"What the hell is happening?" My mother screamed at the officer as another one dragged me out of my house. "Why are you arresting my daughter?" My mother asked crying, I was crying to. I needed to see my daughter. They were gripping onto my arms, dragging me to the car where a smug Campbell stood. 

"She took part in a arson attack and someone ended up murdered." The officer answered and I stopped moving. 

"What?" I screamed at them before I got out of their clutches and ran up to my daughter. I hugged onto my daughter before they pulled me away from her. You never feel pain until you are being dragged away from your daughter. 

"I will get you out of this." My mother reassured and I nodded my head as I tried to fight the officers off. 

"Tommy! Get Tommy!" I cried out desperately. I needed him right here to protect me. He promised he would never leave me, he did not stay over tonight because he said he had work to do. 

"Stop resisting." The officer instructed and I elbowed him in the stomach angrily. 

"Fuck off." I snarled at him before I turned around to look at my mother. I could see my neighbours looking at me. "Don't let them touch my baby." I instructed and she clutched onto my daughter tighter. I had faith in my mother, she would not let anyone touch Roma without my permission. 

"Well well. You should have stayed with us." Campbell smirked at me and I glared at him angrily. 

"You can go to hell." I snarled before they threw me into the car. I looked over to see Michael was sitting there. He was scared and frightened. 

"Honey, do what they say, okay? Do not fight. You will be out in no time." My mother shouted after me as they closed the door. My mother was fighting them off to get to me but it was no use. 

"They have us all, I overheard." Michael muttered and I looked at him shocked. What if they already have Tommy? Then we are screwed. 

"Who do they have?" I asked him, there was nobody in the car right now because they were discussing things. 

"Arthur, you and I." Michael answered in a hushed tone. Least Tommy and John were okay. They were going to get us out of here.

"Honey, we love you." My mother cried out as the police officers all got into the car. She was in tears as the car drove off and I was terrified. I had to see my daughter again, I just had too. 

"You have done this before, right?" Michael asked me worried and I nodded my head, he was not going to be able to handle this. I knew it inside of me.  "What will happen to me?" Michael asked me and I could not answer him. 

"Don't say or do anything. They will get us out of here." I reassured as I squeezed his hand. He was only a boy and he did not deserve this. 

"How do you know?" Michael asked me and I smiled at him. 

"If Tommy really loves me then we will all walk free because we are innocent." I explained with glaring eyes. Mentally I was telling Michael to agree with me, we were not totally innocent but I was not going to die. 

"Exactly." Michael replied and then Campbell turned around. 

"Shut up." He barked and I slid my hand away from Michael and held back my tears. All I could think about was Roma. 

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"Walk this way." The officer commanded as I followed him down the corridor of the dark, gloomy prison. I could tell he was scared to be with me, he looked like a boy that could not get any girls. I intimidated him and I was going to use that to my advantage. 

"I was once an agent of the crown, you know? And now. Now I am being charged with arson and a murder that I did not commit." I explained to him as I walked in front of him. 

"But you have killed before." The officer stated nervously, he honestly thought I was some psychopath or something. 

"On special orders by the king himself and I promised myself to never kill again." I explained just as he stood still. 

"This is your cell. Step in." He demanded and I did as I was told, just like my mother told me too. The jailhouse wardess handed me my new clothes. "I know what happens next." I stated before the officer told me I had to get changed out of my normal clothes. All of their beady eyes were on me. "At least turn around, you creeps." I spat and got changed into the horrible prison outfit. 

"Done prisoner?" He asked me trying to be all tough.

"Yes." I stated as the jailhouse wardess's turned out and collected my belongings from me, including my wedding ring. I was not even allowed to wear that. 

"Good." The prison officer stated and before he closed the door I had a question to ask him. 

"When will I be getting out of here?" I asked him and he kept the door open a crack. 

"You have been arrested? You will not be getting out. You have been convicted of arson and murder." He explained and I just sighed loudly. 

"You are going to keep an innocent woman behind bars?" I asked him because I did not commit the crime per say. I just watched it but I he was racist towards a friend of mine and hurt my family. I did what any Peaky Blinder would do. Maybe thats my problem, however, the Peaky Blinders. Maybe I never should have joined in the first place. 

"You are a Peaky Blinder, you are hardly innocent." He smirked at me obviously gaining the confidence he never had in the first place. He slammed the cell door shut. 

 "Bastard." I screamed out angrily and then I heard a whispering voice.

"So you must be new?" It scared the shit out of me. 

"Fuck." I practically screamed and then I saw a tiny little finger through a hole next to the bed. I sat down on the bed so I was close to the hole and the voice. 

"My last friend stayed in the cell you are in." The woman stated and I examined the hole. It was truly brilliant. 

"How the hell did you make a hole? How has nobody spotted it?" I asked her frantically. 

"They blame it on the rats." She smirked and I looked confused because I was truly puzzled. 

"But there is no rats." I stated and she laughed a little. 

"They do not know that." She replied and I laughed some more. She was a smart girl. 

"So how did this hole come about?" I asked her intrigued, I wanted to know how they built it without anyone knowing. 

"We snuck spoons in our hair and dug during the night." She replied and I nodded my head. 

"I like it." I replied. 

"My name is Jeanie." Jeanie introduced from her cell next to mine. I was trying to picture what she looked like and I could only imagine she was doing the same to me. 

"Clara." I introduced.

"Murder and arson, huh?" She asked me and I guess she must have heard our conversation or word got around really fast. 

"I am innocent. I do not have the best track record so I look like a suspect." I explained completely honest because I did not commit either one of those crimes. I was just an accessory but they do not know that and once I get off with this charge they will not be able to try me for being an accessory. 

"What have you done in the past?" She asked me obviously intrigued. 

"This is not my first time in prison. I was a suffragette." I explained to her as I looked down at my dreary prison outfit. Black dress and white apron over the top. My hair had to be down and it was getting very long. 

"As was I but I did not get jail time ." She replied and I was happy about that statement. 

"Why are you in here?" I asked her, I wanted to know who I was talking too. 

"Prostitution." Jeanie answered and I did not how to respond. I did not want to come off as my mother per say. 

"Oh." I whispered to myself but she could obviously hear me. 

"I needed to eat." Jeanie argued and I totally understood where she was coming. Being a woman was hard enough but then once you added on being homeless, you really have no hope. 

"I do not judge you, I lived on the streets for a while too." I explained but I did not do anything like that. 

"But by the sound of you, you don't anymore." She stated and I nodded my head, even though she could not see me. 

"No. I actually have a daughter and a fiancee." I explained smiling about the thought of Roma and how much I wanted to be with her right now. 

"What's he like?" She asked me intrigued. 

"He's Tommy Shelby." I answered and I could just hear the tick go off in her head. She must have known him, he was a famous person in Birmingham and soon to be in London too. 

"I've 'eard of him." She replied and I could have guessed she would have. Tommy has had a history of finding lovers with money. 

"What happened to your friend?" I asked her curious. 

"She was hung for murder." Jeanie answered, I could hear the tears swelling up in the back of her throat. 

"Oh I am sorry." I said sympathetically and I was truly sorry for her. 

"She proclaimed she was innocent just like you. I heard her go crazy." She explained. 

"That must have been scary." I stated because I could only imagine hearing someone turn mental inside. 

"Not as scary as when the guards come in for questioning." She explained, it was a shame I could not see her through the tiny little hole. I could barely hear her as well. 

"What happens at them?" I asked Jeanie intrigued. 

"They sometimes use force." She answered. 

"Not on me if they want to see the next day." I whispered and that was true because if they dared to touch me then the Peaky Blinders would hurt them back, worse. 

"I like you." Jeanie said and she was just the sweetest thing. We were going to be friends in here, I could tell, unless my saviours come save me. 

"And I you." I smiled at happily as I looked straight ahead. Then my cell door opened, i quickly jumped to my feet because that was mandatory. 

"Clara Baxter, time for questioning." A different police officer stated, I placed my foot carefully over the hole before I walked up to him. We walked down the corridor sharply and he seemed mean and brutal. He was holding a stick and everything. 

"You need to sort out the rat problem." I stated starting up conversation. 

"Just shut up." The angry police officer instructed as we made our way down the corridor. I rolled my eyes at him. 

"Where's the nice officer I had before?" I had him snarky, then just my luck. The police officer slapped me across the face. I held my face in pain. 

"I said SHUT UP." He shouted at me and I could already sense that a bruise was forming. I touched my face as we walked to see that his ring had scrapped my face. Just what I fucking needed. 

We finally arrived at the questioning room and I looked inside to see Major Campbell smirking smugly. I just snarled at him as the officer pushed me into the room. 

"Ah Miss Baxter, or should I say future Mrs Shelby?" Major Campbell asked me happily and I glared at him. 

"When do I get out of here?" I asked him as I plopped myself down onto the chair. Major Campbell did the same but on his side. 

"You are in no position to ask questions, Miss Baxter." He answered and I leaned forward a little. I was in the mood for bargaining a deal. 

"Can I ask one?" I asked him with squinted eyes so he would know that I was serious. The mean police officer was still standing there looking at me. 

"If this goes quicker then yes. I shall allow one." Major Campbell sighed and I leaned back proudly. 

"Will you hurt my daughter or mother?" I asked him seriously because if he even dared to try I would hurt him. Seriously. Nobody dares to touch my family. 

"No they are not the guilty parties in this you are." Major Campbell answered honestly and pointedly. I just sighed with relief. 

"I did not hurt anyone, you have to believe me." I reassured and Campbell just shrugged his shoulders. 

"Sadly I can not. Maybe if you stayed with the crown I would." He smirked at me rudely. I scoffed because I was pissed off. 

"Is this the kind of respect I get? I was top agent. Best of the best-" I began to ramble on before I was interrupted by Campbell. 

"But you were fooled by Mr Shelby." Major Campbell stated and I raised an eyebrow at him.

"How so?" I asked him intrigued and confused. 

"You fell in love with him while he fell in love with both you and Grace." Major Campbell answered just to get on my nervous. I took a deep breath so I would not say anything that I would regret. 

"Are you just annoyed that she shot you in the leg?" I asked him rudely. Major Campbell brought up his stick, he was away to hit me but I grabbed onto it. The rude police officer was away to hit me but Major Campbell stared at him. 

"Don't." He instructed and the man stopped what he was doing. I still held onto the stick that was placed against my collar bone."No I am not, you and I both know that something is still going on with them." Campbell explained and I let go off his stick and he placed it back down beside him.

"I have full faith in my fiancee. He would never cheat on me." I reassured but I was not so use myself. I was happy but Campbell is making me doubt him. But I also have to remember that he is just doing this to get under my skin. 

"Are you sure about that?" Campbell asked me with a raised eyebrow. I knew the technique he was using so I made sure not to show any emotions. I took a deep breath, noticeably. 

"Major Campbell, I do not see what this has to do with anything." I explained avoiding the question completely. I knew how to interrogate and I also knew how to get an upper hand in interrogation. 

"You know how these work Miss Baxter, so I will not take up your precious time as you have so much to do." Campbell explained in a joking fashion. I just rolled my eyes. 

"Have you ever tried being a comedian on stage?" I asked him sarcastically. 

"I do love our conversations Miss Baxter, but I shall get straight to the point. I am sure the blinders will be queuing up at the door to see you." Campbell explained and I just sighed at his terrible joke. "Oh wait I have some behind bars too." He laughed but I just crossed my arms over. 

"What are they being charged with?" I asked him. 

"More questions." He sighed and I raised an eyebrow at him. "Arthur sees the noose in his future and Michael is looking at five years." Campbell answered and I was perplexed. I was not going to let that happen, I had to do something to help them. 

"And I?"  I asked him. 

"Depends." He replied cryptically and I was not in the mood for this pathetic answers. I decided to play along with his stupid little games. 

"On what?" I asked him and he just shook his head.

"Questions, questions, questions." He droned on and I just leaned forward. 

"I do not see you asking any." I stated and Major Campbell stood up angrily. 

"Do not dare speak to me like that, you know what will happen." Major Campbell barked and me and I just looked down quietly. "Now let's start. Where were you on the night of the incident?" He asked me and I just shrugged my shoulders.

"What incident?" I asked him playing dumb. 

"You know damn well the incident." He snapped me and I just sighed loudly. 

"I was at the Garrison with John Shelby, Arthur Shelby and Finn Shelby." I explained, it was the truth partly. 

"You do have a good relationship with the Shelby brothers, especially John Shelby." Campbell continued and I nodded my head. 

"Correct." I stated, John and I were great friends that was all. 

"And would that be because he was your mission. You had to seduce him to get information on the Peaky Blinders." Campbell explained and I nodded my head. I was confused as to what relevance this had to the case.

"Yes but I could not and would not do that to John." I explained honestly because it was the truth. I did not want to hurt John because we were great friends. 

"Do you love him, Miss Baxter?" Campbell asked me and I looked at him utterly shocked. 

"Excuse me?" I asked him in the bitchiest tone I could. 

"You like him a little too much or does he love you?" Campbell asked me again and I was not expecting this. He was trying to throw me off angrily. 

"As a friend yes but my only love is Tommy." I stated honestly, I loved Tommy with all my heart. He had me but I am not sure if I had him. 

"Then why is he letting you rot in jail?" Campbell asked me and I did not know myself. Why was I not his number one priority? 

"He would do no such thing." I stated riled up and he knew that I was riled up. He was getting to me and I had to calm down. 

"Then explain to me why you are here, Miss Baxter." Campbell continued and I decided that enough was enough. I had to get out of it, if I stayed there any longer I would blow up. 

"Are we done here, Major Campbell?" I asked him bored out of mind. 

"Take her back with force if necessary." Major Campbell stated smugly and I just stood up. 

"I shall not be a problem." I whispered before I walked out with the officer. I was getting worried that I had not heard anything from anyone. I needed his help, I needed out of this hellhole. 

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uh oh, tommy's in trouble. 

as is clara, arthur and michael. 

what do you think clara will do once she finds out what tommy has being doing? or will she ever find out? will she get out of jail or will she get the noose?

find out in the next chapter my lovelies,

mrs n o'brien xx