Mariana finds out the husband she grieved for is alive after all these years.
Now she must adjust to a new life with the return of Alfie Solomons, without Thomas Shelby and with the new threat of Michael Gray hanging over all of their heads.
Alfie...
"If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever" - A. A. Milne
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Mariana's POV
"I think you're being a little harsh" Dot said "Fuck off" "You always go too heavy too quick" she said "Again, fuck off" I said
"That. Right there, that attitude is probably why he didn't want to tell you" she said "If I have to tell you again Dot, I'll be telling a corpse" I warned
"He's a liar" I mumbled, more to myself than her "He loves you" she said "If he loves me, he should tell me the truth. You should have fucking seen her, touching him, laughing at us, she knew he hadn't said anything... fucking cow" I complained, crossing my arms
"God this is all because you're jealous?" She groaned "No" I snapped, pointing at her "No, I am not jealous. That implies I have something to be jealous of" I said And I don't. She was beautiful sure
But I know Alfie loves me I know I matter to him I just can't take any lies Not after everything we've been through.
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"I'm sorry" he said, standing on my doorstep with flowers I tried to shut the door, but he wouldn't let me "Hear me out dove" he said "No, you're a fucking liar, as per usual" I snapped
"I didn't lie I just-" "Didn't tell me?" I finished for him "Give me a fucking break Alfie. We said no lies, you promised me you wouldn't fucking lie to me anymore" I shouted, leaving him on the doorstep
"She doesn't fucking matter" he shouted, following me, slamming the door "She isn't the issue! I asked you. I asked you more than once if there was some sort of problem with the Fords. I asked you how close you were to them, and you honestly didn't think it would be crucial to tell me you'd fucked one of them!" I shouted
"Please just..." he sighed "I didn't want to upset you, I knew you wouldn't like it, I didn't think we'd even see her. I wanted to focus on us, on our life" he said "Yeah well... we... we can't do that now can we?" I said
"What?" "I gave you my chance Alfie. My one last chance, the last of my energy and my heart and my fucking trust and you lied to me once again" I said sadly, avoiding his eyes
"Please can we just... can we just try to move past this? I didn't keep it from you to hurt you, I didn't do it for her. I just didn't want to cause any trouble for us. I've finally got you back Mar, I don't want to lose you" he said, abandoning the flowers and taking my hands in his
"You have Alfie. You... I can't do it" I said, trying not to cry "I can't keep putting myself in the firing line. I can't keep getting hurt, I... I was going to ask you to move in with me" I sighed, pulling away from him as I rubbed the ache away from my forehead
