The Blood War, Peaky Blinders

𝟎𝟓𝟗 Darling lets run

The blood war
chapter fifty nine, Darling lets run
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-1929
Birmingham, England

After Tommy and Milly had visited Alfie in Margate, they head back to Tommy's office. "Paige asked who's side I was on." A voice said behind them, it was Polly. "Jesus, Pol" Milly said startled, setting a hand on her chest. Tommy pulls off his gloves and tosses them on his desk, sitting at it as Milly stands beside him. "There will be a war..." Polly continues, "And one of you will die. But which one, I cannot tell." Tommy hums with a nod, "He's going to do it anyway." "Yeah" Polly said. "You should know, if Aberama takes his side, I will kill him." Tommy threatens, Milly's eyes widening as she looked over to Tommy.

Polly's head then snaps over to Tommy, "What about me?" "I'll do what I have to do, Pol." Tommy said. Polly scoffs, "Kill... and kill... and kill..." "It's the only way to make people listen." Tommy justifies. Polly gets up and hands Tommy an envelope, "Soon you'll have a stage to stand on. Millions of people will listen to you, likewise with Paige. And you two will run the country like you run this family and she runs hers" "It appears to be what people want." Tommy said. "But not me." Polly said, "Not anymore... My resignation." Polly said, dropping the letter on the table in front of Tommy before heading towards to door, "Oh, and Tommy."

Tommy's head snaps up. "I'll be sure to tell Paige that quote... about killing to make people listen." Polly said before leaving. Tommy then begins to make phone calls around the Blinders. Arthur lies asleep on the stairs, not in such a lonely house for once. He had his Paige home for a while. The phone then begins to ring but no one picks up. Paige notices Arthur on the stairs and stares at him for a moment before going over and placing a kiss on his forehead, "Art..?" He doesn't answer, Paige knew he was in a deep sleep. She then wraps an arm around him before pulling him up, "Come on, let's get you to bed."

No one was picking up to Tommy, not a single person. Milly sits, waiting patiently for him until he's ready to go and she feels a little a little thud on the inside of her stomach, "Tom..." Tommy puts down the phone and looks over, "Yeah?" Tommy asked. "The baby." Milly said, placing a hand on her stomach. Tommy's eyes widen, "What about it?" "It kicked." Milly said, "Come here, come feel." Tommy sighs in relief, "Jesus, Milly. Don't do that that scared the shit out of me." "Thomas Shelby, scared? Must've been really bad." Milly smirks. "Shut it." Tommy said, taking his place beside Milly.

He then sets a hand on Milly's tummy, feeling the little kick the baby had produced. "Holy shit" Tommy said, looking up at Milly, "This is ours?" Milly nods, "Yeah. Yeah this is ours Tom." Tommy then realises that he should've picked Milly from the start, not Grace. Not May. Hell, not even Lizzie. It should've been him and Milly.

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Fast forward a couple of days, preparations for Mosley's speech was underway. Back in Birmingham, Tommy and Arthur helped Barney with some target practice, it was like he never left. It was also revealed Paige would go back to London with Tara whilst James and Apollo stayed to help Tommy with the assassination. The Blinders began to stock up on guns as people began to take their seats at the Fascist rally. Arthur however, stepped away from the chaos for a second to see his wife off. "So uhm... the choice is yours if you want me there or not, you know... on your big day" Arthur said, walking with Paige along the side of the train station platform.

Paige stops walking for a second, "Why wouldn't I want you there?" "Because of everything that happened between us? The way everything went sour." Arthur said, the last sentence said quietly. Paige sighed, "Of course I still want you there, we're still married." Arthur's head perks up, "Really?" Paige lets out a chuckle, "Yes, you dickhead." She then pulls him in for a hug, "You might be a dickhead but you're my dickhead. You'll be at there, with the kids." Arthur stays quiet in the hug, scared he'd mess something up. Tara then comes around the corner, seeing the pair, "I'd hate the break this up, but there's people here to see you..."