𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃, ⁱˢⁱᵃʰ ʲᵉˢᵘˢ

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Tommy thanked the maid which offered to take Charlie. "Thank you for your time" he smiled, walking away.

He looked around, frowning.

"Where's Charles, Ada?" he asked. "I gave him to you" she said. "Where is he?" he frowned. "I don't know"

"Might have ran off with Karl somewhere" Ada mentioned.

"Boys" Tommy caught the attention of his brothers. "Have you seen Charlie?" he asked. "I dunno he's playing ain't he?" Arthur asked.

Tommy walked to Polly.

"Pol wheres the kids?" he asked. She didn't know either so Tommy moved to Lizzie.

"Charles, have you seen him"

She shrugged. "I don't know"

"Florence, where's Charlie" He asked, panicking slightly. "I'm not sure, is everything okay?"

"Back door, kitchen. Get to Blake street where the cars are" he pointed at his brothers and Micheal.

"Tommy, someone said they saw a nurse take them through the back door" Ada shouted.

"Fuck" Tommy hissed. Tommy rattled door handles in attempt to find the kids.

"Charles!" Florence shouted, running to the front of the house. "Charlie!"

"Arthur" Ada stopped him. "Someone said they saw a woman and two kids getting into a car"

"Ah fuck" he shouted, rushing outside.

"Charlie!" Thomas shouted running to the cars, bumping into Arthur and John. "Where's my boy" he shouted.

"Stop" he said, "We've blocked off all the junctions, we've called moss" he assured him. "You need to go to the office and sit by the phone, whoever took them is going to call"

-

"I need Micheal at the Maypole junction" Tommy said as they walked through the house.  "Moss to block all the roads south"

Polly pulled a chair for Florence.

Tommy held the phone, calling Moss before throwing it at the wall. "Tommy" Polly said.

"It's them"

"Look it might just be some random woman" Polly sighed.

"No, it's them"

"Fucking who" Florence shouted. "Did you break the phone" Polly whispered, rushing to it.

"Tommy answer me for fucks sake"

"Father Hughes" he said. "You've broke the phone, it's all right we've got another"

"Tommy?" Ada shouted, walking in. "Ada?"

"There's someone outside, a priest"

Tommy rushed past her and outside into the rain.

"Esme's waters broke, i was just with her running around fucking broke her waters" John stepped in. "Where's finn?" Tom asked, returning.

"Out with the youngers looking for the Riley" Arthur swigged his whiskey. "We can't reach him"

"I need to know who spoke" Tommy breathed. "The enemies know everything. Everything"

"I need to know who spoke about the business outside the family"

"They're going to blow up a train. Michaels gone after the priest" he nodded.

-

"This morning i was out with Tommy on the road" Micheal spoke. "I killed a man" Arthur looked at him. "He needed cover i was all he had."

"What did he give you" Arthur asks. Micheal pulled the gun. "Said it was good for close range"

"Your better with my gun" Arthur told him. "No, no this is mine now" Micheal nodded. "Feels part of me hand"

"Where'd you hit him?" John asked. "I hit him in the side of the head"

"How was you when he went down"

"Tommy said i did alright,"

John stepped closer. "This is where we think Charles is being held" he passed him a piece of paper.

Micheal unfolded it.

"They're not expecting nobody, so you should be alone" Arthur nodded. "There's two good men there. You do what they say"

"But i fire the bullet, all right?" Micheal told him.

"When you're sure the kids are safe, you call Finn."

-

Father Hughes opened the locked door, looking at the boy. "Hello there" he whispered. "Here you go, how's that?"

He placed food down in front of him.

"You like a spoon? A shiny spoon?"

Micheal sat in the car, gun in hand. "You wait here" he told one of the men. "I'll do the killing, that's a fucking order"

He carefully walked into the room, gun lowered. If he wasn't careful, it could cost the life of a kid.

He breathed heavily, hearing noises coming from what sounded like Charles.

Father hughes stepped out the room and Micheal pointed the gun, cocking it. "What do you think your doing, boy?" he asked. Micheal pushed the barrel to Hughes eye.

"Please don't. Please don't shoot"

Father hughes suddenly hit Micheal's wrist causing a Michael to pull a knife, pushing it into his face. A scream erupted from Hughes mouth

Two men from earlier in. "I'll take him" he said, pointing the gun. "No" Micheal stopped him. "This bastards mine"

"Go call Finn"

He pushed the knife into his neck, watching the blood pour out. "This is for what you did to me and my fucking sister all them years ago" he shouted. Hughes face turned pale and his breathing stopped.

Micheal sat against the wall, watching as Charles peaked his head round the corner, smiling at him innocently.

-

Micheal walked into the office, Charlie in his arms.

"Oh my god" All three of the woman jumped up. Ada took charles from him.

Polly reached her hand up, touching Micheals face who smiled slightly.