Keeping 13 (Boys of Tommen, #2)

by Chloe Walsh

“If you don’t leave, I’ll phone the Gardaí,”

Only b*tches will say this instead of willing to have a conversation to work things out 🙄

Shane Holland?”

If your dealer’s name starts with an S, I h8 to break it to you but they’re usually the biggest red flags.

A Rubik’s Cube I could solve. Shannon Lynch’s life, not so much.

A puzzle I could solve. Whether my BFF’s boyfriend is who she thinks he is or not, not so much.

“But I’m derailing your life,” she added, voice small. “I’ve dragged you into my family’s mess and I’m so sorry for that.”

Shannon is such a sweet soul 🥺

“I’m sick of things being out of my control, Johnny.”

“Aoife’s pissed with me.”

I would be pissed too if my partner gets high instead of attending an event that means so much to me.

I had lost my Gibsie privileges for making him take me over there in the first place.

Lol. Lucky, you lost people privileges? I would’ve lost car privileges for the same thing.

Shannon’s mother threw around some shitty threats and called me a few choice names.

I just wanna fucking hug Johnny Kavanagh so damn bad because I know exactly how that feels 😭 having cop threats instead of a conversation all just because you want to work things out.

me. “I was just hoping that we could talk for five minutes—” “And I was hoping to win the lotto at the weekend,” Gibsie interjected and then frowned. “But it didn’t work out that way because I forgot to buy a quick-pick.”

Go Gibsie! 🥳🙂‍↕️ I love the way Gibsie roasted Bella 🤣 if Gibsie didn’t win the lotto, then Bella can’t contact Johnny ever

“Get away from the ladies, Gibsie,” Coach snapped, ignoring the loud snickering around us. “Go to the back of the classroom—and not with Kavanagh, Biggs, or Feely. Go sit with someone else.”

Lol 🤣💀

Fucking asshole.

Yall, i now understand why everyone h8s Darren.

“You want some cake, Sean?” I asked when his head popped up, eyes trailing his brothers. “I bet it’s nice.” “He doesn’t talk much,” Tadhg explained, eyes widening when my mother placed a huge slice of cake in front of him. “He only says, like, seven words.” “It’s true,” Ollie agreed, picking up his slice of cake with his hand and taking a huge bite. “And he hasn’t said anything since Daddy hurt Shannon—” “Ollie,” Tadhg groaned, shoulders slumping. “Stop talking.” “It’s okay, boys,” Mam coaxed, voice shaking a little as she set a plate of cake down in front of Dad. “We don’t have to talk about that today.”

Immediately cried reading this. My heart breaks for Sean.

“You know you’re supposed to come with me,” Darren began to say

Darren is honestly better off not coming back. He pisses me off so much in this series. Like why is he controlling Shannon.

“Who is she?” Bella demanded then, dragging the attention back to her. “The girl who attacked me—what’s her name?” Narrowing her eyes, she spat out, “I know you all know who she is.” “What girl?” Gibsie replied calmly. “I didn’t see a girl, did you, lads?” “Never saw any girl,” Johnny agreed. “But I did see Cormac hit Joey first.” Cormac’s eyes widened in disgust. “You liar.” Johnny shrugged. “That’s what I saw.” “Funny, I saw that, too,” Gibsie offered. “He just lunged at you, Johnny. Lynchy was protecting you.” “That’s what I saw,” Hughie agreed. “And Mr. Twomey was standing behind Johnny. His view was obstructed so he couldn’t see who threw the first punch.” “And there are no cameras in the car park,” Gibsie mused. “I guess that makes it your word against ours.” “Five against two,” Hughie offered. “Funny that.” “Karma’s a beautiful thing,” Gibsie agreed with a smirk. “There was six of you!” Bella hissed. “There was a girl.” “Nope,” Gibsie replied with a shrug. “You’re imagining things.” “You’re a pack of liars,” Bella hissed, furious. “You do realize you caused all of this?” Hughie shot back. “Or do you just not care?” “Leave her alone,” Cormac quickly came to her defense. “She’s hurt.” “She’s a parasite is what she is,” Gibsie sneered. “And you’d do well to get as far away from her as possible because you’re not acting like the lad we grew up with.”

Lol 🤣 imma pretend i didn’t see a girl either and even if I did, Bella so deserved that.

“Really?” Ollie scrunched his nose up. “I thought it was because he was messing with the helium.” “The helium?” “Yeah.” Ollie nodded innocently. “Freddie on my football team said that his mammy told Donal’s mammy that Joey’s in the hospital because he was messing around with the helium and the needles.” He scrunched his nose up. “Why was Joey messing with needles and balloons? Wouldn’t they pop?”

Aww, Ollie is so innocent 🥺

Tadhg glared. “It’s not helium, you fool, it’s heroi—” “No, no, it is helium,” I quickly interjected, giving Tadhg a pleading look. “Remember?” “Oh, yeah,” Tadhg agreed, cringing. “That’s right.” “And he’s really tired,” I added, sagging in relief. “So he’s having a big rest.” “Yes.” Tadhg forced a smile. “From minding us.” “Yeah, but he doesn’t have to do that anymore,” Ollie replied innocently. “Dellie does it now.” He smiled brightly. “And John.”

Omg thank god Shannon stopped tadgh from telling Ollie the real reason he’s in the hospital (rehab)