"Trust has to be earned, not handed out to be handed out to those who will eventually misuse it." Mr Shelby spoke, with a cigarette carefully placed between his slightly parted lips.

~ Mamie Burke has a secret, and Thomas Shelby wants to know it. ~ Mamie Burke is new to Birmingham. Originally from Cork, Ireland, she fled to Birmingham from what she explains "domestic problems" with her ex-husband. But that only seems to be half of the story. When she unexpectedly meets Michael Gray one evening, she finds herself unexpectedly involved with her new boss's family, the Shelby family. Tommy recognizes her though, from a year ago. He knows she might bring trouble. Now his newly elected secretary as he works in Parliament, Mamie uses all the energy she has to keep her past covered. That's if Polly doesn't get to the end of it first.

"𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄'𝐒 𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓'𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄." tommy shelby x oc. highest ranking #2 in peakyblinders

You were lucky. At least that's what everyone else said. Lucky you didn't die at your psycho father's hand. Lucky the rain of terror ended after his arrest. Lucky you escaped to Riverdale. Lucky you met him.