Peaky Blinders Imagines✔️

Tommy- Granddaughter Pt2

"Shhh Eloise please" I sigh bouncing my now 3 week old baby in my arms "what do you want? I've given you food, I've changed you, I've checked to see if your to warm or cold" I can feel tears starting to form, are they from frustration or are they because I'm tired? Probably both. I've barley slept since having her. I guess in normal circumstances the baby would have 2 parents present and their mother wouldn't be a 16 year old girl. I glance at the clock on the wall, it's now 4:35am. I've been awake for 24 hours now but sleep doesn't seem to be in my grasp anytime soon. She woke up crying just as I was falling asleep, not wanting to wake my dad, stepmum, or little brother up I brought Eloise downstairs "Eloise please I'm begging you to sleep" I continue to bounce the baby in my arms
"Miss Shelby?" I hear the quiet voice of one of our maids walking into the living room "is everything ok? Is the baby ok?"
"Francis I don't know what else to do" i can no longer stop the tears from falling "she won't stop crying. I've not slept. I'm a 16 year old with a baby with no husband. My dads still mad at me..."
"No love he's not mad at you. He's mad at the boy who has done this to you, left you in this situation. Why don't I sit with the baby for a couple of hours while you sleep?"
"Oh Francis I can't ask you to do that. Go back to bed"
"Miss Shelby you are not asking, I'm offering and I think you need more sleep that I do tonight" Francis gently takes Eloise from my arms and starts bouncing her
"Are you sure Francis?"
"Positive, now of you go"
"Thank you" I yawn before heading up to my room.

When I wake up, the house is quiet. Slowly I get out of bed and put my robe on then head down the stairs to the living room where I find Grace holding Eloise
"Morning" I groan sitting next to Grace "wheres dad?"
"Out with your uncles" glancing at the clock I sigh knowing I need to feed Eloise soon
"She will need feeding in a bit, she's gone nearly 4 hours without a feed"
"Ok, but while she's asleep, tell me how you are?"
"I'm fine"
"Don't do that. Remember I married your father, I know how stubborn you both are" Grace chuckles quietly
"I guess I'm tired, sore all the times fed up"
"Well you haven't left the house in 3 weeks, since this one was born"
"I'm scared what others will think, or if I see him and his new girlfriend. He will know that Eloise is his, but I know he won't want to be her father and I'm not sure I want him to be"
"Well, you do need to give him that chance, but you don't have to get married to him"
"I think dad would prefer that" just then Eloise starts to stir. I take her from Graces arms and head up to my room to feed the baby.

"Tommy you need to calm down" I hear Grace raise her voice "Charles is watching and YN is only upstairs feeding Eloise"
"He did this to her, he did this to my daughter and he"
"You don't know that he is the father"
"Grace he was bragging about bedding 'Tommy Shelby's daughter' it's got to be him"
"Tom..." Grace sighs. I run down the stairs and the negative atmosphere hits me in the face. Grace sees me and gives me a smile "YN you best come and talk to your father. I'll take Charles outside for a little bit" she picks up my 2 year old brother
"James is Eloise's father. Isn't he?" dad says sitting down with a whisky in his hands. I don't say anything to him, which must have told him everything he needed to know "damn it YN"
"What are you going to do to him?"
"Nothing, at the moment. Im giving him a chance to do the right thing and be a father to Eloise. The moment he fucks up he's dead" he takes a sip of his drink
"I don't want to marry him if that's what your getting at"
"It won't be the first time a 16 year old marries her babies father. Martha married John for fucks sake"
"But..."
"You need to go and speak to him, soon YN"
"Ok, I know I do"