The following morning Amelia was woken up by Mary entering her room and opening up her curtains.
"Sorry Miss Crostwell but Miss Gray has asked that you meet them in small Heath urgently"
Amelia groaned as the winter sun spilled into her room, blinding her temporarily. The night had been difficult, she could not for the life of her get to sleep and when she did it was disturbed.
"Mary, please call me Amelia" she said as she slipped out of her warm bed and into her bed coat.
Mary smiled and began to run the bath for Amelia. It didn't sit well with Amelia that Mary was here to wait on her hand and foot, she would bring this up with her at a different time.
Amelia was ready and down the stairs in an hour. Mary was amazed at how many heels and dresses she had so she left Amelia to it and had the car pulled around.
As she stepped down the stairs she saw three men waiting in the foyer, their peaky caps in their hands completely silent . As they caught her eye they nodded her way.
"Great" she hissed under her breath at her three babysitters.
"Miss Crostwell please follow us" and she did but not before she shared a look with Mary. Mary smiled back before saying goodbye.
As she followed them outside she wondered where Tommy was and why he wasn't coming. The need for three men also seemed like overkill but she kept her opinions to herself.
A door was held open for her and she got in the back with a young man who seemed incredibly nervous around her.
"What's your name?" She asked him.
"Adam Miss" he replied nervously.
Amelia held out her gloved hand for him to shake. Adam did so willingly.
"Nice to meet you Adam" and she let go of his hand as they pulled away from the house.
"Miss Crostwell we're taking you to the Shelby's betting residence where Mr Shelby is waiting" the man who was driving was the one to speak.
"Thank you" she replied, biting her lip at the thought of being out in the open with a bullseye on her back. Now it was her turn to look nervous.
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As soon as they pulled on to watery lane Amelia's eyes went to her house, there was builders going in and out. Already it was starting to look much better. At least that was something.
Soon the car stopped and Amelia stepped out, ignoring the wind that was thrashing down the street. There wasn't enough time to look down the street before she was being pulled into the house by Ada.
"Morning to you to Ada" Amelia said as she took her coat and gloves off.
"Yeah yeah love, come on Tommy's about to start the meeting"
Amelia sighed as they slipped into the betting den to see the whole family sat around the table. Including Lizzie Stark. That was interesting to Amelia but she ignored her and took a seat next to Linda.
Linda sweetly smiled at Amelia and Polly, from the corner of her eye nodded.
Tommy was impatient and frustrated that it had taken so long for Amelia to arrive. It wouldn't surprise him if she had done this on purpose.
"Right" he cleared his throat "We know more about what we're facing now" and he dropped a stack of papers on the table, from where Amelia was sitting she could see pictures of men.
"Each one of these men entered England three months ago. Remember their faces. If you see any of Changrettas men you let us know. Arthur, John and I are working on taking them out one by one"
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Underneath My Feet [T. Shelby]
Fiksi PenggemarThe second book to Underneath It All. Tommy Shelby is pushed to the brink of no return. The doors are unlocked and out seeps his anger into the world that has already suffered underneath him. As he tries to fight his way back to Amelia he faces a po...