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Tommy thanked the maid which offered to take Charlie. "Thank you for your time" he smiled, walking away.
"Lilah, go get us some of that nice whiskey that we had from the kitchen," Arthur said. She rolled her eyes and waltzed down to the kitchen, searching through the cupboard of alcohol.
Her eyes widened when a hand was placed over her mouth, dragging her backwards.
Tommy looked around, frowning.
"Where's Charles, Ada?" he asked. "Delilah gave him to you" she said. "Where is he? Where's Lilah?" he frowned. "I don't know"
"Boys" Tommy caught the attention of his brothers. "Have you seen Charlie, or Delilah?" he asked. "I dunno he's playing ain't he? Delilah's went to get some whiskey" Arthur asked.
Tommy walked to Polly. "Pol wheres the kids?" he asked. She didn't know either so Tommy moved to Lizzie,
"Delilah, Charles, have you seen them"
She shrugged. "I don't know"
"Back door, kitchen. Get to Blake street where the cars are" he pointed at his brothers and Micheal. "Isiah, check the kitchen"
Isiah quickly walked the same way the girl had moments later, frowning when he couldn't see her. "Can't find her," he returned.
"Tommy, someone said they saw a nurse take Charles through the back door" Ada shouted.
"Fuck" Tommy hissed. Tommy rattled door handles in attempt to find the kids.
"Delilah!" He shouted, looking through the halls.
"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."Hey" Arthur stopped him. "Where's my son?" he shouted. Arthur held his hands.
"Stop" he said, "We've blocked off all the junctions, we've called moss" he assured her.
"Where's Isiah?" he asked.
"He's gone off looking with John."
"Tom someone took them, they put em in a car and drove south, we have put every man we have on the junctions. 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"
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. No random woman would successfully take my nineteen year old daughter without someone knowing"
"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"
"Esme's waters broke, i was just with her running around fucking broke her waters" John stepped in. "Where's finn?" Tom asked.
"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"
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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"
"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 and Delilah are 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."
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Father Hughes opened the locked door, looking at the children. "Hello there" he whispered. "Here you go, how's that?"
Delilah pulled Charles toward her with her free, snarling at Father Hughes. Her left hand was tied to the metal pipe behind her, her right hand holding her brother.
He placed food down in front of them.
"You like a spoon? A shiny spoon?" he spoke to Charles
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 two people.
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. 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 eventually went inside the room, looking at Delilah. He used the same knife he'd killed the priest with the cut her hand free. "Did you kill him?" she whispered.
He nodded slowly.
"Come on, Charlie" she said, picking him from the floor and holding his head to avoid him from seeing the dead man.
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Ada and Polly rushed from where they sat as Micheal and Delilah walked in, Charles in her arms. Ada took the boy from her and Polly lifted her hand to Michael's face.
She glanced over at Isiah who stood at the table in the den with another blinder , holding a phone. He looked over, putting the phone down, relief washing over him as she practically fell into his arms.
"What the fuck happened?" he whispered.
"Something about a deal, my father not holding up his end. I'm okay though," she assured him.
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"Lilah, your father wants to talk to you, he's on the phone" Polly said as Charles mumbled words over the phone. "Can i have that, Charles?" she asked. The boy looked up, handing it to her.
"Dad?" she asked. A breath of relief left his mouth. "You're okay?" he whispered. "I am, where are you,"
"I had business, my girl. Everything's okay" he assured her.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm certain, you get some sleep, yeah?"
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