“Tommy only married Grace because she got pregnant”. (Let’s just ignore that they were together for about 2 years before they actually got married, I guess) But if he didn’t want to marry her/be with her, he could’ve very easily told her to go back to her American husband.
It wasn’t like she was alone and going to struggle and be shamed by society for having a baby out of wedlock as a single woman. He wasn’t leaving her to fend for herself with a child on the streets. She didn’t need him to take care of her; she was already married, so she would’ve been fine. If he didn’t want to be with her, Grace could’ve simply told her husband the baby was his and then gone back to America with him to live life as a wealthy housewife. It actually would’ve been easier for everybody if this had happened. It certainly would’ve been safer for Grace.
Tommy and Grace choosing to be together was the hardest option for them. Grace getting a divorce was challenging at that time in history. It seems that Clive may have refused to divorce too, since it took 2 years for Tommy and Grace to actually get married and even then, Grace is only allowed to because by that time, Clive is dead and she is a widow.
Leaving Clive would’ve meant Grace lost pretty much everything - her house in New York, any money she had, most likely all of her possessions were stuck in New York too, and I can’t imagine a lot of her family/friends would’ve wanted to associate with her due to her getting a divorce and living with another man. Choosing to end her marriage, and be with Tommy, probably left the rest of her life in shambles.
Tommy and Grace living together out of wedlock, with Grace being married to someone else, would’ve also been hard for them to deal with at the time, due to the societal standards. A lot of people would’ve looked down on both of them, and shunned them for that. It just wasn’t accepted.
Not to mention, Tommy’s family hated Grace. I can’t imagine that would be a fun experience for either of them to deal with. The Shelby’s are not the type to be polite and keep their mouths shut.
There were so many reasons for Tommy and Grace to choose not to be together and get married. I love them both, but I can take my shipper goggles off and recognise that it wasn’t the smartest decision for them to decide to be together. But they did. They CHOSE to do that, no matter how hard it would be, because they wanted to be together. Why would either of them choose to go through all that if they didn’t love each other? If they didn’t truly want that, they simply wouldn’t have done it. Tommy would’ve have just let her go back to America. The pregnancy didn’t force them to be together
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Walking through your front door you try to be as quiet as humanly possible. It was strange to be sneaking into your own house, and you felt as if you were back to being a teenager sneaking in past your curfew, but when it came down to it this was better than him finding out about your little altercation at the store.
Of course you should’ve known that no one not even you could hide something from Alfie Solomons.
As you made your way further into the house Cyril came bounding toward you. That usually wouldn’t be such a problem, but today was far from a usual day. So of course when Cyril scared you by barreling into your legs your arms flew out and knocked over a vase, which then crashed to the ground and broke into pieces.
Exactly what you were trying to avoid: loud noises.
“Love, is that you?” Alfie’s voice grumbled out, as his footsteps could be heard coming closer to the room you were in.
“Yes.” You answered back coming to terms that you would have to explain your tearstained cheeks and the bruises beginning to form on your face and forearms.
“What are you doing home so soon, my love.”
As he said this you forced yourself to look into his face, and as soon as you did you could see a shift in his demeanor.
“Are you okay? What happened?” Concern filled his voice and his face.
“I’m fine, just a little trouble at the market is all.” You said, but you couldn’t stop the fear from seeping into your voice.
Alfie pulled you into a tight hug and you winced at the pressure that was put on your arms. As soon as you did, you knew that there was going to be a dead man by night fall, and for some reason you had a comfort in that. Did that make you a bad person? You didn’t have time to think about the answer.
“Who did this to you my love?”
“Just some guy who said that I, that I...” You broke down in tears.
Alfie enveloped you in a bear hug, pushing your face into his shoulder and whispering comforting words into your ear.
“Your safe, Love. Nothing is going to happen to you, I won’t let anyone hurt you again.”
Listening to his words and being in hi embrace slowly began to bring comfort to you, and calm you down.
“Alfie?”
“Yes, My Love?”
“I’m scared.”
“I know. I know, but I promise you that this will not happen again.”
“How can you promise something like that, you may be a very powerful man, but that just makes you more enemies.”
“Yes, and they are going to learn to come after me, and not my wife. But don't’ worry about that now, lets get you into a bath and then bed, okay I will take care of everything. You don’t need to worry about it anymore.”
The next morning you woke, snuggled up on Alfie’s chest. You knew that he must of been feeling guilty or worried or perhaps both, because you never woke up with him still there. Actually most of the time he was up and at the bakery before the sun was even in the sky.
The warmth that he was radiating was comforting and you began to snuggle into his chest further.
“Ah, your awake love, finally.”
“Sorry, not everyone can enjoy getting up before the sunrise, Alf.”
“Well you best begin to get dressed.”
“Why?”
“Because you are coming down to the Bakery with me today.”
“Again I ask why?”
“Because you are still shaken up from yesterday, so you don’t want to be alone, and I won’t be able to get any work down worried about you. So, the obvious conclusion is for you to be with me all day. Well, that and I need you to look at something for me.”
A few hours hours later you were sitting in your husbands office when Ollie knocked on the door. “Alfie, I brought that guy here do you want me to bring him in.”
“Yes. Yes.”
That’s when the man that attacked you the day before walked into your walked into the room. You stood up immediately and scurried across the room to stand behind your husband.
“Sir, I...I swear that I didn’t know that she was your wife.” The man stuttered out.
“You see how scared she looks right now, NO ONE CAN MAKE HER LOOK LIKE THAT.” Alfie roared out.
Then Ollie and another man came in and dragged the man out.
“Okay, Love I want you to stay in here until I come get you okay, don’t worry my men are everywhere around here.” He said, then kissed your forehead.
He was true to his word no one ever bothered you in that way again. You weren’t sure what happened to that man and you didn’t ask questions all you knew was that ever since that day every time a man saw you on the street or at the market they walked the other way.
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