood and Tom suddenly stopped the car. I didn't understand why he did this. He quickly looked at his pocket watch before grabbing a file. I moved my head to look at the file. It had a picture of a residence on it. But before I could read anything further I spotted a copper walking towards the car. Tom quickly closed the file and put it away. "What's your business?" He asked us, "I'm sorry. We are lost" Tommy apologized

(Tommy's P.O.V.)
My brother caught on quickly and improvised. "Well, it's your fault that we are lost" he said in annoyance, "I told you to go left. But you were so adamant to go right and now we are fucking lost" he screamed. "Alright sir" the copper said looking around in embarrassment. People were turning their heads to find out what was going on. "Where do you need to go?" He asked looking at Zindelo. "Birchwood street" he answered having annoyance in his voice. The copper nodded and soon pointed and told us the direction of the closest street Zindelo had said. I nodded and started the car back up again and drove further. "38 seconds" I whispered to myself. Noting the tome how long it took for someone to notice us. I saw my brother lean back in the leather seating of the car and chuckle. "So you're going to tell me why we stopped at that house and why you have a file with information about it?" He asked. "I don't have to tell you" I replied keeping my eyes on the road. Zindelo is a smart man, he knows everything about everyone and everywhere. He nodded and dropped the topic knowing full well he'll find out about it eventually. I parked the car once we arrived at Ada's house and got out of the car. Both me and Zindelo walked up to the door and I went to knock on it. My brother had taken another hit of his cigarette and looked around the neighborhood while we waited for someone to come answer the door. The big black wooden door opened and a lad a couple of years younger than me and Sonny appeared. "Hello?" He said greeting us. "We're looking for Ada" I told him. He moved his head to the side "and who are you?" He asked trying to intimidate us. Zindelo chuckled before walking past him into the house. "Hello, Ada" the two of us greeted our sister. "I asked you a question!" The young male asked barging behind us. "It's alright, James. These are my brothers" Ada told the man. "Who's he?" I asked while I saw Zindelo walk away to grab some sweets from a bowl that was standing on a nearby table. "He rents a room" Ada replied. "Since when do you rent out rooms?" Zindelo asked and the crunch of the hard candy followed as he bit down. "Actually, she doesn't charge rent" James answered him back cocky. "He's a writer. Which means he's a bit of a skint" Ada said in a matter of fact. "Isn't a valid reason to not charge rent" my brother told her earning a scoff from our sister. Zindelo doesn't really like the whole idea of Ada being soft with this man. "What do you two want?" Ada asked sharply having enough of us asking questions about her and James. Both me and Zindelo are very protective but I am more protective than Zindelo. I looked back at James. "Oh, god. Before you start sizing him up for a wedding suit. He's not interested in me. Or in girls of any kind" Ada explained. This caught Zindelo's attention slightly. He's always been known to chase and flirt with both genders. 'Why go for one when you can go for two' is his favorite line whenever he was told of by our dad or someone else. "Ada?" James said with a hurtful tone. "What?" Ada replied cheekily, "Tommy won't judge you. But you need to stay clear of Sonny" Ada said nodding at our brother. He looked up when he heard his name.

"Cause he's known as a bit of a player. For both types". James looked over at Sonny with curiosity. "Be very carefull with what your wishing for, kid" Sonny said with a low voice and a daring smirk playing on his lips.

Didnt take long before me and Zindelo went on our way again. We arrived in an unknown area for my brother. He followed me into the building and we were met with a male's voice. "Shalom!". I watched Alfie walk up to us. " good evening, Alfie" I greeted back. He nodded and turned to look at Zindelo. Alfie walked up to him and looked down at the dog tags he wore around his neck. A quick surprise flashed in Sonny's eyes when Alfie grabbed the dog tags to examine them. By doing this Zindelo got pulled close to Alfie's face. Let me tell you that Zindelo has never met a man like himself. A man that doesn't care to step inside a personal bubble. I could tell he was getting annoyed that someone was this close to him. "Ah. The one and only Zindelo Roman Shelby. A sinner. A heathen" Alfie said before looking into my brother's eyes. "Let. Go" Zindelo growled at him. "Easily angered aswell" Alfie said with a smirk turning to me. He turned back to Zindelo. "Down boy" he told my brother snapping his fingers while pointing to the geound. I chuckled at my speechless brother, he didnt know how to react to a man like Alfie. But I could see the curiousity in his eyes. The same curiousity that James had for him. "Carefull what you wish for Zindelo" I mocked him with his own line.

Published: 26th of december