Midday Estelle's shift was over, paycheck in hand she made for the Shelby household. She was so lost in thought she hadn't even realized she had arrived to her destination. It was as if her feet had carried her without her mind being present.

Before stepping up to the door Arthur beat her to it and came out stopping in his tracks as he locked eyes with Estelle. The noises from the street were deafening as it told the difference in greetings. Their typical greetings weren't made standing five feet apart but with a quick good morning or hello hug. The air was thick feeling as if they weren't supposed to interact still feeling of the sting of the previous yelling. The two hadn't seen each other since the last night when Polly kicked him out, not even a peak at the Garrison. Arthur took a step down off the stoop as he scratched the back of his head. Her fingers tighter around her paycheck in her pocket as she took a shaky breath.

"Estelle-" he started to say but was quickly taken off balance as Estelle closed the few steps between them and wrapped her hands around his waist.

Taken back didn't begin to describe what Arthur was feeling, stunned it took him a second to react throwing his cigarette on the ground. His eyes were still as big as pies as he wasn't sure what Estelle was truly feeling and what she had said last night in order to protect him from Polly. Just thought of that alone, that someone who wasn't truly blood family would go and protect them boggled his mind. Let alone a young teenage girl, the same one he had been unintentionally harming.

Strong arms encompassed her rubbing her back comfortingly as she held him tight, "I'm so glad you're okay, you're coming back aren't you?"

"Why wouldn't I be okay?" Arthur questioned pulling her back to look at her, his own face was plastered with his signature smile but his smile didn't reach his eyes. "Come on love, you know I wouldn't leave you"

She smiled up at him, and quickly pulled him to her again. She had time to think and realize it wasn't Arthur she needed to forgive it was herself for feeling what she was feeling in regards to Arthur being her stand in father/brother figure and her feelings towards Tommy. A kiss was pressed to her hair as he started to explain he had spoken with Polly.

"Poll said that?"

"Ay, she wanted to set some rules as she call em, basically if I'm drunk I ain't coming home unless I'm sure ya asleep so you don't gotta worry about my terrors" Arthur shifted his weight between feet uncomfortably with Estelle's arms still around him. Her head lay on ribs below his heart but she could hear his anxious heart beat.

"I just wish they would go away" Estelle wished aloud. The hard chest rumbled in response as Arthur chuckled.

"Ay, Me too sweetheart me too"

The two released each other as Tommy came out of the house with John following behind. John clapped Estelle on the back pulling her into a side hug as he joked with Arthur.

"Aye listen to this, we ought to find a horse that's got the Shelby charm"

"It's gotta be a solid racehorse we ain't looking for looks John" Tommy commented, his eyes briefly flickered to Estelle but his face gave nothing away. Jaw clicked tight and his business demeanor was up, no vulnerability only calculating eyes.

"Poll always said we acted as if we were raised in a barn! Nows our chance to find our long lost sibling the race horse!" John pointed out looking for Estelle for support in his own personal quest.

"True but if it looks anything like you it be uglier than hell!" Estelle pointed out laughing poking John in his ribs with her elbow.

Tommy snickered as Arthur burst out laughing. Red faced John tried to retort switching his toothpick in his mouth.

"Oh that was a good one little Essie!" Arthur exclaimed holding his stomach as he continued to laugh at John's expense. Finn came bounding of the house, wide eyed and smiling he came up next to Tommy.

"Oh you're just rotten you just wish you could get with a Shelby! Instead of being forever alone" John laughed off as he jabbed back as he turned to hop into the car leaving the girl with his two brothers.

"I for one want to be alone rather than truly unloved, besides at least when I know I found true love I wouldn't have had to pay for it!" Estelle shouted after him hinted at the not so well kept secret that John went to go see Lizzie Stark a very well known whore.

"Come on you fuckers, let's go get this business over with, ya? Wastin precious fair time!" John shouted from the car utterly irritated he laid on the horn.

"Eh Finn, you know you're going to meet us at the fair with Poll and Ada? Why you out here?" Tommy asked his youngest brother.

The boy shrugged but scurried back in side as Tommy promised him to go on the ferris wheel at the fair just Finn and him.

One very long car ride later the foursome eventually came to a stop. A fucking stop at the Lee's that is. Estelle wasn't allowed to know the whole story with the Lees but she had over heard enough through the years that she was very aware that they were not people that the Shelby's liked or wanted to interact with at all.

"This suddenly makes sense why Tommy didn't want to answer your question about where this horse was gonna be from..." Estelle remarked to Arthur who slung his arm around her shoulder as they stepped out of the car.

The entire car ride Tommy had avoided answering the question of where he had sourced this horse they were going to see was from. Instead he had thrown glares in the rear view mirror to Estelle who was tucked in the back with Arthur whenever she tried to say she needed to know where the horse had been kept in order to know about what kind of horse he would be. Estelle knew there was an underlying reason for the glares but chose not to address it.

A few conversations in regards to business had occurred between the men but Estelle just watched the scenery pass by as they made their way out of the city and into the country.

It wasn't long from when they had all stepped out of the car for a man to come right up to them.

"Tommy!" The man shouted walking up to them.

"Johnny Dogs" Tommy greeted, the two exchanged pleasantries as Estelle spotted a nearly pure white horse being led up the hill their way by a little boy.

Tommy walked forward from the group talking with the man as Arthur and John exchanged irritated and hesitant looks. Estelle on the other hand went right up to the horse. She smiled at the young boy who silently handed her the lead, thanking him she ran her hand along the horse's neck.

Tommy soon made his way from the man to Estelle and the horse. Estelle didn't notice Tommy come up but his voice from behind startled her, "What do you think?"

Jumping in her skin slightly she focused on the horse.

"Looks quite strong, feels strong in the hands" Estelle spoke as she ran her hands along the horse's legs feeling the muscles. "He has a racing heart but-" her eyes drifted to the boy who had handed her the reins, something about his eyes and the way he looked at the horse told her something was off.

"But what?" Tommy asked coming to pet the horse's head before he was interrupted.

"Hold on a minute, you're not swapping the family car for a bloody horse" Arthur said getting defensive as Johnny Dogs came over inspecting the car like Estelle was inspecting the horse.

"Of course we're not swapping it huh!" Johnny Dogs said as the Lees shifted where they stood a few feet away, clearly they weren't fully involved in this deal, "That would be mad!"

"We're going to play two up" Tommy said stepping away from the horse and Estelle taking a drag off his cigarette.

The two men stepped together and flipped two coins in the air. Bending down they silently pick dup the coins spit in their hands and shook on their deal. Everyone especially Arthur looked on in almost horror as no one knew what just occurred.

Tommy handed Johnny Dog the keys causing Arthur to exclaim that his brother was a bloody idiot. The eldest's outburst was short as Tommy explained he won it was just that he promised he'd have a spin in the car if he lost. His hand waived dismissively.

Estelle heard the Lee boy laughing at the family dispute that had just occurred, internally Estelle wanted to shrink, she knew what was about to happen.

"Are you Lee boys laughing at my brother?" Tommy asked them stepping forward. "Are ya?"

No answer but the three Lees stepped forward edging for a fight, "Eh? I asked you a question!" Tommy shouted taking another step forward widening his stance.

"Tommy! Tommy come on! It's just a craic!"Johnny Dogs exclaimed scampering back between the two parties trying to defuse the situation from escalating further, "get your family out of here and go enjoy yourselves at the fair before they start a war huh?"

Johnny Dog's reminded them of the Shelby's grandfather's king status among the Gypsies and his reasoning would have worked if it wasn't for one small craic the Lees made next, "Yeah but his mother was a Diccody whore"

Before Estelle could hide behind the horse or anything for that matter she watched as Tommy trend black around pulling his cap off, slicing the man's eyes with his razor blade in his cap. One blood curdling scream later there was a full blown war.

Arthur and John with great speed joined in the fight, tearing the Lee men's faces up with their razors. Estelle held the horse's head to her own trying to not watch what she knew was going on. The blood didn't bother her but the fear that the Shelby boy's would be hurt kept her eyes away. Looking the opposite direction trying to blur out the screams of agony from the Lees Estelle saw the young boy at the horse's tail, standing up from his previous crouching stance he took off like a bullet into the hills.

Estelle was starting to get a bad feeling and it wasn't because of the fighting.

The ride home was even quieter then the drive out. The boys were full of angry energy but spent at the same time. Estelle didn't mention anything about the horse, it didn't matter much now.

Once back in the city they soon realized something had happened in their absence. People's furniture was scattered in the streets, people picking up their belongings, window smashed and people crying.

Everyone's faces showed their shock until they made into the Shelby house hold were Polly filled them in on everything that happened.

With Ada not being home and no one knowing where she was Estelle watched Finn in another room. The two were busy drawing horses, or as much as Estelle could with some stiffness in her wrist.

"What are they talking about in there? Why can't I be a part of it?" Finn grumbled as he erased his horse's head.

"Sometimes adults need to talk about things that children aint need to be hearing, its all to keep you safe" Estelle reasoned to the child, it was clearly tough on Finn to be separated from his brothers. Not only in age but when there was physical separation between them, he was often left out of outings as he was too young for drinking or killing.

It was no secret to at least Ada and Estelle that Finn would press his ear listening in against the door of the betting room when family meetings were held. He tried so desperately to please his elder brothers and yet they never made time for him, it broke Estelle's heart.

She knew what it was like to be discarded by family even if they never left you. It wasn't until their mother died leaving her as his responsibility that he started to actually take interest in his sister, caring about her and wanting to be a good brother.

"Finn you know your brothers love you right? Protecting you is all they wanna do" Estelle told him stopping her own sketching to watch his reaction.

The boy's eyes narrowed while he drew, the lines growing darker on the page as he pressed down harder, "I know but I'm not that little anymore I'm almost 11! I ain't a so little anymore" his voice cracked giving away the hurt he no doubt felt from their separation.

"There's... there's things in this city that can hurt you, they're just doing what they think is best"

"I know things, I listen when no one thinks I am" Finn said proudly but his face fell quickly when Estelle told him otherwise.

"Oh I know you press your ear to door-"

"Don't tell Tommy-" not real fear but fear of not following the rules quickly took over the boy's face as his eyes went wide and mouth agape.

"I won't. If!" Estelle raised her finger in the air, "if you tell them how you want to spend time with em"

"They don't want to spend time with me"

"How do you know?"

"I just know"

"I bet if you were to tell them like you told me they'd understand, sometimes people just need reminding"

"Reminding of what?" Tommy asked coming to stand in the doorway. The two sitting on the ground looked up at him, Estelle's eyes lingered on Finn clearly seeing his distress but eventually looked at Tommy.

"Reminding of how to show one cares about the ones they love" Estelle spike softly glancing at Finn before back at Tommy. He nodded as if he agreed with her statement

Squatting down Tommy picked up Finns sketch, "this is really nice Finn, did you do this?"

"I did! It's supposed to be the horse you all went to go get today, Estelle describe him to me, wish I could have seen em..." Finn rolled out as he looked up at Tommy wide eyed.

"I think this is as good as a picture" Tommy's other hand came to tap the image, Finn smiled wide as he finally got the attention from his brother that he so deserved.

"Really? Do you want it, you can have it if ya want Tommy!" Finn encouraged as he stood up, Tommy stood too but Estelle stayed sitting.

"I'd love that Finn, thank you. What else can you draw?"

Seeing the young boy's face light up as Estelle silently reorganized the drawing materials that were scattered on the floor, "He still wants to go to the fair", she whispered to Tommy in her passing as she left the two alone. As she was closing the door Estelle heard Tommy offer to take Finn to the fair.