It's the roaring twenties in Birmingham, the Peaky Blinders exist alongside God but they were much, much closer at hand than Him. Mercedes de Silva, thornless withered rose, petals filled with sorrow. Thomas Shelby, ruthlessly ambitious, conflicted...
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MERCEDES WAS ROTTING. The guilt, the agony, the regret, they were all eating her inside out. The pain was sinking, creeping, and festering down to her bones. The kind of pain that hollows your soul, the pain that devours your lucidity, and it follows where ever you go like a hound that you feed. She cannot escape it, no matter how hard she tried.
Ada Shelby has lost her child is what the letter states. The two of them were close friends, they kept each other company during the times Freddie Thorne was in hiding. One can say they were sisters from different mothers. That's how close they were, and she knew by heart that Ada needs her.
She didn't have any second thoughts, with a heavy heart, she quickly made her way back to Alfie's distillery. Mercy needs a car to go to Small Heath, a travel using boat will at least take four days and she wouldn't risk that long period of time. She needs to be with Ada as soon as possible.
Mercy was running down the streets barefoot, even the coat was left hanging on the coat rack. She didn't know whether she locked the door or not, but it does not matter anymore. Her stomach was twisted into a knot, the feeling of guilt settled in its pit. I shouldn't have left Ada's side, I fucking knew that her pregnancy has complications.
The sky was dark gray and gloomy as if it was sympathizing with the loss of her friend. By the time she reached the distillery, most of the workers were heading to their own homes and families.
"Ms. de Silva? What are ya doin here? Are ya cryin?" young Noah asked when he noticed the panic-stricken woman inside the distillery. It seemed like she didn't notice him as she kept on running until she reached Alfie's office.
