grace and tommy peaky blinders

Chapter 3

Grace was playing with Charles outside with the horses. Charles was looking at the gold fish and pointing at his favourite one.
"That one mummy, I like that one!"Charles says whilst trying to grab the fish out of the water.
"No Charles stop." Grace says whilst laughing.
Charles puts his hand in the water and it splashed all over Grace. Grace laughs and puts a little bit of water onto Charles, who starts giggling and running around, grace starts chasing him, but before she can catch him, tommy comes from around the corner and picks Charles up onto his shoulder.
"How is my little boy." Says Tommy and graces heart melts a bit.
"Daddy! I missed you." Charles moves his head back so he is just in front of tommy, then he presses his head to his. Tommy closes his eyes and holds his arms out for Grace to come and join them. Grace walks to them and tommy wraps his arm around grace, pulling them all together. Grace smiles into Tommy's chest and breathes in her favourite scent.
"We need to talk." Tommy whispers into her ear. Grace nods, wondering what it could be about.

When they get back into the house tommy gives Charles to the maid and then leads Grace upstairs. They go into their bedroom and tommy sits down on the bed his head in his hands.
"Tommy what is it." Graces asks quietly, if she remained calm, he would.
"I'm scared Grace." These weren't words grace heard often, so when she did, she knew something bad was going to happen.
"Is it the donohoughs?"
"No it's not them. It's that priest. You were right. He wants the cars to himself and I can't get him off my back. He said if I didn't get the cars for him, he would take you, or Charles." Tommy's voice cracks. Grace is speechless, is this priest were to hurt her son, she would kill him herself.
She walks over to tommy and places a hand on his. She could feel the muscles in his hand un tense, she was always able to put him at ease with her touch. Tommy takes her hand in his and makes circles on her hand with his thumb.
"Why don't you just kill him?" The words sounded dirty in graces mouth, but that was the only way to get the threat of her and her son.
"It's not that simple Grace. He is also helping me, without him I can't get the cars."
"The cars are more important then you child and wife?" Grace says angrily and storms out of the room.
"Grace. Grace wait!" Shouts tommy whilst jumping off the bed. He catches up to her and grabs her hand, then pulls her towards him, keeping hold of her hands. "The Donohoughs are a lot more powerful then this priest, and they know I'm on their tail. They only have power if they have their cars. And if they have power they will do things way worse to you and our family then some fucking priest.
"So don't you see grace? I need the cars now. I'm in to deep and if I don't get them he will kill us all."
"So what is your plan then tommy?" Grace asks stiffly.
"He needs me for the cars to. So I will stick with him till we have got them, letting him believe I will give them to him, then I will kill him." Tommy looks into graces eyes and grips both of her hands. "Please grace don't be angry with me, I need you."
Grace looks sternly into Tommy's eyes for a few seconds, but she knows she can't be angry with him, and his plans seems legit. "Oh tommy." Grace smiles than plants her lips on his. She pulls away. "You know I can never be angry at you." He smiles and kisses grace again, leading her back into the bedroom.
"It's still early grace." Tommy whispers into her neck. Grace nods and she kicks the bedroom door closed.

When grace wakes up the next morning, cocooned in Tommy's arms, she smiles to herself. These were her favourite mornings, waking up with tommy still asleep but still stroking her arm, with his head in her neck.
Grace knows she should get up and check on Charles, but tommy is so warm she doesn't want to leave so stays for a few more minutes breathing in his scent and planting her head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat.
About 10 minutes later, tommy does wake up, and kisses grace on the forehead, like he does everything morning.
"Good morning," Tommy says sleepily.
"Good morning." Grace smiles then reaches for her phone. 1 text from Ada which reads:
Have you got a dress for tonight?
Tonight is the opening of the grace Shelby foundation, and grace couldn't be more exited.
Yes, but I'm still stuck on some shoes. Grace replys.
"Who are you texting?" Asks Tommy.
"Ada. About tonight." Tommy nods.
"Oh tonight, I almost forgot." He said jokingly, because indeed he hadn't forgotten about tonight as grace talked about it every chance she got. But he loved it.
"Don't joke Mr Shelby." Grace says flirtily eyeing tommy. Tommy laughs then jumps out of bed carrying grace with him.
"Come on let's go get some breakfast."
"Okay." Grace says as tommy carries her bridal style out of the bedroom. Graces phone buzzes from the bed. "Wait my phone! Tommy stop my phone." Tommy laughs and keeps waking. Grace clings onto the door frame. "Tommy take me back for my phone!" Grace says laughing, as Tommy's grip tightens around her. "Tommy Shelby put me down right now!" She starts to playfully hit his back. Tommy laughs and carries her back to the bed. Grace laughs and picks up her phone.
As tommy carries her downstairs, she reads the text from Ada:
Great! Me to! How about we go shopping before the opening and then go together?
Grace quickly replies:
yes sounds good! See you in an hour?

Yes I'll pick you up!
Grace smiles and tommy puts her down on the dining room table chair then goes to get Charles.

Grace and Ada get to the opening half an hour early, to check that everything is ok. In the hall stands Tommy, just staring into space. Grace goes to him and wraps her arms around his waist, kissing the back of his neck.
"I can't believe the day is finally here, Tommy." Grace whispers into his neck.
"I know, are you happy grace?"
"So happy, So very very happy. I love you so much tommy, this sounds so cringe but I'm so glad you asked me to marry you. You have changed my life." Grace says as tommy turns around and moves his hands to her waist.
"You, grace, haven't just changed my life, you have changed me. I lie in bed at night actually being able to sleep because of you, I have a child because of you, you are the biggest love of my life, my soulmate." After years with this man, words like that still send grace over the moon. "Come on its about to start." Tommy interlocks his hand in graces, and they take their seats.

After the ceremony, grace heads into the big room where everyone who came is chatting and just catching up. Tommy saw the priest at the ceremony, he was absolutely outraged, and he is dealing with him now. Grace wasn't sure what he was doing, but she knew he wouldn't be hurting the priest, as tommy had said, he needed him. Grace was chatting with Ada and some women who work for the foundation when aunt poll asks for a quick word.
Grace follows her into the corner of the room.
"Look grace, I know we have our differences, and you know I will never fully be able to forgive you for what you did to tommy, but seeing tommy like this, so, what's the word? Happy, plain and simple, he is happier then he has ever been with you Grace, and I thank you."
"Thank you, you don't know how much that means to me." Grace smiles a genuine smile and her and poll go back to the rest of the guests.
About 10 minutes later, tommy comes back. He goes straight to grace and Charles.
"Hey is everything ok?" Asks grace.
"Yes fine, the priest is gone and you two are safe, everything is fine." Grace smiles and takes Tommy's hand.
Then the photographer asks to take everyone's picture. Some altogether and some separate ones. The last one to be taken was grace and the rest of the women from the foundation. Tommy smiles as he sees grace get into position, falling in love with her beauty all over again.
"Daddy, daddy." Tommy's turns and looks down to see Charles pulling on his trousers. Tommy picks him up then kisses his forehead, turning back to look at grace, but she was gone.
Tommy's eyes skimmed the room but she was nowhere to be seen. Tommy's heart drops.
"Hey tommy are you okay?" Ada's hand on his arm. He quickly spins around.
"Ada have you seen grace?" Tommy's asks quickly.
"No I thought she was getting her picture taken?"
"She was but she has gone. Here take Charles." Tommy hands over Charles and heads over to the boys.
"Have any one you seen grace."
"No thought she was getting her picture taken." Says Arthur.
"Well shes not!" Tommy's voice begins to raise. "She's not hear! Can someone tell me where the hell my wife has gone?"
"Tommy, tommy!" Yells Ada.
Tommy sprints over to her. "What?"
"A maid said she saw her get dragged out the room some man, a priest, she said."
Tommy's heart had seemed to have stopped. He seemed paralysed. Ada shook him and he snapped out of it. And in a few short seconds tommy was sprinting through the door. Everyone one of his brothers and the Peaky Blinders following him.