AN, Warning this is an Anti-Grace fic so you have been warned! Also there is Ada bashing in this chapter but that won't be in every chapter, there is also a lot of Lizzie bashing so if you like her this may not be the story for you.

Chapter 15, (Filler chapter)

Polly's POV,

I can't believe the tart barmaid thought she would get away with being a dirty fucking spy! I thought we were more careful about discussing business in front of people we shouldn't but clearly Arthur still needed bloody talking to. I had my suspicious about the bitch from the start especially with how she was with Tommy and knowing he is married, the conversation I walked in on in the Garrison coming to mind. Only women with no respect act like her, the fact she told Tommy to cheat on Ness is disgusting and I would be letting her know exactly what I thought of her and how unwelcome she is in this family and in Small Heath.

Tommy and the blinders may be feared by many but Ness was well respected and loved by all who meet her and they would do anything to insure she was safe and happy and this bitch trying to get with Tommy would damn right piss any of them off and I knew they would kill the bitch without a second thought especially if they thought it was keeping Ness safe and happy. I don't know how Ness has kept her calm all this time because I knew I wouldn't be able to I would have ripped her throat out by now and not even flinched while doing it. I got to the Garrison and just stood for a moment preparing myself for what I wanted to say and what this bitch would come up with in response.

If she even thought any of us would leave Ness for her sorry arse, she had another thing coming, I would make sure she was put somewhere even fucking God couldn't find. This bitch was delusional, I know for a fact her and Tommy had one real conversation and that was at the damn races but even Ness was there so how she thought Tommy would leave his wife for her I will never know and if this bitch claims to be in love with Tommy I will laugh my arse off because she doesn't even know him to love him. I know from now on we would have to hire people we trust, people we have known for a long while because no way in hell could we let this happen again. I also knew Ness was pissed at Harry because he hired the bitch because she sang to him. With that I took a deep breath and walked into the Garrison, I saw her stood by the bar tying her coat.

"Going for good?"

"I heard there was trouble!"

"instinct is a funny thing, see normally I can tell about a person. But with you"

"Look the fighting is about to begin, we should get out of here."

"We know who you are! Tommy and Ness know as well."

I reached up and pulled my hat pin from my hair slowly so she could see what I was doing.

"Turns out that copper as good as told him this morning, Ness knew from the beginning of course that girls ability to read people still amazes me. You see she saw right through you, through that pathetic little innocent act you put on and saw through those eyes of yours. She told Tommy he knew who you were but even if you weren't some copper spy, he still wouldn't be interested in you because your not Ness. I've told you before Ness is his queen and god help anyone who disrespects his queen, but I still wanted to hear it from your own lips."

She reached into her purse and pulled a gun on me, pointing it at me like it was supposed to scare me!

"I am an agent of the Crown, I have the power to arrest and the right to use force. So please step out of my way."

"Like I say instinct is a funny thing, you fell for Tommy for real, didn't you?"

"This gun is loaded."

"I'm not afraid of you. I feel sorry for you, slip of a thing thought you'd come in here and stitch us all up. We've had some coppers narks in here before but you? You're the Queen of them all. So, who are you? A little rich girl? A unionist? An Ulster volunteer? You thought fenians communists, low people, they're all the same scum! Then you met Tommy."

She walked to the bar and put the gun down then rolled her sleeves up,

"I'll fight you with my fists and show you how a rich girl fights. I'm from a tough family too."

I stepped closer to her then moved to put my hat pin back in my hair,

"Nah, we women have more sense. Why don't you pour us both a drink?"

I took a sit and grabbed out my cigarettes while she walked behind the bar to grab a bottle and two glasses, she walked back over to me putting the glasses on the table and pouring us both a drink.

"So, am I right? Did you fall for Tommy?"

"Yes."

This had me laughing internally is this bitch for real? She doesn't even know who the real Tommy is, she saw who Tommy wanted her to see and that was only cause he wanted to use the bitch for Kimber at the races and once that was done, he wanted nothing to do with her. I mean he literally pushed her away even at the races for his wife and this bitch can delude herself into thinking she was in love with a man she doesn't even know is beyond me! I wanted to laugh when she thought she could fight me! She's a rich bitch and I am a gypsy who has fought dirty her whole life she really thinks she can take me on and win? I really think this bitch needs to see just who us Shelby's are!

"Then I pity you,"

"You think he'll try to kill me?"

"If he thinks it will protect Ness then yes! You see Grace you came here to take Tommy away from his wife, his Queen you thought he would fall for your innocent act but the thing about Tommy is he's not stupid and he's no fool! He wouldn't do a damn thing to hurt that wife of his, their both gypsy they understand each other and their soulmates you never stood a chance with him. So, I pity you because you fell for a man you don't know, a man you had one conversation with a man that was never yours to fall for! Your lucky its me here and not Ness you told the copper everything which has hurt Tommy and god help anyone who hurts Tommy or Ness cause those two will protect each other to their last breath."

"What was he like? Before France?"

That had me laughing,

"Before France? Tommy was just as protective of his wife, but he smiled more around us and he laughed a lot. He still does just keeps that side of himself for his wife only. I'm not here to open up to you Grace and tell you all about the man you have deluded yourself into thinking you love. Tommy will never be yours, he will never love another woman but Ness, he will never cheat on his Queen your lucky he didn't hurt you after your comment about what she doesn't know wont hurt her! Tommy would never do anything to hurt his wife, they have a full disclosure relationship he tells her everything and she does the same so she knows about your comment she was ready to come and smash your face in but I calmed her down. The best thing you can do now is leave Birmingham for good before they finish and come looking for you!"

"You think I'm not in love with Tommy?"

"The thing is Grace is doesn't matter, no one cares enough about you to give a shit. But I should tell you we will never accept you, or forgive you, you will never become a Shelby! Tommy's dick will always point towards his wife but let me tell you one thing if you ever come back neither Ness nor Tommy will hesitate to kill you and I will help so I suggest you leave now before you can't leave at all."

She sat there for a moment just looking at me until she saw I was telling the truth and I would kill her if she didn't leave now. She stood up grabbed her purse and walked to the door,

"Maybe what really upsets you, is the thought that one day you might lose him."

"Love, that day happened when he married Ness! She is the heart of him and nothing and no one will change that now leave!"

With that she left, the audacity of some people will never cease to amaze me the bitch really thought Tommy would leave Ness I just can't understand her reasoning she hadn't even had any time with Tommy alone accept the journey to the races but even then, I knew Tommy kept quiet the only person he really spoke to was Ness and I knew nothing would ever change that. The connection between the two was just amazing, they could communicate with just simple looks or touches and knew what the other was thinking. I know the war and them being apart only made their bond stronger especially with Ness being hurt and needing Tommy to care for her those months that it took for her to heal I could see the love they both held for each other. I knew Tommy made sure he was there when Ness woke up touching her when she couldn't see him, whispering to her on nights she couldn't sleep because the screams of the men kept her awake. Although they didn't see each other during that time its still something they both share, memories, and nightmares they could talk about and work through together and I knew they both loved that about each other. The bitch stood no chance of coming between them and if she ever comes back, I couldn't wait to see what would happen Tommy would do anything to keep his Queen happy and safe.

Tommy's POV,

Waking up with my arms around Ness brought a smile to my face, I knew she would be in a lot of pain when she woke up this morning and I wish she would just have a day in bed but I knew she wouldn't. Ness didn't like staying in bed it was a struggle for her to do so when she was hurt from the war. I knew how stubborn my wife could be so, I would just make sure to keep our day not so hectic which would be a struggle but Ness needed a day to start the healing process so if I had to make her day easy by making sure I stuck to her side and made sure the workload wasn't so bad then that's what I would do. I knew today she would be talking to Arthur but I also knew she wasn't just pissed off about his comment to me about Grace I knew she was hurt also.

Then we would both have to deal with Ada, because yesterday could have been avoided if she had just listened to me and stayed in the bullring out the way. I can't believe my sister was irresponsible enough to bring her newborn son with her she knew we were all armed and it could have gone differently such as Karl could have been the one that got hurt and if that were the case, I knew none of us would have ever been able to let that guilt go and Kimber wouldn't of gave a shit because that's just the man he is. I have a rule a very strict rule no women and children but Kimber doesn't have that rule its why he kept bringing my wife into shit and its why it was so easy for him to give his wife to me at the races.

I was brought out of my thoughts by a knock on the door then it opening which had me pulling the cover up over Ness and turning my head to see John stood there with a small smile on his face, which had me raising my eyebrow in question.

"Sorry Tom, Arthur is getting agitated about his talk with Ness he wants it done out the way I think his nervous shes gonna kick his arse."

That had us both chuckling yeah, I could believe my wife would kick his arse and he would deserve it for sure. He knew how much I love my wife and he knew how much Ness got pissed off about people assuming I would cheat on her so I knew Arthur was in for a world of hurt but with how much pain she would be in it was only going to be a verbal tongue lashing. Before I could speak up Ness was speaking up,

"Tell Arthur he can fucking wait, and that there is a very high fucking chance I will kick his arse but it wont be during our talk it will be when his not looking although with how pissed off Tom was last night, I think Arthur should be more worried about him kicking his arse."

That had me nodding along in agreement she did have a point Arthur would be lucky to make it the day without having his arse kicked by me or my wife. John looked at Ness with a soft smile on his face, growing up it was Arthur who Ness had the close bond to other then me but it seems like now John would be taking that position because Arthur had blown it.

"He deserves nothing less, love and I told him so. I also kicked him in the arse for you too as your big brother of course."

Ness lifted her head from my chest and smiled at John,

"Thanks, big brother, how's Esme and the kids this morning?"

"Their good love thanks,"

Ness then looked at me and smiled,

"Good morning, my love."

I moved my hand to hold her chin and lifted my head to place a soft kiss on her lips,

"Good morning sweetheart. How you feeling?"

"In a lot of pain Tom but I'll be ok."

"We are going to have a slow day today darling and there will be no arguments from you. Yes, we have a lot to get done but John can take a lot of the important shit and Arthur can be a foot man for the day as punishment for his comment."

"I wasn't going to argue Tom, to be honest a slow day sounds nice but during that slow day we need to talk to Arthur and Ada needs to be dealt with because that shit yesterday put everyone including Karl in a lot more danger then there needed to be."

Before I could speak up John spoke up,

"Yeah, I think we should all talk to her because what she did was stupid and foolish Men like Kimber don't give a shit about women and children being in the line of fire and she put her newborn baby right in the fucking line of possible bullets flying. I know her and Freddie spoke last night but I think he went to easy on her, oh also Pol wants to talk to you both."

"Alright thanks, John."

He came closer to the bed and grabbed Ness's hand kissing her knuckles then he walked out closing the door. We stayed there in quiet for a moment longer when Ness spoke up again,

"Tom, will you help me get dressed? I think the blue dress with the silver specks on would be the best option because its lose so it won't be too tight on my wound."

I knew what dress she was talking about cause I brought it for her, so I helped her sit up on the bed and rolled off walking over the wardrobe opening the doors and grabbing the dress, I also grabbed a slip and walked back over to the bed. I reached down wrapping an arm around her waist and grabbing her hand helping her stand I walked her over to the chair and had her put her hand on the back to keep her steady and standing. I unbuttoned the shirt she was wearing and slowly slid it off her shoulders, I then lifted the slip over her head and softly brought it down to cover her breasts. I got down on my knees and held the dress open so she could step in and brought it upholding it out so she could put her arms in the arm holes, once it was on, I walked to the back of her and did the buttons up.

I then grabbed her brush and ran it through her hair for her, leaving it down in its natural waves. I love running my fingers through her hair, it relaxed me and made me feel so calm just like her voice does. I put the brush back and walked to stand in front of her, I cupped her face and lifted it gently I then leant down and placed my lips against hers kissing her softly. I pulled back smiling at her then wrapped an arm around her waist and lead her back over to the bed and helped her sit down.

"You look beautiful as always, my love, just give me a few to get dressed then we will make our way downstairs."

"Ok Tom."

I walked back over to the wardrobe and grabbed out the closest suit, it was a blue one with a white shirt. I got dressed quickly and made my way back over to Ness grabbing my pocket watch off the bedside table on the way. Ness took the watch off me and put it in my pocket for me, she looked up at me with a smile on her face which had me smiling at her in return. I reached down and wrapped an arm around her waist and grabbed her hand with my other hand, I slowly helped her stand up and kept my arm around her and my hand holding hers. We slowly made our way downstairs where we saw Arthur, Pol and John waiting for us. John and Pol both had smiles on their faces and Arthur looked like he was shitting himself. Which had me raising an eyebrow at him I knew he knew he had fucked up big time with what he did and he was terrified Ness wouldn't want anything more to do with him.

But I knew Ness would just make him suffer for a while then forgive him once had made it up to her. He knew her thoughts on cheating especially after everything that went down between her mother and father, so he knew telling me to cheat was a big fucking no, no. I saw from the corner of my eye Ness smirk when she saw Arthur which had me shaking my head in amusement and smirking as well, we walked over to the table and I sat down pulling Ness into my lap and wrapping an arm around her waist holding her so she didn't fall. She looked around the table and spoke up,

"Morning all,"

John looked at her smiling,

"Morning Ness, love how you feeling?"

She looked at him and smiled,

"Like I've been shot John-boy."

She giggled at him after she spoke which had both him and me laughing at her in return. I've said it once and I'll say it again I love my wife and her ability to be able to laugh in any and every situation and I love her more for not being a bitch and blaming me for her bullet wound because I did blame myself until I realised that it would never have happened if Ada bloody listened to me. Before I could get to deep into my thoughts Arthur was speaking up,

"Bitti Chiriko (Little bird) about yesterday, love I didn't mean what I said it was a joke I promise you I would never encourage my brother to cheat on you. I love you, your my little sister and I would never do anything to hurt you please believe me sweetheart."

If he thought calling her little bird was going to help his situation then he would be in for a shock! Calling her that now was just going to make the situation worse, even joking about me cheating on her was low I am just as pissed off about it as Ness is but she was also hurt because of it. He reached across the table to grab Ness's hand which had her tensing and me frowning, I was starting to think this was about more then his comment at the Garrison last night. Ness took a deep breath then looked at Arthur in anger,

"You think this is just about your comment last night? You are so wrong Arthur Shelby!"

"What else did I do?"

"Seriously?"

"Yeah, I don't know what else I've done wrong so please tell me!"

"Arthur I'm pissed at you I have never been so fucking furious with you in my life! I thought when your father left you would have at least apologised for your behaviour while he was here but you've said fuck all to me about it, in fact you've said fuck all to any of us about it and the comment at the Garrison just tipped the fucking scale Arthur!"

I could feel she was getting angrier so I tightened my arm around her waist and placed a soft kiss on her neck, now she mentioned our fucking father I knew what this was about and I'm glad she was bringing this up because I knew him not even acknowledging that our father is the main suspect in her mother's murder had really hurt her and now this Garrison bullshit had really pushed her over the fucking edge with Arthur. I knew my brother could be a fucking fool but this was just pushing us all past our limits with him, I took over the business because he was fucking us over and running us into the ground and then him bringing our father here after he ditched us ten years ago.

Arthur put so much pressure on me and John it was ridiculous, he's the older brother we should be going to him for help and support yet since our father left it has always been him coming to me and John as well. John being our younger brother I knew he needed a bit more support from us but Arthur just left it to me and even Ness, and the way he is with Finn is just pissing Pol off! Taking him to that damn fighting ring to see Arthur senior was the biggest mistake he could make with Finn. With Finn being so young still he doesn't understand that our father will never be a proper dad and that he was just a deadbeat that walked out on us we have tried to get him to understand that he can always come to us when he needs us or that Ness and Pol will always be there for him but Arthur encouraging our fathers behaviour is just confusing Finn even more.

I love my brother but right now I am just as pissed at him as Ness is if not more pissed, being so young when her mother was murdered, she kind of just buried it all within and never let the hurt out but reading that file and finding out that Moss was still looking into the murder and that his only suspect is my father really threw her and I know her mind has been constantly thinking about it. He looked at Ness with pure confusion written on his face which had her scowling at him and me frowning even John looked pissed at him,

"Ness love, I don't understand? What does our father have to do with this?"

"Are you kidding me? You were here when Tommy asked your father about my mother! You heard me ask him if he killed my mother and you even heard Tommy tell him he was the main suspect in her murder! You did nothing! You got pissed at us all, you shouted at Tommy then you fucking left and went with your father! Then your telling Tommy to fucking cheat on me with the whore barmaid after we told you she was a fucking spy for the inspector! Let's not even get into how much fucking information you gave the bitch by answering all her questions while I'm guessing looking at her arse!"

She snatched her hand away from him, moving her arm so she could lace her fingers with mine. She looked at Arthur waiting for him to respond, he was just looking at her with confusion on his face and that look more then anything was pissing her off more it was his child's face as Ness liked to say the face he always got when he knew he had done wrong but wasn't willing to face it and own up to it. He opened his mouth but before any noise could come out John was speaking up,

"Our father is the main suspect in your mothers murder case? Who told you?"

She looked at John with a soft smile on her face and I knew he was taking Arthurs place right now, not that she never had a bond with John because she did and does but they were always the pranksters if John was in trouble, you could guarantee Ness wasn't far behind. But it seemed now he was taking his older brother role more seriously with her and Ada,

"Moss gave me a file, it turns out he and my mother had been secretly dating before she was killed. He loved her and still does, she made him promise that if anything ever happened to her, he would protect me and keep me safe. He's been looking into her murder all this time and the only suspect he has is your father because a witness saw him being the last person to leave my home on the night of the murder."

She took a deep breath and sighed,

"I just want to know why you thought it would be a good idea to tell Tommy to fuck Grace in the backroom of the Garrison while I was in the damn pub!"

"It was a joke love, you know I would never encourage that from him! If he ever cheated on you, I would kick his arse. It was a joke that I thought would be funny at the time because I know how much she wanted him and I knew she would hear me say it. I thought it would make her let her guard down but it didn't, I am so sorry little sister for that and my father!"

Before Ness could speak up I did,

"She isn't the only one pissed at you brother, I would never cheat on my fucking wife and you know that! You saw the look on my face when you suggested it, I don't ever want to hear something like that come out of your mouth again do you hear me? Your gonna have to work hard to build up the trust between us again! And your gonna be left doing the shit jobs with the blinders until I say otherwise."

"I'll do anything Tom, Ness, I'll never say that shit again I promise you!"

Ness took a deep breath and nodded her head,

"Fine I'll accept your apology but don't let it happen again,"

She then moved so her head was in the crook between my shoulder and neck and I knew she was starting to feel the pain again.

"Love, do you want to go lay down?"

"I want nothing more then to lay in bed wrapped in your arms for the next three days, Tom but we need to talk to Ada first because our plans for yesterday went to shit because of her."

I nodded my head in agreement, as much as I wanted her to be laying in bed and resting, I knew she had a point we had shit to do today and the main thing was fucking Ada, and I just knew this conversation wasn't going to go without Ada kicking up shit and throwing her toys out of the pram. I looked around and for the first time I noticed Ada and Freddie were no where to be seen and neither was Karl or anything of his things which had me raising an eyebrow and looking at Polly,

"Where is Ada?"

"Her and Freddie took Karl back to that basement room they were staying in."

"For fuck sake! Why the fuck would she take the baby there? It's a dump!"

"I don't know but I can't imagine it being the best place for them to be!"

"Right! John, you go fetch Ada and Freddie tell them they need to get here now! Don't let Ada argue with you either because you know what she is like, tell Freddie he's needed because I'm sure he has some shit he wants to say to her about yesterday too."

With that John stood up he kissed Ness on the forehead then left, I could feel Ness starting to move and try and get comfortable so I helped her stand up, I then stood up and wrapped an arm around her waist helping her other to the sofa. I sat down and pulled her gently into my lap wrapping both arms around her waist turning her so her back was to the arm of the sofa and her legs laying out in front of her, her arm going around my neck and her forehead leaning against mine. We weren't waiting long when the door opened and John walked in with Ada shouting behind him which had us all frowning and shaking our heads at her. Before she could say anymore Ness was speaking up,

"ADA! Enough! For fuck sake your acting like a damn child again!"

That had Ada shutting up and closing her mouth, I knew she was shocked at Ness but what did she expect Ness was shot yesterday because of her and now shes doing nothing but shouting her mouth off at John. I really do wonder what kind of discipline she had while we were away, I know Pol had a lot to deal with but the way Ada has grown up with no respect for us it really has me thinking about shit. Freddie pointed to a sit so Ada sat down still frowning she handed Karl to Polly and looked at me and Ness. But I was the one to speak,

"I asked John to come and get you Ada because we need to talk about yesterday. I told you to stay in the bullring with Karl where it was safe for you both! Yet you didn't listen and put not only yourself in danger but Karl as well and because of that my wife got shot! I want to know what was going through your mind when you thought that was a good idea?"

She looked at me like I was speaking to her in a foreign language, I saw Freddie frowning at her and knew he was just as pissed at her. The thing is I'm more pissed that my wife got shot because she couldn't listen to what I said and stayed in the fucking bullring, I wasn't saying it for the fun of saying it I was saying it to keep her and Karl safe and out of the business like shes asked us. Which is another thing I'm pissed at, she wants nothing to do with the business then why the fuck did she think she had any right to be there yesterday and express her opinion this is another thing I would be bringing up to her once she answers me of course. She took a deep breath and I knew she was going to launch into a bullshit speech about shit she has no idea about.

"My husband was stood with you Tommy, I thought I was helping! I don't want anymore fucking bullshit to happen I want nothing to do with the business so yesterday I thought I could talk you and Kimber out of whatever it was you had planned. I didn't mean for Ness to get shot, I didn't think anyone would shoot with me stood there with a bloody baby!"

I went to speak but Ness beat me to it,

"That's the problem Ada, you didn't think! You have nothing to do with the business which is your choice but don't think you can just interfere in things or situations when you have no idea what is going on. We had a fucking plan in place in fact we had more then one plan in place yet you felt the need to insert yourself into something you had no idea about and things went to shit so now here we are because at some point in your life your going to have to start fucking listening to your older brothers or me otherwise you could really get hurt or Karl could get hurt so stop acting like a fucking child and listen to what Tommy and Freddie have to say to you because of you I got shot! Which could have been worse then it is or it could have been Karl!"

I think my wife just shocked the shit out of everyone here expect me, I knew Ness was reaching a limit with Ada I saw that at John's wedding and I knew it wouldn't be long before she exploded at her but I think Ada needed to hear it because she had been acting so irresponsible for far to long and now it's time, she learned especially considering shes a mother herself now. I looked at Freddie who was already looking at me and nodded my head letting him know he could speak up before I said anything more, he turned to look at Ada which had her looking at him.

"Ada, their right what you did was stupid you put our newborn baby in danger to make a point that you had no right making! Tommy wasn't the only one who told you to stay out of it, I did too in fact I made you promise me you would stay out of it but you didn't. Do you even know what yesterday was about?"

"I don't fucking care what it was about Freddie, I didn't want you involved!"

"That doesn't matter Ada, I am your husband and you made a promise to me that you broke! Do you realise what we owe Ness and Tommy for what they did for us with the police? If I was taken in because of that god damn barmaid I wouldn't be here now, I would have been killed before anything else could happen! I told you I was happy to help Tommy, I knew him and Ness would have plans in for place for anything yet you still had to be there and involved I just don't understand Ada,"

Before she could say anything back to him, I spoke up,

"Ada, you have to make a decision here and now, if you want to involve yourself in things like yesterday then that means you involve yourself in business if you want no involvement then you stay out of it completely!"

I was having no more of this back and forth with Ada enough was enough I was sick of it and I knew the others were too. She stood up and glared at all of us,

"Fuck you, Tommy! Not like its going to matter after tomorrow anyway, me and Freddie are moving to London!"

Freddie stood up and grabbed her arms turning her so she was looking at him,

"What the fuck Ada! Nothing was set we talked about it nothing more!"

"Freddie?"

"No Ada enough is enough! We're talk about that later, right now you owe an apology to everyone in this room especially Ness who took a fucking bullet and stopped Karl from getting hurt."

Ada looked at us with anger on her face but it was about time people started telling Ada her behaviour was no longer acceptable.

"I'm sorry."

I knew that was the best we were going to get out of her right now so I just nodded my head and looked at Ness, I could see the pain was getting to her now and Ada wasn't helping so I looked to John who was also looking at Ness in concern and nodded my head in her direction, he got up and walked over to us grabbing Ness's hands helping her stand, I then stood up and wrapped my arm around her waist pulling her closer to me and taking most of her weight I looked at the others and nodded,

"Well since we're getting no where here I'm taking my wife to bed because she's in pain."

We both walked to the stairs, I held her close while helping her up the stairs, we made our way to our bedroom and I opened the door waving Ness in first, I then stepped in after her and closed the door behind us sliding the lock into place. I helped Ness over to the chair and unbuttoned her dress sliding it off her shoulders along with her slip. I then grabbed the shirt she was wearing last night and slid it onto her shoulders and turning her around doing her buttons up. I stripped off quickly, leaving my boxers on and helped Ness into bed getting in after her and pulling her to my chest so her head was in her favourite spot over my heart. I knew she loved to listen to my heartbeat because it kept the memories of war away from her and her heartbeat along with her touch did the same to me. I moved my hand so I was running my fingers through her hair both of us instantly relaxing to the motions.

"You ok, my love?"

"Hmmm, yeah Tom I am now."

"Hows the pain?"

"Now I'm here in bed with you? Its manageable."

That had me chuckling, I knew the more stressed Ness got the worse her pain would hurt so I was going to do everything in my power to keep her aware from stress the next couple of days so she could start healing. This would also give me plenty of time to think about what Ada said about moving to London. I didn't know whether she said that just to piss us all off or whether she actually wanted to move to London, I know Freddie said they had been speaking about it and that nothing was set but it could also just be one of Ada's toys out of the pram moments she had plenty of those lately.

I felt Ness's hand on my cheek and looked down to her, she had a soft smile on her face.

"You ok Tom? I know Ada pissed you off with her London comment, what's your thoughts on that?"

"To be honest love, I don't think Ada is serious I think she just wants away from us. I don't understand her at all, shes happy to use the Shelby name when she wants something or even the Shelby money but moments like this, she wants away from us."

"I love your sister Tom you know I do, but right now shes acting very childish and this is just another one of those moments like when she hid away in that basement room while pregnant and then kicked off at John's wedding. I know Pol had a lot to deal with while we were in France but she obviously let Ada get away with a lot while we were gone and now its coming back to bite her in the arse because she is acting like a spoilt little girl."

I know Ness loves my family like they were her own but right now all her anger was coming out and she had every right to be angry especially with Arthur and Ada. I know Arthur apologised but I still couldn't wrap my mind around how even thought that would be funny, and his reasons for doing it just never made sense although I did love my wife when she called him out on his behaviour with the barmaid and how he acted even though we told him what and who she was he still gave away information and answered all her questions.

"I love my sister too my love but right now I'm not happy with her at all, this behaviour of hers has got to stop because I can't imagine Freddie wanting to put up with her when shes at her worst if he thinks what she did downstairs was bad then he is in for a right shock when she really gets going. He may have grown up with us, love but he has never truly seen Ada kicking off."

"Hmmm I don't think she realises how hard bringing up a child is or being married we just make it look easy Tom."

That had me laughing at her,

"We do love,"

I could feel her getting tired so I kissed her forehead and continued running my fingers through her hair,

"Get some rest love, I'll be here when you wake up."

"I love you, Tommy."

"I love you sweetheart."

It didn't take long for her to drift off after that which I was happy about, when she wakes up, I will clean her wound again and put some fresh bandages on it to keep the risk of infection low that was the last thing I wanted for my wife. I closed my eyes and just laid with her until I fell asleep myself.

AN, So this took a little while to write as I have added a chapter the only bit, I have taken from Peaky Blinders is the Grace scene but I have even changed that, I hope you like this update and I hope to have another up soon. I am also working on my Sons of Anarchy story and got a few other ideas in mind for more stories.

Happy Easter everyone,

Love

V