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For now… Only for now, Shannon. He saw you, and you saw that look in his eyes. Be afraid. He’s coming back for you. Stop it!
“He won’t break you, because I won’t let that happen. Not ever.”
“I love you, Johnny Kavanagh,” I choked out, clenching my eyes shut as I grabbed his arm and held it to my chest. “Most in the world.” “I love you back, Shannon Lynch,” he said quietly in my ear and I felt the connection I had to him in the deepest part of my soul. “Most in the world.”
“For keeps?” I breathed. He kissed my shoulde...
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“You took them,” Gibsie said. “You just went ahead and took some kids?”
Men, I realized. They were fucking terrified of grown men.
“He’s our fool, aren’t you, John?” she added, ruffling his hair. “A big old softie.”
“Ma, stop.” Closing the space between us, I placed my hands on her shoulders and sighed. “Feed them,” I encouraged. “Fill them up with ice cream and all that shite you gave us when we were small. They don’t need any more tears.”
Joey the hurler: Do you plan on giving them back? J: I guess. Joey the hurler: You’re really fucked up, Kavanagh.
“I kind of can’t, Mrs. Kavanagh,” Shannon squeezed out. “Why not?” “Because I’m kind of naked,” she choked out, blushing. “And Jesus wept,”
“John! Call the parish priest. That child of yours needs confession!”
Oh God. This boy. My heart.
“I’ll marry you,” he said then. “When we’re older and everything settles down.”
“This won’t break us,” I croaked, touching my brow to his. “Nothing can break us,” he whispered. “I promise.”
“You better keep your prepubescent eyes off my baby mama, fucker. Or you won’t have balls to drop!” “I have bigger balls than you, fatty,” Tadhg called back, laughing his ass off. “Just ask your mother.” “I’m not fat!” Gibsie roared. “And you leave my mother out of this!”
