Mariana finds out the husband she grieved for is alive after all these years.
Now she must adjust to a new life with the return of Alfie Solomons, without Thomas Shelby and with the new threat of Michael Gray hanging over all of their heads.
Alfie...
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Mariana's POV
The next morning was a strange one Waking up in Polly's house With no one around Giving Laurence breakfast and rolling Arthur onto his side so he didn't choke on his own sick How did we get here?
"Can I have jam?" Laurence asked "Course you can darling, eh, you know what? Your dad will be home today" I said He smiled "And Carter?" He asked "Mhm" I hummed
"That fucking bacon I can smell?" Arthur grumbled, trudging in to sit down "Language" I warned He groaned, sitting down, looking at Laurence before he took a piece of toast off his plate
For fuck sake "Why don't you go get dressed darling? While I speak to uncle Arthur?" I suggested. "Fine" Laurence groaned, leaving the kitchen
I put a cup of tea in front of Arthur, with a plate of breakfast Both of which he did not fucking deserve
"So" I said, sitting down "Tommy's put confidence in you... and Ada finds you with a syringe in your arm" I said "I don't need. A fucking lecture. Off you" he said simply
"No, you don't, but you care about Tommy, you care what he thinks of you. You need to stay off it Arthur. You need to or Tommy won't trust you to help him" I said "I know" he said quickly
"I... I was fine. I was" he said "But?" He looked down, shifting "I saw Linda" he said "What? Where?" I asked "It doesn't matte- I just... seeing her. Seeing the kids, it just set me off" he explained
"What did she say?" I asked She must have done something to break him "Nothing, it was... she was nice. We... we had a nice talk, I just got in my head and Tommy wanted me at that talk and I just got... overwhelmed I guess" he said sadly
"Eat up. Tommy will want to speak to you" I said "I ain't seen you in months Mar" he said "You have. You just don't remember" I said "I have?"
I nodded "Just eat Arthur" I said, both of us falling silent as he did so.
Alfie's POV
"Settled?" I asked "Yeah, I'm tired though" Carter said "Sleep alright? It's a long way back anyway" I mumbled.
Long fucking way but if it meant we got home...
Mariana's POV
"Where have you been?" Ollie asked "I've not been in for four days Ollie, you really can't handle running things?" I asked, sitting at the desk "I can, it's just that Alfie left so quickly and I thought you'd be here to help bu-"
