Their Mockingbird- Complete

27

Saturday

Arthur pov

I hardly slept last night. Worried for Nancy, I couldn't stop the anxiety that was building up inside me. At one point, I broke a chair from pure anger all because I was utterly clueless. I don't know what had happened to Nancy yesterday, but she clearly isn't well. Didn't help that Lucia refuses to tell me

"I want her to be safe. What if you're not here? How the fuck am I supposed to help if I don't know whats wrong?" I whisper yelled at breakfast as Nancy was just in the other room

"I won't ever leave her side. Not in a place like this. Don't think she hasn't told me about your little gang. Thinking you're all top dog just because you have a few idiots who are so blinded by power that they don't realise they are killing themselves working for you" she yelled back

"This is different. We don't hurt those who don't deserve it. Nancy is the sweetest yet scariest girl I've ever known. She always knows how to get her way and yet she would die just to see others happy. I need her to be safe and you can't protect her always" i said

"I can and I will. She is my sister and we have been through hell together. If she wishes to tell you of her past and her medical history then I will respect that. But so far, Nancy is quite happy with you not knowing every little detail about her life" she said wacking her hand on the table and storming off, slamming the door in the process

I sat with my head in my hands until I heard a little voice from the doorway

"She doesn't mean to yell. Lucia is very protective of me" I looked up and saw Nancy stood against the doorframe shyly

"That's alright. You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to Nancy but you have to understand, your medical history is really important. If something were to happen, God forbid, then I wouldn't be able to inform the doctors of your condition, i wouldn't know what to do myself and it would just make the situation worse. So please, just please trust me. Why were you in so much pain yesterday?" I asked her

"Period cramps" she answered quickly. My eyes widened

"Er....what?" I asked shocked

"You're making a fuss about me having period cramps. The reason Lucia didn't tell you is because it is none of your business. You seem to forget that I'm no longer 7 years old Arthur. I'm not the naive little girl who would come running every time you whistle. I'm a young woman now and I want you to start treating me as such. Please just give me some privacy. I'm your sister. Not your brother. There are some things that just don't need to be shared between us" nancy said to me before walking out

I sat feeling like such an idiot. Making such a big deal about nothing. I have to apologise to Lucia. As much as I hate it and as much as she gets on my nerves, she is just respecting Nancy's privacy which is something I should probably start doing

I walked up stairs looking for Lucia and soon I found her. She was in my room. Why the fuck is she in my room? I opened the door a creak and spied on her as she invaded my privacy. She was rummaging through the draws, flipping over my pillows, clearly looking for something. I cleared my throat making her jump a mile

"Can I help you?" I asked

"I don't believe so Mr shelby but thank you" she said so confidently it was almost unreal

"Why are you in my room?" I asked closing the door behind us

"I know who you are Mr shelby. And I know what your plans are" she said

"I don't know what you think is going on. But like you said, I'm Arthur shelby. Second in command of the peaky blinders. Eldest shelby brother" I said to her

"I don't trust you" she spat at me

"And I don't trust you but for Nancy, I'm trying to make this work. I suggest you do too because you have no where else to go unless of course you want to go back to Russia which is quite frankly a death wish" I said

"Do you know what we do to liars in my country Mr shelby?" She asked

"Kiss them?" I asked winking. She walked closer to me and grabbed my arms. Her face moved closer to mine and I really thought she would kiss me. But then she kicked me in the balls instead

"Nice try" she whispered as I fell to the ground clutching my bollocks

"Worth a shot" I managed to say groaning from the pain

Lucia pov

After that, I left Arthur to help himself. A kiss? From him. He's got to be joking. I'd rather kiss a toad than that god awful man. I was in his room for 3 reasons

1. I don't trust him and wanted to look for any information
2. I need to find his guns so I can take them from him, or I fear he may shoot me
3. I believe he's working for stalin. Him and the peaky blinders. So I wanted proof

You see, I'm well aware that Thomas shelby had sexual relations with a Russian after his wife died. Infact, he's had quite alot of contact with Russians. So I do believe that the peaky blinders are working for stalin, trying to bring me home

You might wonder why I'm so important to stalin. A man who wants power and doesn't care about 2 female lives. Well truth is, stalin doesn't care if we are caught or not. Viktor cares. And stalins men care. But stalin himself is too powerful to even know of our presence

I just pray that I manage to get nancy to leave with me before viktor finds us and kills us. All I can do is pray