The Blood War, Peaky Blinders

𝟎𝟏𝟗 Hallelujah, My Ass

The blood war
chapter nineteen, Hallelujah, My Ass
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-1921
Birmingham, England
The Digbeth kid was caught in possession of illegal bookie things and was taken back to the station. "Name?" Moss asked. "The Digbeth kid" He said. "Your real name" Moss said. "Harold Hancox" He said as Moss writes it down. "Occupation?" Moss asked. "Illegal bookmaker" Harold said. "You don't admit that. You say something like Umbrella Mender, then we decide you're lying and I arrest you" Moss sighs. "Umbrella Mender" Harold said. Moss sighs again and continues to write.

"You are found in possession of betting slips, racing cards and ticker tape. Any explanation?" Moss asked. Harold shakes his head. "No, I have no explanation for my possession of those items, officer" Moss said. "Take him away, I can finish this report myself." "Come on son" The officer said, taking Harold in his arms. They walk down the hallway and Moss sighs again. "Bloody hellfire" Moss mutters to himself.

The next morning, Tommy calls a family meeting. The night previous, Harold Hancock had been murdered by Sabini's men. "This better be good to interrupt my holiday" Polly said, walking into the main room with Khloe. "Where's the boy?" Arthur asked. "In the back room, I only brought him because we're going to the museum afterwards" Polly said. "Lucky him" Milly whispered to Paige. "He wanted to come in and say hello..." John said but Polly cut him off, "Shut up John. There is nothing of interest to Michael in this room." "You sure about that?" Arthur murmured and Paige hit his shoulder, "What, just saying?" Arthur said. "What do you mean Arthur?" Polly asked. "Nothing Pol, it's not important" John said. "John?" Polly asked.

"I uh-" John said and he looked back at Khloe. Khloe shook her head as in "Don't tell her" but they weren't going to get away with it anymore. Arthur sighed, "It was mine and John's fault" "What did you two do?" Polly asked. "We uh-" John said. "John, as the oldest, I'll tell her" Arthur said, standing up and taking responsibility. "When we were in London, the first night. We were a little tipsy before hand, me and John. But we went to another bar when Tommy left. We weren't watching Khloe and she found Michael on accident, but didn't know it was him and she and..." Arthur said before looking at Khloe. "I fucked him" Khloe said in a low voice. "Michael?" Polly asked, "As in my Michael?" She turns to Khloe.

"Are you pregnant?" Polly asked. "I already asked her and she said no" Arthur said, sitting back down again and Paige set a hand on his shoulder. "I wasn't asking you Arthur" Polly said, "Khloe? Are you pregnant?" Polly asked. "No" Khloe said, shaking her head. "Come here" Polly said and Khloe took steps toward her. Polly sets hands on Khloe's stomach. Her breathing pace picked up. Polly looks at the group and then back at Khloe. "Is she?" Milly asked. "It's a boy" Polly said, hugging Khloe as she could feel the teenager shake. "No, no this can't have happened" Khloe said as she shakes in Polly's arms.

"Shh, it's okay. Calm Khloe" Polly said, stroking Khloe's hair. "Are you mad?" Khloe asks, scared. "Of course I'm not back Khloe" Polly said, trying to comfort her. "Does Michael know Khloe?" Paige asked. "If he knew then I don't think I'd be as scared as I am right now" Khloe said. "We can deal with that later. Tommy, get on with it" Polly said. "Last night, one of our men had his throat cut at Winston Green. This morning, I had a telegram to say it was Sabini who had ordered it" Tommy said. "And it says here that Thomas Shelby is next" Arthur said, tearing the telegram in half.

"If our men think we can't look after them in prison, they aren't going to work for us" Tommy said, "Sabini knows that. So we need to get the Green sorted out. Scudboat, you and one of the boys break a couple of windows and get yourselves arrested. I'll have our coppers get into the Green and you can find the bastards who did it." "Instead of breaking a window, can we pinch a car?" Scudboat asked, chuckles were heard across the room. "What? Everyone else is getting a bloody car. I'm still on a bloody donkey." "alright, just get yourselves fucking arrested it doesn't matter how. And before you all laugh, a boy is dead" Tommy said as John quickly got rid of his smirk.