Not Just A 'Shelby'

Chapter 47: Take it and Run.

"Everyone is safe, we made it back to the house in one piece, Dorthea. Don't worry. Just do what you have to do." Beth spoke quietly through the phone.

"We probably won't come home tonight. I'll have them stay at the London house near Ada's. Did someone bring Karl?"

"Yes, her babysitter brought him by. Esme said the kids will be fine in Small Heath with their nanny."

"Good, good. More men will be coming to the house soon, some of the bakers. Don't mind them, Tup will take care of it. Tell Esme that John called the boys in Small Heath to go by the house and stand guard. And Beth, just keep my daughter safe."

"I always do."

Hanging up the phone, she turned to the men who had just finished taking out the bodies.

"What a fucking mess." John spoke, smoking his cigarette before handing it to Dot.

"A mess indeed." She answered back.

"So what's the plan?" Arthur questioned.

"We speed up with the original." Dot answered, looking to Tommy who nodded to her, motioning the host to grab their coats.

"What original plan?" Alfie questioned, not knowing what they were talking about.

"We had planned on taking two of Sabini's clubs in a weeks time. But with what just happened, we're doing it tonight." Dot explained, grabbing her coat from the host.

"Wait, we can't just walk in there and take the keys." Ollie argued, moving to stop his wife.

"That's exactly what we'll do." Tommy answered, pulling his cap on.

"And you're going to end up like those men laying in the middle of the dance floor right there." Alfie added, pointing towards the 6 men laying dead.

"No, we won't." John smirked.

"Sabini and his inside circle have left for their 'meetings' in Northern England this week, for the next two weeks." Dot stated.

"Which just means there out cheating races and with their whores." Arthur added.

"So while they're away and sending their dirty, cheap men to take us down, we're going to take their's." Dot smirked.

"This is ridiculous, you can't do it." Alfie argued.

"Who's going to stop us?" Tommy questioned. All of the siblings stood shoulder to shoulder as they asked who would defy them. Neither Alfie or Ollie moved to question them any further.

"I'll meet you back at the house tomorrow. Go home, stay with Emerald." Dot ordered her husband. He never moved a muscle as he watched the four Shelbys leave to reek havoc in the night.

"Arthur, I've already sent word to Billy Kitchen. He knows what was going to happen, but he didn't know when. Go get him and grab 12 men. Meet us back at the London house in an hour and we will disperse from there." Dot spoke orderly, giving Arthur the keys to her car she had driven here with Ollie.

As the Shelby's moved into their separate vehicles, Ollie and Alfie moved into their with Tup. "This will put Sabini over the edge." Ollie spoke as soon as the door shut to their car. "He already wanted to end these gypsy bastards, now he will want to end Dot too. He won't hold the deal."

"He will. I'll make sure of it." Alfie sighed, watching three pile into the car with revenge in the eyes. "I'll protect her even if she won't protect herself."

Two hours later, Arthur, Dorthea, and Billy Kitchen stalked up to one of the two clubs being taken into the Shelby name tonight. Walking in first, Dot strolled through the doors with no question. These men must have been new not to know who she or her brother was. Walking into the club, people were having sex against walls, snorting cocaine off each other, any sin you could thing of, they were probably doing it in this club.