Keeping 13 (Boys of Tommen, #2)

by Chloe Walsh

I feel like I can breathe for the first time in days, and that’s only because you’re here—because I’m with you.”

“I need you, too, because you calm something inside of me. You make me feel good. Like I don’t have to…” His voice trailed off for a moment as he clearly pondered what he was trying to say. “You make me feel like I’m enough as I am,” he finally admitted. “Like if this is the furthest I go, if I don’t make the squad, then it’s okay.”

You don’t see how little rugby has to do with how special you are. But I do. I see it, and I know.”

“I love this version of you,” I told her, unsure of what else there was to say. I couldn’t tell her not to feel the way she did. All I could do was reassure her. “I love all your versions.”

“I’m keeping you, Shannon Lynch.”

“I just want to keep you.” He chuckled softly. “You can.”