Authors note:we have to pretend that the whole world speaks english and that all these people were alive at the same time*
France
Prologue
Charley and Dodger looked on amazed as Nancy emerged from Brownlow's house
"Nancy wouldn't dare have another fella, Bill would kill 'em both" He said more to himself then his companion
"What you reckon she's punting?"
"She ain't punting Charley she's peaching! Now come on we gotta tell Fagin the bad news and I ain't looking forward to that! You know what they say 'bout the messenger!"
"No!" Charley grabbed hold of Dodger with all the force he could muster "I won't do it! We can't peach on Nancy!"
"Well she just peached on us!" With that Dodger administered Charley with a blow to his face and ran in the direction of The Seven Dials while Charley headed for Brownlow's.
Bill stood up, gathered his tools and walked out of Fagin's leaving an evil laugh as he went.
"Bill! Don't be too violent with her Bill!" But even as he said it he knew his words were in vain he turned on Dodger "The one thing we needed was time to get a boat and you have just taken that time away from us!"
"You can get a boat anytime of day or night Fagin you just watch me!" Dodger left leaving Fagin alone with a new feeling in his black heart. It was fear.
He looked around the dank gloomy room as he closed the door and moved the furniture to block any hope of escape or rescue.
He ripped back the curtain and looked on at her peaceful sleeping form and was filled with anger. He had loved her in his own evil way and this was how she repaid him.
"Get up"
"Oh, it's you Bill... I was just dreaming about you" she gave him a flash of a sleepy smile wondering if he would catch on.
"Nightmare was it? Get up!"
She wasn't put off by his rough tone, as it was not unusual for Bill to come back from a job and be out of humor. So she ignored him and made her way to the window to let some light in.
"Leave it be! It's light enough in here for what I've got to do"
Terror struck Nancy's heart "How do you know? Who told you?"
"Never you mind you whore! For you were followed tonight!"
Slipping free of his grasp she ran to the door only to find that it was blocked so spinning round she grabbed hold of him and cried "Bill I ain't told nobody nothing about ya!" With that she kissed him to try and cool his temper "We..we can go away! I was told that tonight ...we can go away and start again"
He pulled away from her grasp and pushed her to the floor in one last final plea she cried to him "We could go to France Bill!"
"What would I wanna go to France for? I don't like the French" He snarled out his last words then pulled out his gun and pressed it against her forehead then he had a vision of people banging at the door as the shot rang out, then he hit Nancy twice over the head with the butt of the gun.
She gathered up all the strength she had left to pull herself up and looked upwards "oh God have mercy!" Then as she saw Bill reach for his club she put her hands over her head and vowed not to cry out.
Bill was about to finish the job at hand when Bullseye's mad barking cleared his head as he looked down onto Nancy's form which was waiting for the next hit.
She felt like she was waiting for eternity for her life to end, her only thoughts were she had inevitably killed him, her death would be his. How she wished he would just do it and finish her when she heard his club drop to the floor and his footsteps moving away from her. She couldn't take it any longer, she blacked out
France
Prologue
Charley and Dodger looked on amazed as Nancy emerged from Brownlow's house
"Nancy wouldn't dare have another fella, Bill would kill 'em both" He said more to himself then his companion
"What you reckon she's punting?"
"She ain't punting Charley she's peaching! Now come on we gotta tell Fagin the bad news and I ain't looking forward to that! You know what they say 'bout the messenger!"
"No!" Charley grabbed hold of Dodger with all the force he could muster "I won't do it! We can't peach on Nancy!"
"Well she just peached on us!" With that Dodger administered Charley with a blow to his face and ran in the direction of The Seven Dials while Charley headed for Brownlow's.
Bill stood up, gathered his tools and walked out of Fagin's leaving an evil laugh as he went.
"Bill! Don't be too violent with her Bill!" But even as he said it he knew his words were in vain he turned on Dodger "The one thing we needed was time to get a boat and you have just taken that time away from us!"
"You can get a boat anytime of day or night Fagin you just watch me!" Dodger left leaving Fagin alone with a new feeling in his black heart. It was fear.
He looked around the dank gloomy room as he closed the door and moved the furniture to block any hope of escape or rescue.
He ripped back the curtain and looked on at her peaceful sleeping form and was filled with anger. He had loved her in his own evil way and this was how she repaid him.
"Get up"
"Oh, it's you Bill... I was just dreaming about you" she gave him a flash of a sleepy smile wondering if he would catch on.
"Nightmare was it? Get up!"
She wasn't put off by his rough tone, as it was not unusual for Bill to come back from a job and be out of humor. So she ignored him and made her way to the window to let some light in.
"Leave it be! It's light enough in here for what I've got to do"
Terror struck Nancy's heart "How do you know? Who told you?"
"Never you mind you whore! For you were followed tonight!"
Slipping free of his grasp she ran to the door only to find that it was blocked so spinning round she grabbed hold of him and cried "Bill I ain't told nobody nothing about ya!" With that she kissed him to try and cool his temper "We..we can go away! I was told that tonight ...we can go away and start again"
He pulled away from her grasp and pushed her to the floor in one last final plea she cried to him "We could go to France Bill!"
"What would I wanna go to France for? I don't like the French" He snarled out his last words then pulled out his gun and pressed it against her forehead then he had a vision of people banging at the door as the shot rang out, then he hit Nancy twice over the head with the butt of the gun.
She gathered up all the strength she had left to pull herself up and looked upwards "oh God have mercy!" Then as she saw Bill reach for his club she put her hands over her head and vowed not to cry out.
Bill was about to finish the job at hand when Bullseye's mad barking cleared his head as he looked down onto Nancy's form which was waiting for the next hit.
She felt like she was waiting for eternity for her life to end, her only thoughts were she had inevitably killed him, her death would be his. How she wished he would just do it and finish her when she heard his club drop to the floor and his footsteps moving away from her. She couldn't take it any longer, she blacked out