16. Father Hughes

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TOMMY SMILED, thanking 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"

"Cassidy, 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!" Cassidy 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"

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

Cassidy nodded and went to the phone to tell Micheal what Tommy had ordered. Tommy held the other 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"

"Did you break the phone" Polly whispered, rushing to it. "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.

Arthur threw himself on the couch beside Cassidy. "Congratulations by the way, Micheal told us the news."

Her heart felt as though it had stopped. Why had Micheal told them? She thought he wanted nobody to know about them.

"No, er..thank you but i'm not keeping it." She said, digging her nails into her palms and avoiding his gaze.

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"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"

"You're 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 he is safe, you call Finn."

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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 you're 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. 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.

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Micheal walked into the office, Charlie in his arms, a distraught look on his face.

"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.

He looked over at Cassidy with cold eyes, sending her half a smile. She sucked in a breath, slightly scared at his state. Polly too looked over at Cassidy and stepped back.

Cassidy gently placed a hand on his arm. "You killed him..didn't you?"

He stared at her blankly. "Oh, Micheal." She whispered, standing on the tips of her toes to hug him. He leaned down, placing his head on her shoulder as it all began processing.

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