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...
"It's beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. It means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society" - J Krishnamurti
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Mariana's POV
"We'll kill her for this. I fucking swear to you" I said honestly, holding Alfie's hand tightly "Yes. I fucking will" Alfie promised, staring ahead as men shovelled the ground back into the hole
The grass was wet beneath my boots The sun had come out this morning, just for her Because that's who she was Sunshine Happiness I never quite liked my birthday much.
It seemed to always harbour such bad days Being alone for them whilst David was in prison Or being in prison myself Spending my birthday listening to the boys shout at Arthur senior when he packed up and left them
Now... now it will forever be tainted with the image of her The bright beautiful woman I never deserved to call a friend To call family
The woman I pushed away for months over Alfie's 'death' The woman I should have seen more.
Ezra walked over to us, leaving his children with his mother "Who did this?" He asked simply, painfully
"You don't want to know" Alfie said coldly "Don't I? Am I safe? Are my children safe?" He demanded angrily "Yes" Alfie gritted out I looked up at Ezra, guilt consuming me entirely
This was all my fault All of it Irene She never would have done any of this if it wasn't for me If I wasn't connected to her To Alfie.
I did this.
I walked away from them, I couldn't bare to be there any longer I sat on a bench away from them all Before a man sat down beside me
"Pretty lonely over here" Charles commented I said nothing "Oh come on, stop moping. Won't bring her back" he said I looked at him. Was he serious?
"Don't give me that look. Death is natural, it happens to us all" he said "So you're not upset?" I asked "I'm devastated, Aila was the only one I actually liked over here. My brother would be raising hell if he was still alive" he chuckled
"I think Alfie plans to raise enough hell for us all" I said He nodded "So do I" he chimed
Before silence blanketed us for a while "How are you feeling? Surely the cold over here doesn't help" I said "No, it don't, neither does the fucking smoke in the air" he said "Mar"
I looked up, offering Alfie a sad smile, taking his hand in mine "We're going" he said I nodded "Okay" I said, standing up
"You know who did this Alfie?" Charles asked "Yeah, that fucking whore in Chicago" he replied bitterly He shook his head "I didn't think she had it in her. Now Ray... that would have been predictable" Charles drawled out, heaving himself up.
