Redeeming 6 (Boys of Tommen, #4)

by Chloe Walsh

“Ah, that was brilliant.” Gibsie sighed in contentment. “He’s probably up there shitting pebbles because this wasn’t part of his concrete plan.” A reluctant smile breached my lips and I shook my head, concentrating on clearing my plate. “So, what’s the story with you and your buddy’s sister?” “Who?” he asked. “Claire?” I nodded. “She’s my intended,” he came right out and said, without a hint of embarrassment. “The fuck?” “It’s true,” he urged, eyes wide and full of sincerity. “We’re betrothed.” “Since when?” “Since she was four and I was six, and I promised her that I would marry her.” “So, in other words, you signed your life away on a child’s promise?” “What can I say?” He shrugged before adding, “I’m a man of my word.” I gave him a curious look. “Explain.” “Hugh and I were in first class over at St. Paul’s, an all-boys school, so Claire was sent to the mixed school across town.” “Sacred Heart Primary School,” I filled in with a nod. “The same one myself and Shannon went to.” “I remember it like it was yesterday,” he said, smiling fondly at the memory. “It was Claire’s first day in junior infants, and she had come home in floods of tears. I was out front kicking a ball around with Hughie when she stumbled off the school bus at the end of our road, and all I could see was a mountain of blond curls as she raced up the driveway toward us.” “Why was she crying?” “Apparently, some little shit in senior infants told her that she had to be his girlfriend.” Gibsie threw his head...