AN: I own nothing. This is just a follow up of my first real FanFic.
After Albert's death, Nellie avoided murder charges by claiming that Albert had committed suicide. The official story was that Albert had put poison onto his own pie. Once the investigation ended, Nellie took over Albert's butcher shop and began selling meat pies. Every day Nellie went into her shop and home. Occasionally she'd go to the market, but she tried to avoid the public however she could. A few months later, Benjamin Barker was arrested and sentenced to Australia for reasons unknown. A few weeks after that, Lucy Barker poisoned herself, at least that's what Nellie had heard through the local gossips at the market. Nellie had been asked on several dates by many fine gentlemen, but she always politely turned them down. Nellie had decided the day of Albert's funeral that Benjamin Barker was the only man she could ever love, and if she couldn't love Benjamin, she never wanted to love again.
Thank you to all who have read this. I hope you've enjoyed it! =)