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Inocence taken (pt 2)

Info: Thomas Shelby has been the sole carer for his baby sister since he returned from the war, meaning that he has always been overly protective of her. At age 16, she tries to be more independent without the help of her brothers but when she gets attacked one night, she ends up pregnant and when her brother finds out, he doesn't realize that it wasn't by choice, and regrets it when Ada tells him the bad news.

Pairing: Tommy Shelby x sister, Shelby clan x sister.

Season: 1

Warnings: Mentions of rape, mentions of abortion.

Part 1

Y/n looked into the mirror as she stood up to get ready for the day. Her eyes were red rom the crying she had done last night, having spending the night with Ada instead of Tommy. After the fight neither party could look at each other in fear of what would be said if they met eye to eye. Sighing, y/n changed quickly before heading downstairs where Ada and Polly were sitting t the table. Seeing her younger sister, Ada smiled weakly as she moved forwards to her.

"Y/n sweetheart, wake up, we'll go before the boys get up." Pol spoke softly to her niece, rubbing her shoulder gently to wake her.

"Yeah ok." Y/n spoke tiredly, sitting up in her bed before watching her aunt leave before getting up.

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"You'll be okay." Ada spoke softly, rubbing her arms in comfort.

"We better go, the lads will be up soon, don't want questions on where were going." Polly spoke, moving towards her nieces and giving the youngest one her coat.

"Will it hurt." Y/n asked weakly.

"It'll be over quickly." Polly spoke, trying to comfort the girl, knowing the statistics of the women who lost their lives during the process due to blood loss.

"I love you." Ada smiled, trying to ease her younger sisters worries,

"I love you." Y/n smiled weakly before leaving with her aunt.

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Something Thomas Shelby had done since he returned from the war was looking after his baby sister, regardless of what happened the day before. So when he woke up the day after fighting with his sister, Tommy made his way to y/ns room to check on her. However, when he opened the door and didn't see the youngest Shelby sister, he panicked and went to check Polly's room, where y/n would regularly go after a fight with her closest brother. Not seeing either Shelby women, Tommy groaned in frustration before heading downstairs, expecting the glares of the two when he got to the kitchen.

However to his surprise, there was no sight of Polly or y/n when he got down there. In Polly's place was Ada, who was finishing up the breakfast and dishing it. Arthur was next to come down, immediately noticing the missing Shelby's.

Ada's eyes widened, not used to this version of Tommy. Everyone knew how protective he was of the youngest Shelby sister but never had he looked at a family member as if they were an enemy to him before. She sighed but told him, watching as he all but pulled the door off the hinges to get to his sister.

"Where's Polly and y/n?" Arthur asked in confusion as he sat at the table.

"Gone out. Finn, get down here for breakfast or starve." Ada replied before going to the end of the stairs to shout up at Finn.

"Gone out where?" Arthur pushed wanting to know more.

"Hopefully to sort out our whore of a sister." Tommy spoke, lighting a cigarette before inhaling some smoke.

"Jesus Crist, your such a fucking dickhead Tommy." Ada snapped, slamming her hands onto the kitchen table.

"I don't know what you mean Ada." Tommy shrugged, looking at his sister wit ha shake of his head.

"You say your there for y/n, but when she needs you most you leave her there as if she's fucking stale bread."

"She's the one who got pregnant Ada, not me." Thomas spoke, causing Arthur to look at him in shock.

"Oh my God you just don't get it do you Tommy, our sister was raped, she tried to tell you but you had ur head too far up your fecking arse, and now she's off getting a fucking procedure done that can be life threatening if gone wrong. She needed you Tommy, and you weren't there." Ada shouted, not realizing what she had said.

"Y/n was raped." Tommy asked quietly, in shock of what he had just been told. "

"Yeah Thomas she was, and unfortunately she became pregnant because of it." Ada said softly, looking down.

"Where'd Polly take her?" Tommy asked, frantically grabbing his coat and throwing it on.

"I don't think it's a good idea for you to go Tommy." Ada started

"Ada, listen to me. The one person that I live for and vowed to protect is gone for a procedure which can turn fatal without the appropriate care. I wasn't there to stop this from happening but I will not just sit here when I know where she is going. So Ada, where the fuck is she going?" Tommy spoke, moving towards his sister threateningly.

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Y/n sat quietly with Polly, shuffling her feet on the ground as they waited for the lady to call her in. Seeing her nieces fear, Polly grabbed the young girls hand, giving it a squeeze to bring Y/ns attention to her.

Y/n smiles at her aunt before turning to the door as it opens

"It'll be ok darling, it'll all be over soon." Polly tried to comfort her niece.

"I'm scared." Y/n whispers in fear.

"I know, but Your a Shelby y/n, and we Shelby's can get through anything."

Polly sighed and sat down, lighting a cigarette before staring at the wall ahead of her as she smoked it. She took a deep breath of worry as the silence surrounded her. That silence was short lived as she heard footsteps coming towards her, pulling her out of her thoughts. She sighed when she seen who it was, her nephew Tommy Shelby.

"Y/n Shelby?" The lady called out, peaking her head out the door.

Y/n looked at Polly in fear.

"It's alright love, I'll be out here when it's over then we can go home and forget about all this" Polly smiled in assurance, rubbing the girls arm before watching her niece follow after the woman who would do the procedure.

Tommy looked at his aunt to see the hard look on her face. He sighed and sat down on the seat closest to the door, pulling out a cigarette and placing it between his lips, rolling it before lighting it as he stared at the wall in front of him.

"Polly, where is she, where's y/n?" Tommy asked, stopping in front of her .

"You have some bloody nerve Tommy." Polly stated, ignoring his question.

"Polly, is she in there?" Tommy asked, pointing at the door his sister had entered minutes ago.

"You know Tommy I knew you were heartless, but I didn't think you would ever do something like that to your sister. She needed you and instead of letting her explain to you what happened you called her a whore. A fucking whore Tommy." Polly stated, standing up from her seat.

"I know Pol, I know, and I get it but I am here now, just please, don't start now, y/n needs us."

"You'll be lucky if she lets you near her after what you did Tommy" Polly spoke before their attention turned to the door as a scream was heard.

"Y/n.." Tommy spoke, going towards the door.

"You can't go in there Tommy." Polly spoke, moving in front of him, blocking his path.

"To hell I'm not after hearing her scream." Tommy spoke, determined to be there for his baby sister.

"It's part of the procedure, it's painful but only takes a matter of minutes." Polly explained, indicating for Tommy to sit down.

"Polly I swear to God if she......."

"Just sit the fuck down Tommy." Polly said with agitation.

Memories with y/n came back to him as he remembered her as a young girl, the laughs she made which caused everyone around her to smile. The times she snuck into his room as she knew it helped him with the nightmares and gave her the reassurance that he was there, alive. He shook his head in disbelief.

Tommy's head snapped up at the sound of the door opening. He stood up with Polly as the women stepped out, closing the door behind her before offering the Shelbys a small smile.

"How did we not realize, how did I not realize." He asked aloud, causing Polly to look at him.

"Don't do that Tommy, you can't do that to yourself." She stated with a shake of her head.

"She's my fucking sister Pol, and I didn't realize that she wasn't comfortable around men, I should of known something wasn't right the moment she wouldn't come near us, near me." He stated, throwing his hands up in frustration.

"We're hear now, and she will need you when this is all over. Only you can truly help her Tommy, God knows how close you two are, she looks up to you Tommy, she's been there for you when you needed her. Now it's your turn to be there for her." Polly spoke, watching as her nephew placed his head in his hands.

Polly turned to face her nephew as she sat down, taking a deep breath of relief as he brought his hands together and placed them under his chin. She smiled softly as she turned to the sound of the door, seeing y/n step out with a look of exhaustion.

"It's done, she'll be bleeding for a few days but that should clear up once everything's cleared out. She might be in pain and feel cramps but that's to be expected."

"Is she okay?" Tommy asked, wanting to know his sister was okay.

"She's tired but other then that. She'll be out to you in a minute, just getting herself sorted." The woman smiled before leaving them be.

True to his word, when they got back to the house, Tommy stayed with his sister as she went to her room to lie down. And as Tommy held his sister in his arms, caressing her back gently as she lay her head on his chest, he vowed that he would never let a man touch her like that without her consent.

"How you feeling sweetheart?" Polly asked, gaining the attention of Tommy.

"I just wanna go home Pol." y/n spoke, tears welling in her eyes as he voice wobbled.

"Then let's get you home." Tommy spoke up, causing y/n to face him in shock.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, scared he would have another go at her.

"Ada told me what happened, I had to come be with you when she told me where you had gone." Tommy spoke, cautisly moving closer, making sure not to scare her.

"I tried to stop him, I really did." Y/n tried to explain, tears beginning to fall.

"Hey, come here." Tommy spoke softly, pulling y/n into his arms, relief flooding him when she didn't pull away from him "I know you did, and I swear I will let nothing like this happen to you again okay." He promised, kissing her head in comfort.

"Okay." Y/n mumbled, not trusting her voice.

"now, let's get you home eh." Tommy smiled, pulling away and placing her in Polly's arms.

"Stay with me?" Y/n pleaded, looking at her brother with watery eyes "I will never leave you." Tommy nodded in agreement.

Innocence taken (1/2)

Info: Thomas Shelby has been the sole carer for his baby sister since he returned from the war, meaning that he has always been overly protective of her. At age 16, she tries to be more independent without the help of her brothers but when she gets attacked one night, she ends up pregnant and when her brother finds out, he doesn't realize that it wasn't by choice, and regrets it when Polly tells him the bad news.

Season: 1

Pairing: Tommy Shelby x sister reader, Shelby clan x sister reader

warnings: Mentions of rape

Part 2

The Garrison was practically empty as it neared closing time. Tommy Shelbys youngest sister y/n, laughed as she talked to Grace, cleaning up the counter. Grace placed some empty glasses on top of the bar counter as she cleaned up some of the tables that were empty. The two looked up when they heard the back room opening, seeing Tommy coming through. He nods at Grace before turning to his sister as she moved from behind the counter.

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"Y/n, let's go home." Tommy stated, heading to front door as he lit a cigarette he had placed in his mouth.

"I'm helping Grace close up tonight." Y/n stated, not looking at her brother as she wiped down a table.

"No your not." Tommy stated, turning to look at his sister.

" Yes I am." Y/n stated, looking up at her brother with an annoyed look.

"Y/n Shelby......."

"I'm not a kid Tommy, I'm capable of walking home on my own." Y/n stated, moving towards her brother in intimidation

"Your under my control until your eighteen y/n so I suggest you come with me or I swear I will fucking drag you home." Tommy threatened, moving closer to y/n as she took a step back

"Finns eleven and you let him walk around on his own. What's so different for me?" Y/n asked, crossing her arms.

Tommy looks at Grace who was stood behind the counter watching the Shelby siblings argue.

"Listen y/n, your a girl, who has little to no idea on how to protect herself. I just want you to be safe." Tommy sighed, stubbing his cigarette in a an ash tray before placing his hands on his sisters upper arms.

"Fuck that Thomas, I'm well capable of looking after myself." Y/n spoke confidently, shaking her head in disagreement.

"Mr. Shelby if I could, I think y/n is capable of walking home on her own, she's took care of drunk men in here on the daily. On her own may I add." Grace piped up from where she stood, causing Tommy to turn his gaze to the Irish woman with a glare.

"Tommy please, trust me." Y/n pleaded, placing a hand on his arm as he turned his gaze back to his sister

"Of course I trust you sweetheart, it's others I don't." He tried to explain, placing a hand on her cheek gently

"I promise to be careful." She smiled softly, causing Tommy to sigh and shake his head

"I want you back before midnight, any later and I won't let you do it again." Tommy stated reluctantly causing y/n to smile widely.

"Thanks Tommy." Y/n smiled, hugging him quickly before leaving to the back room.

"She's a good person." Grace stated, looking at Tommy as he stood still for a moment.

"It's those around us who aren't" Tommy stated, taking out a cigarette once again.

"She has you wrapped around her little finger." Grace spoke daringly, watching as Thomas glanced at her

"Ah." Thomas nodded, opening the door.

"Goodnight Mr. Shelby." Grace called back before silence consumed the pub floor.

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Y/n sighed and gave a yawn as she started walking towards her home from childhood. The streets were relatively quiet since majority of it's residents gone home for the night. Taking a turn y/n slowed down when she heard something. Looking behind her, she sees nothing so decides to keep going when suddenly, she's grabbed from the side. She tries to scream but a hand is placed over her mouth as she's pulled further into an alley way. Looking up at her attacker, her eyes widens when she sees the eyes of the drunk man who had grabbed her.

"Goodnight Grace." Y/n called out as she and Grace parted ways after locking up for the night.

"Night y/n, be safe walking home." Grace nodded to the young girl before leaving y/ns sight.

"Hey pretty girl, let's have some fun." He said before pushing her into the wall, forcing himself onto her as she tries to fight him.

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Tears in her eyes, y/n didn't say anything as the man fixed himself up and left her in the dark. Sniffing slightly, she placed a hand over her mouth to silence the sobs that left her body as she realized what happened.

Gaining composure, she slowly walked him, a look of terror as she kept looking around her. Her hair and clothes were all over the place as she held her shoulders, trying to keep the sleeve of her dress which ripped up for modesty.

Turning the corner to her childhood home, she groaned as she seen a glow of light in the sitting room when she opened the door. She froze when she seen it was Tommy, who had stayed awake to make sure she got home safe. Turning towards the stairs, she cringes as she hears her brother calling out to her, but ignores it as she heads to her room, closing the door.

Reaching the top of the stairs, Tommy knocks on his sisters door before opening it when he doesn't hear anything. Sighing in relief, he seen her lying on her bed with her back towards the door. Satisfied that she was home he nodded his head before leaving, closing the door behind him not knowing y/n was still awake with tears falling down her cheeks as she cried softly.

"Y/n?" Tommy called out, moving out to the hall in confusion when she doesn't answer him.

"Y/n" He tried again, moving to the bottom of the stairs and making his way up the stairs.

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Two weeks after the incident, y/n was still struggling with that night. Every little noise she heard caused her to jump and feel uneasy. She avoided walking in the dark as much as possible, going as far as taking the early shifts in the Garrison instead of the late ones. She avoided close contact with her brothers as much of possible, not evening sneaking into Tommy's room as she always did from a young age since the war, a tradition which eased both her and her brother that they were home and safe, instead opting to stick around Polly and Ada when she was home.

Arthur and Tommy sat at the kitchen table when she made her way done the stairs, yawning as she reached the bottom stairs. She froze when she seen the two boys sitting at the table before looking at Polly as she walked into the kitchen from the living room where Finn was.

Y/n smiled weakly and grabbed the piece of toast that was left on the table before nodding and leaving quickly. Tommy watched with squinted eyes as his youngest sister left the house before moving towards the window, watching her cross the road and head the direction of the Garrison.

"Morning love." Polly smiled at her as she turned off the stove which held the breakfast for the morning.

"Morning Pol." She smiled softly, hiding the nausea which started to come up at the smell of the bacon.

"Want some breakfast?" Her aunt asked as she plated the breakfast.

"Not hungry." Y/n replied, eyeing the plates Pol placed in front of Tommy and Arthur.

"Y/n sit done and eat some breakfast love, we haven't seen much of you lately." Tommy tried, moving the chair beside him out before patting it for her to sit.

"I have morning shifts in the Garrison so I better get going." Y/n stated as she grabbed her coat from the hanger.

"Take some toast at least." Polly chimed, grabbing a piece of toast from Tommy's plate and throwing it in the girls direction.

Tommy and y/n had always been close, both before and after the war. When the Shelby boys had told their family that they would be leaving to fight in the war, y/n, at the young age of 12 had burst into tears and clung onto her second oldest brother, refusing to let go causing Polly and Ada to forcibly pull her off him so Tommy could leave. Tommy was heart broken seeing his sister like that and when he had returned he decided to become the carer of his younger sister. The two always done things together so to have y/n not wanting to be near him or talk to him pained him. She was his light, the main reason for getting up everyday.

"Tommy something ain't right with her." Arthur stated, turning his attention to Tommy as he looked out the window.

"Pol has she said anything to you?" Tommy asked as she moved away from the window and took a puff from his cigarette.

"She's probably just not feeling well, you know how she gets when she's close to her time of the month." Polly stated, sitting at the table and grabbing a cigarette from the open packet on the table.

"No it's not that, she's never been one to be away from one of us, she craves some form of affection from us whenever were close by." Tommy explained, breathing out smoke with a shake of his head, "Now she tries to avoid us like were the fucking plaque." He continued, leaning on the back of a chair.

"I'll talk to her" Polly stated with a nod, knowing that even though he would never say, it was hurting Tommy that his sister didn't want to be near him.

"Come on Arthur, let's get John before we head to work." Tommy spoke, stubbing his cigarette butt and moving away from the table while he rolled his shoulders. "Let me know how y/n is Pol." He finished behind his shoulder before leaving the house, heading towards his car.

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Y/n sighed as she headed home from the garrison. Entering the house she rubbed her eyes in tiredness before heading towards the kitchen where Finn was sitting at the table. She smiled at her younger brother and ruffled his hair affectional when she passed him.

"Hey Finn." She smiled softly at him as she sat across from him.

"Hey y/n." The boy smiled back as Polly came in.

Y/n looked up to greet her aunt only to see a hard look on her face.

"Finn, go into the living room, I need to talk to your sister." She stated, pointing to the door.

Finn looked between his aunt and sister who nodded at him to do as he's told.

"And no eave dropping." Polly shouted at him as he closed the door.

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"What's this about?" Y/n asked in confusion as Polly sat in front of her.

"I heard something, and I want to hear it from you, no lies, just the truth." Polly stated as she put her hands together in front of her.

"About what?" Y/n asked in clear confusion.

"Where were you today?" Polly asked, noticing as y/ns breathing hitched.

"At work."

"Not all day you weren't. Ada was at the garrison and said you left early, which isn't like you. So, where were you?"

"Pol, please." Y/n pleaded softly.

"Y/n where the hell were you?" Polly asked, her voice raising slightly.

"The doctors okay." Y/n snapped, throwing her arms out in front of her. "I went to the doctors." She finished quietly as she looked down.

"Why?"

"I don't see how that is any of your concern...."

"Y/n Shelby, your 16 years old, you don't go to something like the doctors unless me or Tommy know, so why were you at the doctors." Polly asked in a stern voice.

"I was late. I kept getting sick, I didn't know what to say so I went on my own." Y/n replied in weak voice, causing her aunts face to soften.

"Jesus Crist y/n, your not pregnant are you." Polly asked in shock, being proved right when y/n started crying.

"I don't know what to do, I didn't want it." She stated, shaking her head rapidly.

"You mean your were....." Polly asked, not able to finish the sentence.

"I couldn't stop it Pol, I tried but he was too strong, I couldn't." Y/n explained as sobs escaped her lips.

"Oh y/n, sweetheart." Polly rushed out of her seat and pulled y/n into a hug, petting her hair as she shook with her tears.

"I couldn't stop him Pol, I tried, I really tried." Y/n stated, pulling away slightly.

"Hey hey, none of this is your fault, okay, what that bastard did to you was not your fault so don't you dare blame yourself okay." Polly shushed the young girl, rubbing her arms when they pulled apart.

Y/n sniffed and wiped her eyes .

I don't know what to do Pol, I don't think I can be a mother." Y/n spoke with a shaky voice

"You don't have to be, I know someone who can help you alright. This can all go away." Polly soothed her youngest niece, tucking some hair behind y/ns ears.

"Do I have to tell Tommy?" y/n whimpered slightly

"No, no one will know. It will be like it never happened."

"But it did, it's stuck in my head like a record on replay."

"It will get better y/n, time will heal." Polly stated, not knowing that the youngest of the Shelby's had heard everything.

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Tommy sat in the back room of the garrison, smoking a cigarette as he waited for Grace to bring him the drink he ordered. He looked up to the door when he heard the sound of frantic feet before the door slammed open, the youngest Shelby coming into view.

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"Finn, what is it?" Tommy asked, watching as his youngest brother fidgeted in his position.

"It's y/n." The younger boy spoke uneasy.

"What about her? Finn, what's wrong with our sister?" Tommy asked, placing a hand on Finn's shoulder to get him to look at him.

"She's, she's pregnant Tommy." Finn relayed, not remembering the vital information of how it happened.

"What the fuck did you just say?" Tommy asked, enraged about the new found information.

"Tommy your drink." Grace called out.

"Don't fucking need it." Tommy cursed abruptly at the bar maid before storming out of the bar, the locals watching him leave before looking at Finn who just ran out to follow his second oldest brother.

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Polly looked up from her position on the couch as she heard the door slam open. She placed a finger to her lips when she seen it was Tommy before caressing y/n's hair gently as she lay with her head in her aunts lap. Tommy sighed and moved in front of the two women.

"Y/n wake up, now." Tommy spoke as he shook his sister harshly.

"Tommy for fuck sake leave her alone." Polly told him as y/n opened her eyes with tiredness.

"Stay out of this Pol, y/n my office now." Tommy pointed to the women as he spoke to them.

"Jesus Christ Tommy can you just calm down and leave her be. What's this about?" Polly asked, holding y/n as she steadied her niece to a seating position, still half asleep.

Never you mind what this is about Pol, this is between me and y/n." Tommy stated, grabbing y/ns elbow and dragging her to his office.

Y/n stood at the door even after the door was slammed in her face before breaking down in tears. She leaned against the door and covered her face as she realized that her brother had called her a whore and really believed that she would just sleep around.

"Tommy, your hurting me." Y/n winched as she frantically tried to get him to let go of her.

"Sit down." He stated, ignoring her as she pushed her into his office and closing the door behind them before moving to his seat.

"What's going on?" Y/n asked, looking at her brother in nervousness.

"I heard something which I didn't like the sound of, and I'm hoping you can confirm that what I heard was a big misunderstanding." Tommy spoke as he lit a cigarette and placed it in his mouth.

"Well, what did you hear?" She asked shyly, moving uncomfortably in her seat.

"One of my sisters are pregnant, and I want to find out who the fucking guy was." He stated, leaning on his desk as he sat up. y/n looked up at him in fear. "Well y/n, who was it?"

"Tom..."

"Fucking answer me y/n, who was he?" Tom shouted causing y/n to flinch involuntarily

"It's not what you think?" Y/n tried to explain.

"Just tell me who it was y/n?"

"I don't know." She spoke, looking down in shame.

"You don't know. You fucking sleeping around y/n huh. You a fucking whore now eh?" Tommy screamed at his sister.

"No it's not like that." Y/n cried, looking up at her brother as he stood up and threw glass to the wall ,causing her to flinch.

"No? Cause the way I see it I have a 16 year old sister who's a fucking whore, and letting men take at advantage of her but didn't think of the possible outcome and is now fucking pregnant."

"Tommy please...." Y/n begged, not able to look at her brother in shame.

"Just get the fuck out of my sight y/n, I don't want to see you right now." Tommy stated, opening the door and grabbing y/n by the shoulder, pushing her out before slamming the door in her face.

"Y/n?" Polly asked cautisly, seeing her youngest niece in tears at her bothers office door.

"Can we go tomorrow Pol? I just want this nightmare to be over." Y/n pleaded as she looked up to her aunt, her eyes full of tears.

"Yeah, we can go tomorrow." Polly smiled softly at the young girl, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and rubbing her arm gently "Come on, let's make you a nice warm bath and then straight to bed, we have a busy day tomorrow."

"What's tomorrow?" Ada asked, coming into the hall, looking in confusion when she seen her sisters tears.

"Come help me with your sister Ada." Polly spoke as she helped y/n up the stairs "She needs you right now." Was all she said before leaving into the bathroom to start the bath.