Peaky Blinders Imagines✔️

Shelby Clan- Secrets (Platonic) Pt2

After arriving into the room and Grace shuts the door I start to get nervous as I sit down
"Ok YN I need you to be honest here. Is James hurting you?" Grace asks hands on hips, I feel as though I'm being scolded
"What? no" I shake my head but Grace raises a brow
"Show me your wrist"
"Seriously Grace nothings going on"
"YN I saw a bruise on there the first day I met you"
"You did?" Esme asks worriedly "YN if he is hurting you we can help, he can't go into business with the Shelby's, if they found out what he had done and you hadn't said anything then..."
"They would cut me? yeah hence why I can't say anything"
"So he is hurting you?" Grace now crosses her arms
"No you just... ughh"
"I heard from Lizzie that victims of abuse won't say anything in fear that they will get it worse"
"Abuse? no, he's just... passionate"
"Look Tommy and the others won't hurt you, they will protect you. I know it's hard to imagine, Birmingham's feared Peaky Blinders hate woman beaters, but it's true" Polly now speaks. There's no point in arguing with these woman, they're all stubborn and I know they know. Being a stupid weak person I break down into tears
"Oh YN" Esme puts an arm around me
"How long has it been going on for?" Grace asks sitting next to me
"Things we're fine when we first starting to see each other, then after about a year it started as little things like telling me I looked weird in a dress or it was to short. It got physical after we got engaged" I look down at the ring
"Poll tell them not to sign any deals" Grace looks up at Polly
"No don't! he will kill me if I mess this up for him" Polly ignores me and opens up the door "Polly stop please" I get up and run out after her then stop realising everyone is now looking at my tear stained face
"Tommy don't you dare go into business with this man. He's been abusing his poor fiancé since they've been together" Tommy looks a mixture of shocked and angry
"John, Arthur deal with him"
"You can't be serious? she's bloody lying for fucks sake"
"Do bruises lie?" Polly crosses her arms
"Shes done them to herself"
"Arthur John"
"Oh come on. Your going to believe the whore?" John and Arthur drag him out of the pub with him yelling
"Room now" anger still laced into Tommy's voice. Defeated I turn around and walk back into the room.

When the door closes I expect it to be just Tommy and I and that I was gonna get a beating, but to my surprise Polly, Grace, Esme and Pollys son Michael are all in the room. It was Micheal to make the first move towards me, making me flinch as he goes to take my wrist
"Hey it's ok. I just want to look" he gently says. I look at Grace who nods her head. I let Michael take my wrist in his hands. He pulls my sleeve up to see the fading bruise "this one should be gone in a day or 2. Which is the most recent?" Michael looks at me with soft eyes
"M-my cheek"
"Ok let's take that makeup off and take a look eh?" Tommy says and I nod my head. Polly goes to get a wet rag. When she returns I gently take off the makeup covering the bruise
"Bloody hell" Esme gasps "no wonder you had bright red cheeks today. What the fuck has he been doing to you?"
"This one will take some time. A couple of week potentially" Micheal holds my face in his hands as gently as he can. The door opens making me jump
"Fucking hell" Arthur yells looking at my face. Tears begin to fall down my face
"Right, YN your staying with Polly and Michael tonight. Tomorrow we will figure something out, but your not going back to him"
"Not that she can" John mutters
"No one has to know what he was doing if you don't want them. This can stay in here, he's gone now, for good"
"Why did you do this for me? why are all of you being so nice to me? I've been here a week that's all"
"Time doesn't matter. All that matters is that your now safe love" Polly puts an arm around my shoulder smiling at me.

Months have gone by and the Shelby's have basically adopted me as one of them. I now help out with paperwork at the betting shop, the brothers insisting though I only deal with legal stuff, but that's fine. They have quickly all become my closest friends.