Too Late To Say Goodbye | Tommy Shelby {1}

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The door is open. Why is the door open?
Bella panicked, scared for the worst possible out come, as her Ada rushed up to Polly's house.

Looking at her friend, who gave the same nervous look back, they moved a little faster.

Once inside, they heard yelling. Instantly they knew it was Polly and Michael.

Bella knew Michael had been trying to care for his mother, but he was getting more and more frustrated when she wouldn't try to take care of herself.

Ada walked into the room first "what's going on? The door was wide open!"

Polly started to cry when she saw her niece, pulling away from Michaels grip
"Oh Ada...I wanted it to be nice, I wanted to make this nice."
She cried, feeling as if Ada's visit was ruined

Bella stepped into the room as Ada brought her aunt into a hug.
"It's okay Pol, let's sit down...let's sit down and put things back together."

As soon as Michael saw Bella he knew something was wrong.

She looked distraught and there was no reason for her to be here on Christmas Eve.

"Bella...what's happen-"

"What is she doing here?!" Polly cut off her son, also noticing the girl enter the room.

Ada quickly tried to advert her attention back to her "Pol...Bella's here to help...somethings happened..."

Bella looked anxiously between the three of them.
"Pol-"

"No! You're here to be his mouth, his thoughts. And I wont listen, not anymore." Polly argued as soon as Bella tried to explain herself

Bella glanced at Michael, who was waiting for her to tell them what happened. While Ada held Polly's arms trying to get her to listen to her.

There wasn't time for this.

"Polly! Luca Changretta is in England and has called a Vendetta against this family." Bella spoke loudly

Polly's movements froze, Ada used this time to speak as well.
"Have you checked your post today?"

*****

It was a hard conversation to have with Polly.

But after a long night, they got her to understand that this wasn't about her relationship with Tommy.
This was about her survival and the rest of the family.
She finally agreed to attend the family meeting.

Polly sat on the sofa with Ada, while Michael and Bella stood in front of them.
Everyone still trying to comprehend the situation at hand.

"Polly...I know you don't want me around right now but...you understand that I've been through this before and we all need to be together if we want even a chance of getting through it."
Bella spoke gently and sincerely to Polly. Who seemed to be staring off into space, but still nodded. Understanding what the girl was saying.
This was the same family and vendetta that Bella had against her and the Rossi's years ago.
The same vendetta that killed everyone except Bella.
The same family that the Shelby's killed a brother and father.

It was going to take a miracle to survive this.

"Bella and I will be traveling to the countryside first thing tomorrow morning. We'll get John and meet everyone at Charlie's yard." Michael explained

Ada looked nervous about the whole thing. While Polly, who still wasn't fully here, slowly stood walking over to her son, pulling him into a hug.

"You get our John and get safe." She asked him
He nodded, wrapping an arm around her