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Do you hear me? I’m here, I’m in, I care, and I’m not going the fuck away.”
“We’re supposed to feel sorry for her because of what she went through, because she’s a victim too, and I know that, I truly do, but I just… I can’t find it in me to feel that way.”
“I tell lies like I breathe air. Even to myself. Half of the time, I don’t even know what’s the truth or a lie. I have to actually think long and hard about it because that’s all I’ve known.
“Hi, Johnny,” she whispered, tumbling off the door step as she clung to me. “You came back.” “Hi, Shannon.” My crutches fell to the ground as I wrapped my arms around her body, holding her in place. “I promised I would,”
“I’m going to buy you dinner, Shannon.” Closing the space between us, he lowered himself down on the couch and turned to face me. “Sometimes we’ll eat here and sometimes we’ll go out, but it’s going to be a regular occurrence, so don’t overthink it, okay?”
“I don’t just like you. I fucking—” Shaking his head, Johnny rubbed his jaw before looking back at me. “Shannon, I love you.” I stopped breathing. “You love me?” He nodded slowly, blue eyes locked on mine. “Like, a crazy fucking amount.” “Really?” “Really,” he confirmed.
“You make me feel like I’m enough as I am,”
“Shannon Lynch?” I called out, ignoring the rest of her fucked-up family. “I love you back.” Sniffling, she lifted her chin from Joey’s chest and looked at me all red-eyed and blotchy. “S-still?” “Still.” I nodded in confirmation. “Like, a crazy fucking amount.”
“It’s like a Great Dane and a Chihuahua trying to mate, but they somehow make it work.”
“I’m not in your corner, Shannon,” Johnny replied in a gruff tone. “I’m standing right beside you.”
He might not have understood what he was seeing, but he heard the cry for help. He heard her. And he unraveled a darkness no child should be exposed to.”
“I see you, Joey Lynch.” She stroked her nose against his and whispered, “You can’t hide from me.”
“We all have our secrets,” Johnny replied quietly. “We’re all a little fractured, Shan.”
She makes it very hard for people to love her, but it’s a defense mechanism. Trust me, I know.”
