Gaslighter

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(Polly's P.O.V.)
I silently lit some of the candles that stood on top of the alter. The church door behind me closed, indicating someone walked inside. "Since when do you attend church, Sonny?" I asked one of the twins not turning to look at him. I heard him chuckle, "can't a nephew enjoy spending some time with his favourite aunt?". I turn to face him and send him a serious glare "the only thing you enjoy, is whiskey and screwing both genders. Now what do you want". He smirks before walking to one of the benches to sit down. "Do you trust me?" he asked taking a different, more seriouss tone, than the playfull one he had when he came in. I don't answer him and just closely watch him as he continues. "I can tell Tommy is starting to loose his trust in me. He thinks I will betray him" he explained with a dissapointed tone, "its not suprising to be honest. He thought it before" he chuckled with sadness, "but... But you" he said quickly and leaned forward towards me, "you know me, Polly. I only do these things because I love all of you, you know that right?" he begged me, I took a step back. "How do I know you're not lying? Tommy told me about you and the Red Dogs" I asked him sharp, remembering what Tommy had told me. He smiled sad but answered "you always trusted Tommy above me. No matter what I did or how hard I tried, Tommy was always your favorite". I watched him rise to his feet, with a low hanging head. "I.... I thought it might be a good... Idea for you to hear both sides of the story" he said with a deep sigh, "guess, I was wrong. I'll always be the black sheep of the family" before walking away from me. "Wait" my voice called after him. He stopped in his tracks but didn't turn around. I don't know what made me call after him. Maybe it was my subconcious that told me that he could be telling the truth. After all, we all thought he betrayed us before but he hadn't. Maybe Tommy was the betrayer this time? I was in a war with myself. I don't know who to trust from the both of them. I walked up to him and he turned to face me with eyes filled with sadness. "I will give you the benefit of the doubt, for now. But if you do something stupid to betray us for real this time. I suggest you run and that -

 I suggest you run and that -

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- where ever you are. Because I will be the one pulling the trigger once I find you" I told him sharp. "Then I'll pray that that won't happen, my dear Aunt Polly. Cause the truth will haunt you forever in your dreams" he whispered into my ear before walking away.

(Zindelo's P.O.V.)
Playing the victim is an easy thing to do, if you know what words to use. I hadn't expected her to take my bait to be honest, she is way to smart for that. But just twisting that little thing called 'love' made something tell her otherwise. It's true that Tommy always was the more trusted person out of the both of us. But I was always the more calculated one. That set-up where it made me look like I was working with Mr Campbell, was all part of my plan. Granted it was the beginning but it still was a cruacial part of it. You see, I showed everyone that they where wrong, that Tommy was wrong in believing I was the backstabber. Now that the 'Tommy is always right' pillar has it's first crack in it's foundation. My family will think twice before believing his every word. It may be hard, but even if I can make them hesistate for just a second, I will win.

Published: 12th of june 2022

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