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She took a deep breath.
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"Tommy, I'm not doing this" She turned her head , staring out the window. "I'm not her" her dismissive tone dared to sound disappointed. She could feel him tensing up.
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His chest slowly pushing foward as his shoulders gained back their attorative position. "You don't know the hell that you are talking about" He slightly raised his voice. It sounded shaked...almost. "I might have harsh tongue, but I face my truth" She still hadn't looked at him.
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He turned his heel. Marching towards table just few feet away from them. He light the cigarette. "She is in the past. I know who you are" it sounded like he tried to convince himself, but even she could hear uneasiness. Thomas Shelby is never uneasy.
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"Your eyes might see me, but your heart seeks out for her" Her expression was emotionless. Perhaps, she knew that feeling all to well. In all men that she tried to cover up her ugly truth. Her sorrow used to eat her out too.
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"Oh come on now, stop with that philosophical bullshit" He was getting impatient. His voice was grasping into possibilities that were crossing his mind like a smoke of that ciggarete of his. His demeanor defense, but he wasn't the stupid man himself.
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She turned his face towards him. She clenched her jaw as she stared at his eyes. It was like a challenge, an unspoken words. He raised brow , wondering what went trough her head when her eyes went from fierce fire to starlight in seconds. Why hasn't he noticed changes like those before?
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"You are not Richard" He took another sharp breath,growing awere of her past."You are not Anthony" She took few slow steps. "And you are definitely not David" Now she was close enough to see ashes from his ciggarete falling down to floor freely.
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"You are not Grace" He said. It was hard to tell by his expression, but those words sounded almost freeing.Finally looking at her, he saw her. He wasn't alone,because she understood. And god after so many years it felt great. Her closeness felt different now,more tense,more dangerous,he wondered how far she can go.
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"No. Because you are just Thomas" Now she found herself in position she was few minutes ago. Holding on that breath like a prayer , praying for God to not let her give in to tension. "And I am just Evelyn" She took last final step,making their bodies almost connect. "And somewhere in the middle , that's fine" Her body shook,he threw his cigarette away.
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She breathed out.
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He kissed her