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don’t push me into a corner and expect me not to push back.”
“You show up and all the bad just…goes away for a little while.”
“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.”
“I’m not in your corner, Shannon,” Johnny replied in a gruff tone. “I’m standing right beside you.”
“Every part and every piece.” I grimaced. “Even the broken parts?” He winked. “Especially the broken parts.”
“I’m keeping you, Shannon Lynch.”
If I could lay her cuts and bruises over my skin, I would.
“Yeah, I really need you to not do that,” I choked out, feeling everything inside of me crack clean open at the sight of her midnight-blue eyes filling up with tears. “Otherwise, I’m walking right out of here and coming home with you.”
A single tear rolled down my cheek as I watched the boy who had saved my life on countless occasions finally reap the rewards he so justly deserved.
The boy who had saved my life.
