Helpless Addiction

A Plan Is Formed

As she walks away from the Garrison she turns down the same ally she met Daniel in, meeting him again. She notices Daniel at the back of an ally and prepares herself for either good news or a blood bath.

"Good evening Ms. Lee" Daniel says standing upright

"Good evening Daniel. You have anything for me?" She asks

He looks at her and says "Quite a bit. First thing is that he is already going to make 500 pound off the race tomorrow."

Vivian looks at him "Which horse?" she asks

"Whiskey." he says bluntly

Vivian looks puzzled "God damnit." There is a moment of silence between the two.

"I have an idea but you're not going to like it." Daniel said

Vivian looks up at him once more "Spit it out Dan."

"You know the Shelby family. Well they go to the races every week. Maybe you can see if one of them can help you." He said with regret after noticing Tommy behind them.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" She screams at him then punches the brick wall.

"The worst part Daniel, you could be right." she continued.

"Your hand is broken..." he says sympathetic.

"No shit Daniel. I'm right handed i'll be fine. As much as I hate to admit it, you're right." Vivian sighs and turns around noticing Tommy. When she notices him they maintain eye contact as she speaks to Daniel. "You can go Daniel."

Daniel peaks at Tommy once more "I want to help you."

Still looking at Tommy "I work alone Dan. And please call me Vivian you've got my respect Dan. If I think of a plan I'll come find you."

"Very well Vivian." Daniel sighs as he walks away.

Although Daniel is gone, Tommy and Vivian are still staring at each other both waiting for the other to move first. About 5 minus go by before Tommy walks down to Vivian and she meets him in the middle if the ally.

"Ms.Lee" He nods

"Mr. Shelby" She nods back "You were clearly listening to us. What do you want?"

Tommy sighs "I think the cop is right. We both want Kimber gone." he lights a cigarette and offers Vivian one, she accepts.

"I think we could work well together Mr. Shelby." Vivian spoke smoking her cigarette.

Tommy takes his out of his mouth "As do I." He sticks his hand out for her to shake.

She looks at it and shakes her head. "I don't like you, I don't respect you, and I sure as hell don't fear you." As she steps closer to him Tommy pulls his gun out and points it at her. "You should be scared and you will respect me." He says obviously angry.

She chuckles at him "You gonna shoot me?" she pauses "Do it. Your family is watching"

They both look up seeing his aunt and brothers looking down. Tommy, looking back to her, is shocked by her words as he has never had someone ask him to kill them before.

"I have no one Mr. Shelby my existence is me going through the motions. If you do shoot me at least bury me somewhere nice." Vivian says sarcastically putting her cigarette out on the brick wall she was now up against as they are still staring at each others eyes. With a lot of tension in the air for several seconds Tommy looks up at his family for a moment his cheeks clearly red. In this moment Vivian disarms Tommy and flips him to the ground and his cigarette falls out of his other hand. Her now pointing the gun at him states "First Mr. Shelby you need to work on your senses. Second I will be open to us working together if I call the shots. Lastly, you're better at this than that boy Micheal. Fucking idiot." She extends her hand to help him up and he takes it.

Tommy is still stunned but finally says "Very well. Meet me here tomorrow."

"You only Mr. Shelby." she nods and walks off.

After a few days of Vivian and Tommy thinking of a plan separately, they met again in the same ally as before. To Tommy's surprise Vivian brought the cop from before. Before Tommy even got close to her she said "Kimber has plans Mr.Shelby. The races start in an 5 hours." she turns to him "Here's what is going to happen. You and your family can deal with his mindless minions. I've arranged for Daniel to be a security officer for Kimber. Once you've done what you need to do to make the cost clear, come find me by under the benches. If things go to plan it will be Daniel, Kimber, a few of his people, and myself alone. We keep him alive until he tells us what else he has plans. Is that a plan?"

Tommy looks shocked at the fact that this girl who works all alone most the time has actually gone through with working with his family after the incident that happened just months ago. All he can do is nod his head.

"Well then. I'm off to your pub to see Abigail. Feel free to join me if you think of anything else that might help us. Until next time Mr. Shelby." After she is a street away from the pub she hears running behind her so she turns around to see none other than Thomas Shelby so she laughs to herself as he catches up with her.

"I decided I'd join you." he says with his hands in his trench coat pockets internally questioning his own decision. Vivian just nods to him. When the two of them walk in everyone stands with a look of confusion. Vivian heads to the bar, hand still broken, and Tommy goes to a back table, allowing everyone to go back to what they were doing. Whispers filled the room as to why the 2 of them were together even Abigail was confused. From across the room the 2 look at eachother, both straight faced. Tommy looking away first. Vivian turns back to Abigail looking annoyed at the whispers and mouths "sorry abby." She then whips around to everyone and yells "HEY!" and everyone whips looking at her including the Shelby family all with shock because she doesn't yell.

"Keep my name out of your mouths before I shove a gun in it." She says sternly hushing all the whispers. A couple minutes later none other than Billy Kimber walks in.