Partners in crime

Revenge

Johanna watched on worryingly as Mrs Lovett flirted yet again with another customer in her courtyard. She wasn't being discreet nor was she being shy about anything either. Nellie had been acting like this for a few days now, sitting on the laps of men laughing and drinking with them without a care in the world. Some she allowed to kiss her, others touched her a little too friendly for Johanna's liking. She was being rather aloof....

Johanna had a feeling Mrs Lovett was trying to hurt her father. For what exactly she wasn't sure however it certainly had been getting to him. Johanna had seen the anger in his eyes when he caught sight of Eleanore allowing some man to kiss at her neck while she giggled and drank more gin.

Johanna had been worried her father might explode with rage with what he was witnessing that day. His knuckles had turned white from gripping at his banister that evening and his face red with anger. Johanna knew he couldn't ever hurt anyone yet she had to admit with Eleanore acting the way she was to upset him she wasn't too sure if this would all end in tears.

Running a hand over her stomach Johanna smiled a little knowing her baby was in there. Her father still didn't know and right now Johanna knew it wouldn't be good to tell him in his current mood. Eleanore was hurting him on purpose and for that she wasn't happy.

Biting her lip at her very handsome customer Mrs Lovett hopped off his knee and bent over to pick up his glass giving him a eye full of her large breasts as she did so. "I'll be back" she smirked walking away with his glass ready to refill it with more ale.

As soon as she stepped into her shop she was greeted by Toby who had wandered in off the street. "Hi mum" he chirped in a cheerful manner after just being out kicking a ball around with his friends.

"Ah good ya back, could ya go run this up to Mr T, Am busy with a customer at the mo" she handed him the tray of food and noticed how Johanna looked rather angry with her.

As the boy rushed off Mrs Lovett turned, hands on hips she stared straight ahead at Johanna sat in one of her booths. "Wot?"

"Don't you not think you're being a little obvious" Johanna said straight faced just like her father did when he was annoyed. "You're allowing most men in London to have their way with you..."

"Johanna!" She gasped in surprise "Come on it's not like I'm sleepin' with them I'm not a whore" she added shocked that Johanna would be so quick to jump to conclusions.

Relieved to know she wasn't going to bed with them Johanna still didn't like her behaviour.

"You're hurting father" she whispered looking down sadly while Nellie just stood there and smirked.

"Well ya father urt me dear..." with that she poured a generous amount of ale into the glass and headed back out to the courtyard where her handsome customer was awaiting her.

Johanna sighed as she watched Eleanore join that man again, giggling like a school girl when he pulled her down into his lap.

Upstairs Sweeney Todd stood staring out of his window not bothering to turn when his door opened. He in someways hoped it was Mrs Lovett but when he heard the young boy address him he gritted his teeth knowing she was probably downstairs making a fool of herself, yet again.

Spinning round to face a rather frightened Toby who noticed the silver blade clutched tightly in Mr Todd's grip the boy gulped.

"Where is Mrs Lovett?" He asked simply still grinding his teeth in anger knowing very well where she was.

"Downstairs sir, workin'..."

Striding towards Toby Sweeney pushed past him and opened his door to watch from his balcony as some man chewed at her ear lobe making her giggle as she muttered naughty things back to him.