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Beatrice Shelby was used to the sight of her husband bruised and battered. However the sigh of him covered in what looked to be blood, his eyes detached from his sanity made shivers shoot down her back, it worried her to no end.

"Arthur." Beatrice shouts, he doesn't even look at her, instead he stares at his bloody or stained hands, Beatrice still isn't sure. "Arthur Please." Beatrice says raising her voice even higher. He turns toward her but as soon as he sees her face he turns the other way. "Don't ignore me Arthur." Beatrice shouted. Arthur turned towards her, his eyes stared at her devoid of emotion.

"Arthur, just talk to me. Whatever's happened we can fix it." Beatrice said walking to him. She placed a hand on him. "We should go home." Beatrice told him. Arthur only nodded, so they did that, Beatrice ordered one of the blinders to drive them back home and have someone scrub the car clean before making Arthur bathe and then letting him go to Tommy's office.

Beatrice sighed, not wanting to leave but doing so anyway out of lack of energy for an argument.

Hours later arthur entered the living room. "Are you alright?" She asked him, he didn't  answer. "Yeah, I'm alright." He said, his voice gave away his frustration and his drunkness, even so she could smell the alcohol coming off of him. "Peggy darling, why don't you go see Auntie Helen." Beatrice told her daughter. The girl complied with a nod and a wave goodbye.

"What'd you do that for eh?" Arthur said raising his voice. Beatrice shook her head and walked up the stairs following their daughter "You know what I am don't you?" Arthur asked "I'm a working man yeah. Fucking working man, who's lost his job" Arthur said following his wife up the stairs "Is that what I am? Beatrice? Is that what I am eh?" Arthur yelled.

Beatrice comforted the three year old girl who she'd since picked up as Arthur opened the barrel of his gun and let out the bullets "I don't want you dead Arthur . Nor does Polly, just let Aberama Gold do the killing for Money. I know it's not what you want but it will get it done. Arthur picks up a bullet and places it into the gun. "Watch." He said clearing his throat. Beatrice turned Peggy away from her father as she heard the nursery door creek open. Beatrice somehow managed to hand Peggy to her aunt before Arthur raised the gun too high and she then ripped it from his hand before pushing him out of the way as gently as she could and rushing down the stairs, not out of fear of him.

But out of fear of what his mind could lure him to do. "I have to do this." Arthur repeats "John wants me to do it. My brother, and I'm going to do it." Arthur tells her, staring into her eyes as he does so while also taking the gun out of her hand. "You stink of Alcohol." Beatrice scoffed reaching her limit of Shelby Bullshit, she then pushed him from her grasp.

"You are fucking ridiculous." Beatrice spits, returning the tone her husband had with her. Beatrice returned back up to the stairs and entered the nursery. There Helen Moon was singing Peggy Shelby asleep.

"You should never have married him." Helen told her niece. "He's just upset and drunk." Beatrice sighed, though she was still upset at Arthur, his actions when he was drunk. "You were such a sweet child." Helen began but she was cut off by Beatrice "I was never sweet, sweet children don't suffocate their mothers at fourteen." Beatrice scoffed.

"Your mother was an evil woman, even as a girl when they got married I knew that. You're not, you should return to London with me for a few weeks once this has all blown over."  Helen offered "You can't understand Arthur like I do, he's brilliant with them when he's not drinking. He wasn't going to hurt me, he just gets like that." Beatrice tells her Aunt as they hear Arthur make his way to their bedroom. "He's grieving, I'm going to bed." Beatrice said quickly, she made her way to the bedroom where was laid, tears down his face.

After taking her dress off and replacing it with a silk nightgown. Beatrice sat herself next to her husband who was laid down. She began stroking his hair. "Everything's going to be alright Arthur." She told him softly.

The next morning a gunshot woke Beatrice up, Tommy banged the door and Beatrice rushed to open it. "Arthur!" Tommy yelled "He fired the bullet." Beatrice told him "It's the modern way." Arthur said tearfully. "You did well." Tommy told Beatrice who shook her head "Finn, would you like to stay for breakfast before work?" Beatrice asked, Finn nodded and eventually walked with her to work.

GWEN TALKS
Bea when the Shelby's get into trouble