In which a girl attempts to outrun her past only to catch the attention of the ruthless leader of the Peaky Blinders.
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In which the arrival of the new brown-haired barmaid at the Garrison should have been the canary in the coal mine for the trou...
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Tommy
"This had better be good to interrupt my holiday," Polly said as she stormed into the betting halls. It had been eight hours since he had learned about Digbeth Kid's death and he gathered everyone to go over the next steps.
"Where's the boy?" Arthur asked Polly clearly referencing Michael. They had barely seen their cousin since he arrived. Polly, no doubt wanted to keep him far away from their bad influence, not that Tommy could blame her.
"In the back room. I only brought him because afterward we're going to the museum" She said finally coming to a stop in front of Tommy.
"He wanted to come in and say hello..." John started clearly wanting to get more time with his long-lost cousin.
"Shut up, John. There is nothing of interest to Michael in this room." Polly snapped before giving a big sigh "Tommy, get on with it"
"Last night, one of our men had his throat cut in Winson Green. I got a telegram saying it was Sabini who ordered it." Tommy announced. The telegram had been delivered last night when he was at the police station, delivered right to the hands of El. The telegram had been addressed to her and Tommy didn't even want to think about how Sabini knew where Elena lived but it had essentially promised the death of Tommy followed by every other Shelby if Elena remained out of his grasp. Elena had been a wreck when he had returned home last night and a quick glance in her direction told him she was clearly still torn up about it. She had been so uncharacteristically silent, no doubt being tortured by her own inner thoughts.
"And it says here that Thomas Shelby's next." Arthur declared before ripping up the telegram. Tommy observed as Elena shot Arthur a small smile, all she could offer in thanks.
"If our men think we can't look after them in prison, they'll not work for us. Sabini knows that. So we need to get the Green sorted out. Scudboat, you and one of the boys break a couple of windows, get yourselves arrested. I'll have our coppers get you into the Green and you can find the bastards who did it." Tommy continued with his plan. He would be damned if Sabini got away with killing the kid and taunting Elena about it.
"Instead of breaking a window, can we pinch a car?" Scudboat asked as everyone chuckled in response "What? Everybody else is getting a bloody car. I'm still on a donkey" he continued.
"All right, just get yourselves fucking arrested, it doesn't matter how." Tommy declared. Looking down at Elena's sullen face he continued, "And before you all laugh, a boy is dead. He was just a kid".
A few seconds of silence followed.
Elena next to him cleared her throat before quietly saying, "We'll start a fund for his family".
"Agreed" Polly added quickly while Tommy reached over and gave El's shoulders a quick squeeze.
"So is that it? Can I go now?" Polly asked clearly wanting to maximize her time with Michael.
