In the morning Finn and Bunty got told by Tommy what to do, they mostly had to wait until they get word from Michael if he found Charlie.
They sat by the phones and Bunty saw it was getting darker by the minute outside. "Do you think they'd actually blow up the train?" She questioned.
"Knowing John and Arthur, they probably would," he told her.
Soon a phone rang "we've got Charlie, he's safe" was all that was said and they hung up. But Finn recognised the voice.
"Fuck, we gotta tell Arthur" Finn rushed out of the room and down towards the station, Bunty caught up, running down the tracks, "Arthur! Wait!" Finn yelled. "Charlie's safe!"
An explosion burst the train causing debris to fly everywhere, Bunty got shielded from it by Finn who held her close to him, but, she couldn't hear a thing. "Finn?" She said but she couldn't hear her own voice. "I can't hear," she said, she felt tears falling down her cheeks, "I can't..."
"It's alright, Bunty" he cooed, pulling her into a hug, but Bunty didn't hear that either. Another explosion burst as well.
Finn took Bunty back home and let her rest. He gently stroked back her hair so it wasn't tickling her face. He hoped it was only temporary hearing loss.
He, once he made sure Bunty was asleep, made his way to check on the rest of his family, Tommy was not there, meaning he's probably still at the tunnels or just finished. Michael brought Charlie back home safely and Ada took him to Tommy's house.
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Bunty slowly opened her eyes, "Finn?" She questioned and then gasped excitedly, "Finn! I can hear, I can fucking hear" she squealed excitedly, tapping her husband's arm.
He woke up rather rapidly from the tapping, "what?" He grumbled, still half asleep.
"I can hear," she told him, climbing onto him so she was straddling his waist.
"You can hear?" He asked, sitting up so they were now face to face. Bunty nodded, "you can!"
Bunty passionately kissed Finn's lips, she began unbuttoning Finn's shirt and then threw it onto the floor. His hands went to her chest where he did the same, pulling off her shirt and throwing it as well, revealing her brassiere. Finn kissed down her neck and towards her chest when someone walked in, "fuck" Bunty swore, covering her chest even though she wasn't actually naked.
"Sorry," Arthur said, covering his eyes before turning around, "Linda and I have been told by Tommy to take you both to his house"
"Right," Finn said, rushing to put on some clothes with Bunty doing the same. They both were flushed pink from embarrassment.
"I'll be in the car," he said, closing the door.
"Holy fuck that was embarrassing," Bunty told Finn.
"Yeah, it happens more times than not," Finn said, "the number of times I've walked in on John" he then shuddered, "you wouldn't even want to know"
"That just proves you all don't have good manners and knock first" Bunty scoffed.
Finn shrugged, "True, but still". Bunty shook her head at him before pulling on her suit jacket and then her shoes.
They got in the car quietly, hoping Arthur didn't tell Linda but by the smirk on her face told them otherwise.
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They soon reached Tommy's house and they all were gathered into Tommy's study. All of the Shelby family was there, including Johnny Dogs, Isaiah, Lizzie, Curly and everyone else's other halves.
Tommy began by admitting a mistake and apologising to everyone, "Arthur, you warned me against getting involved in Russian business. And you were right. I doubted your wife. For that, I'm sorry. Linda, I've added £3000 here in the hopes that you'll forgive me."
Linda stood up and took the money, "apology accepted" and then she sat down again.
"Esme, I doubted you as well."
"Now John's got innocent lives on his conscience. Ordinary working men.."
"Yeah alright, Esme. Got it" John grumbled.
"No, she's right," Thomas told his brother, "and you and Arthur are gonna have to share that burden. But I hope the house you can buy with this can become a place of contemplation. Perhaps redemption." John took his money. "Charlie, for lost tools, dangerous goods and Curlys wise words." He threw a roll of money at Charlie, "Johnny, for board and lodging" the threw the money at him, "Lizzie" he placed a roll on the table for her but she didn't take it.
When it got to giving money to Michael, Polly said "no" and then Thomas went on a mad rant, Bunty paid barely any attention because she wasn't feeling too great, she started to feel tense, like something was going to happen.
Bunty snapped out of it when Michael stood up and took his money. "That's right," he said, but Bunty didn't know what he was agreeing to.
"That's right, Pol," Thomas said. "That's fucking right"
"Tommy," Polly started, "you've had a bad time. We understand. So at an alternative time, when we have all recovered," Polly said taking the money back off of Michael, "I would like to put before the family an alternative view of the future of the Shelby Company Limited. A more hopeful view."
"Which I, for one, would quite like to hear" Ada commented.
"As would I," Esme said, standing up and rocking her baby.
"As would I" Lizzie also commented.
"Come on Arthur, the train for the dock leaves in one hour. Then we get the boat to New York and it'll all be in the past." Linda told her husband. Polly went over and hugged Arthur, all the Shelby brothers looked solemn.
"I'll be off then, Tom. I'll see you then eh?" Arthur told his brother, standing behind the desk. "I'll see you, brother"
Arthur started saying his goodbyes. As he was doing this Bunty started feeling worse, "Finn" she whispered to him, "somethings not right" she told him.
"What do you-"
"You can go, but you won't get far, Arthur" Thomas commented, causing everyone to look at him in confusion.
"Uh... All right Tom" he told him, not getting it.
"I spoke to Moss last night. He told me the chief constable of Birmingham has issued a warrant for your arrest. Murder, sedition, conspiracy to cause an explosion. John, they're coming for you as well. Murder, conspiracy to cause an explosion. Michael.."
"What the fuck?" Arthur said questionably. Bunty held onto Finn's arm, him holding her close for protection.
"...for the murder of Hughes. Polly-"
"Wait a minute, what the fuck are you talking about?" Arthur exclaimed.
"... The murder of chief inspector Chester Campbell." Everyone at once exclaimed their questions and outrage but Tommy shut everyone up, "the people that we betrayed last night, they want to bring us down. Yet control the police, they control the judges, they control the juries, they control the jails."
A police whistle pierced the air, "but they do not control the elected government"
"What the fuck!" Someone exclaimed.
"Why didn't you tell us before?" John shouted at his brother.
"Listen to me!" Thomas told them.
"You are my brother!" Arthur yelled at him.
"Listen to me" he repeated, "so I've made a deal-"
"They'll hang us!" Arthur shouted.
"-in return for giving evidence against them"
"Well fucking hang!"
"It's all taken care of" Thomas tried to reassure them. "Lizzie collect up the money and bring it to the cellar. You will all get your money in due course. When the police get in, do not resist. You go with them, you do not say anything."
Finn grabbed Bunty and held her hand as they made their way out of the office with Isaiah, they tried to make their way out but the police came in, pushing everyone up against the wall, holding their batons to their necks.
Everyone was escorted outside and got pushed into the vehicles, all crammed into the back. Everyone went to the police station and were questioned, nobody said a word.
Bunty and Finn got released, saying that there were no charges against them. They weren't going to ask how there weren't any charges against them but didn't question it as they really didn't want to go to jail.
Everyone was only questioned and released apart from Arthur, John, Polly and Michael. They all were imprisoned.