Redeeming 6 (Boys of Tommen, #4)

by Chloe Walsh

“Listen, I’d love to tell you,” I replied. “I’d have no goddamn problem laying it all out there for you. I have nothing to hide.” As I spoke the words, I realized that they were my truth. Because something had happened inside of me, something fucking strange, and I was growing weary of lying. Of covering up. Of constantly watching my back and the backs of my siblings. It was no life to live, and I didn’t want it anymore. I never had. “But she won’t want me to do that,” I tried to explain to him. “Shannon would die if she thought anyone knew her business. After all the shit that went down for her at BCS, she wants that clean slate at Tommen—and I want that for her, too.” “So, she is being bullied,” Kav choked out, missing the mark entirely and looking physically sick at the thought. “Someone at Tommen.” He shook his head, looking lost. “Or at her old school.” I sighed heavily. “Listen, Kavanagh, if you want to know what goes on in that head of hers, then be worth it.” “Be worth it?” He glared at me. “Be worth what?” He knew exactly what I meant. If he wanted in, like he so desperately seemed to, then he needed to earn that entry pass from Shannon. I couldn’t give it to him. Even though a weird part of me strongly wanted to. Because even though I’d long given up on protecting myself and had spent years failing to protect my siblings, I was starting to come to terms with the possibility that I wasn’t doing the right thing for them. That keeping quiet wasn’t the right thing.