LONELY| Thomas Shelby

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CLIMBING OUT OF Alfie's car, Beth shot him a small smile as she tugged her dress down nervously. Alfie nodded his head in reassurance. "Thank you for bringing me here, today." Beth murmured, leaning against the door of Alfie's car. "Anytime princess." Sending him a small smile, Beth nodded and turned around, her heels clicking on the pavement as she walked up the pavement steps.

Her heart fluttered slightly and Beth could feel it's beating pulse quicken by the second as her nerves began to build up. Sighing as she stared at the brown door, Beth glanced over her shoulder at Alfie who still watched her from inside his car, his eyes glaring back into her head. Beth glanced from Alfie towards a fancy carriage that had just pulled up and she swallowed the lump in her throat seeing Grace inside. knowing it was now or never Beth took a deep breath and threw the doors of the church open.

Beth looked around the church as she began to walk down the hallway, taking a sharp turn she came around a corner, her eyebrows furrowed as she looked at what presumed to be Grace's family dressed in uniform. the piano began to play, a wedding tune playing. heads began to slowly turn and Beth still had yet to notice, forgetting she was at a wedding as she stared down past Arthur at Tommy who stared back at her.

Tommy's blue eyes blinked in shock and the world felt as if it had stopped. Breaking her stare up the aisle at Tommy who watched her with a parted mouth, Beth shot him a wink before stepping out of the way for Grace to enter the church with what seemed to be her father, holding her hand as she walked down the aisle, her purple vail covering her face, that held a look of annoyance at the fact her guests attention were no longer on her.

Beth let out a quiet laugh, walking over to the isle where the Shelby's stood. michael wrapped his arms around her as soon as she reached the benches and Beth returned the hug, placing a kiss to Michaels cheek. Michael grinned nodding at Beth and she smiled gratefully squeezing past him. Carl latched his arms around Beth and she grinned down at him picking him up and a placing him onto her hip.

polly looked down from the blonde woman she stood beside, along with John, Esme and Finn who looked down at Beth in shock as she conversed in small chat with Ada. Glancing back over to Tommy and Grace, Polly stifled a laugh seeing Tommy's eyes adverting from his soon to be wife to Beth back and forth, a pissed off look on Grace's face.

BOOK TWO OF VULNERABLE SERIES

B E T H A N Y

C L O V E R

🌻"first it hurts, then it changes you."🌻

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T H O M A S

S H E L B Y

🌻"it goes good for a while and then i realise she kept me together when things got fucking tough."🌻

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peaky blinders cast as there selves...