What About Us | John Shelby

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

March, 1919

The Following Day

Groaning and moaning could be heard coming from John and Tessa's bedroom. It was early in the morning. All the kids were occupied downstairs with food for themselves, which gave John and Tessa a chance to be alone together.

"Fuck John" Tessa groaned out, pulling on his hair in pleasure. The two had been getting at it a lot lately. It was starting to become a nightly thing and sometimes even in the morning if the kids weren't around, or up from bed.

"Mommy, Aunty Ada is here to see you" Katie shouted from down stairs. The two were interrupted by the shouting as Tessa was wanted somewhere else.

"She'll be down in a minute, Katie" John, puffed while laying on top of Tessa. He went to go back to what they were doing when Tessa laid her hands on his bare chest.

"Wait ... I have to see Ada" She pushed him off of her, he laid there on the side of the bed staring at her confused.

"What the fuck Tess, I was just in the middle of doing you" Tessa laughed slightly, throwing on her undergarments and a dressing gown to hide her naked body.

She turned around, leaning over on the bed as her body was on top of his "Stay right here, I'll be right back"

John sighed, leaning his head against the headboard "Nowhere for me to go, love"

Tessa laughed to herself leaving John alone in the bedroom, while she went and attended to Ada. Reaching the top of the stairs, Ada sat on the last step with her back hunched over and her head in her arms.

Sitting next to her on the step, Tessa placed her arm around the younger girl's shoulder in comfort "What's up?"

Through little sniffles Ada spoke out "It's Tommy ... he fucking knows about Freddie"

Tessa stood up, pulling Ada with her "Let's talk in the living room, John is upstairs in the bedroom he'll here everything here, come on"

Sitting down, Tessa served up two whiskeys for both girl's "Tell me then, what happened"

Taking a drink from her whiskey, putting it back down on the table to the side of the couch Ada finally said "I was at the pictures last night ... Tommy came in demanding the name of the father. I eventually told him, of course he fucking blew up about it storming out of the pictures"

Tessa sighed "Christ Ada, I'm sorry it had to happen this way for both of you"

The girl just shrugged her shoulders "It was going to have to happen, at some point in time. I guess the baby is just an excuse for us to finally tell the family about us"

"What about Freddie though, where is he actually gone? The both of ye went ghost a couple of days ago and now Freddie is still nowhere to be seen"

"The coppers the other morning, came into Freddie's place looking for him as everyone knows he is a well known communist. We made a run for it before the coppers could find us. He left me at a women's house and said that he would come back to me soon, but never said when"

"So you have no idea where he went off to?" Ada just shook her head, the girl had no idea where he had gone.

"I don't know what to do about Tommy though" There wasn't much Ada could say about the man. It would be Tommy's decision to do what he does, with the information he has now.