At the age of 19, finn shelby is the baby of the family. But not for long. As a face from the past comes back to haunt him and brings with her a little girl. Finn is quick to find out the child is his and will do everything in his power to care for...
A/n, sorry if I put rose instead of Lydia. My main character in my other book is called rose so I get mixed up. Plz leave a small comment if u see this happen and i will change it
Finn pov
Lydia has been home for a few days now. I have never appreciated her so much but I've also never been so scared. Every time we turn a corner, I grip onto her incase there is someone waiting to take her from me. She refuses to sleep in her own bed which makes me so thankful. I need her close to me. I think we both need eachother. She hasn't left my side since she returned and as I hold onto her hand when walking constantly, she does the same. She will reach for my hand whenever we go down the street.
It's Friday morning and there is a family meeting 10 minutes ago. Yep. We're late. Again. I took Lydia upstairs to get dressed but we got distracted and built a den (Fort. Whatever you call it). So it was fun atleast. We were laughing so much that I didn't even hear the door open
"Sorry finn. I forgot you're at the mental age of a 5 year old" i heard tommy. Me and lyd shut up and popped our heads out of the den
"Be careful. Its a wild Tommy" I said to lyd making her laugh
"Don't get too close" she said grinning. Tommy was trying not to smile but I could see the corner of his lips twitch up
"There was a meeting 10 minutes ago" he said
"Don't be mad uncle Tommy. Daddy was begging to build a den and i couldn't say no" Lydia said kissing my cheek
"Hey. Don't throw me under the bus" I said grapping her and tickling her. She let out a squeal as I chased her around the room
"Get dressed be down in 5 minutes. And don't get distracted" Tommy grumbled walking out
"I wont" Lydia said
"I was talking to ya dad" Tommy yelled making my daughter laugh and me roll my eyes.
After 30 minutes, we arrived in the betting shop
"I said 5 minutes" Tommy grumbled
"I may wake up beautiful but it takes daddy time" Lyd said sitting on pollys knee. I sat down aswell
"No we can FINALLY begin" Tommy started
"I needed Lydia here because she can help us. There is a woman who's come to Birmingham as a teacher. I've seen her before in meeting with Alfie Solomon. Don't trust her. I reckon lyd will know her" he finished by showing us a picture
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"Emilia Johnson. I know her" Lydia said as she looked at the picture
"What can you tell us?" Arthur asked
"Alot. Alfie made me do a background check on her for homework." She started
"Emilia Johnson. Born in America April 7th 1897. Her mother is Polish and her father is Spanish. She grew up in America until she was 17. Then came to England due to an arranged marriage with Alfie. They didn't love eachother and Alfie wasn't keen on the idea. He was being blackmailed to do it. But they never got married and instead became friends. But with benefits as Alfie said."
"Wow. How do you remember all that?" I asked
"I never trusted her so I kept everything close incase one day I needed to cover up her death" she replied seriously. OK that's a little worrying
"Do you know why she might be in Birmingham?" Tommy asked
"Sex and money. She is a gold digger. Always sleeping with rich men and trying to marry them but it never works out. She's just too annoying for anyone to marry. I bet she's come here in order to fuck dad. John and Tommy are happily married. And Arthur's also married-"
"I'm happily married" Arthur defended
"No your not" she said
"No I'm not" he agreed chuckling.
"But she's not involved in gangs?" Polly asked
"No. She knows about them and she knows about Alfie but she always found it boring. She just cared about the money side of it." She replied.
"Well that clears that up. Finn, you can fuck her but don't marry her" Tommy said looking me dead in the eye
"Don't fuck her. You'll catch something" lyd warned me
"I'm not gonna fuck her" I said as i stood up. The meeting was over so I lifted lydia up
"Wait!" She yelled before everyone left
"Did you say she was a teacher?" Lyd asked Tommy
"Ye. At the local high school" he told her
"Oh ye. You might wanna get her fired. For the sake of your children" she said looking at John
"Oh ye. How come?"
"She isn't good at any jobs other than prostitution. Last time she tried teaching, she got fired because she slept with a student and half the teaching staff. She also broke a girls arm because the girl kissed the boy she fucked. Emilia isn't right in the head" she said wide eyed
"I'll look further into it. Thanks lyd" John said kissing her cheek
"Come on then. I'm bloody starving" I said lifting lyd up and walking out the betting shop. We went home where i made us lunch
"What do you want?" I asked her as I fumbled around in the kitchen
"Something edible. In other words the staff to make it" she said
"Don't be cheeky" I said pointing my finger at her. I was trying to discipline her however I'm not very good at it. Everytime I tried she burst into fits of giggles
"Oh for fucks sake. Right, what am I doing wrong? I'm supposed to discipline you. Not make you laugh" I whined as i sat down
"You're just too nice" she said kissing my cheek
"Thank you baby" I said kissing her forehead. I stood up to go and make something. I put bacon in a pan and added shit and before long, we had to evacuate the kitchen whilst the fire spread slowly
"OK. You were right. The kitchen staff can cook the next meal" I said as I put the fire out with the extinguisher
"Told ya so" she said as we stared at the mess infront of us. Could be worse
