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Molloy’s tears were on me.
Yeah they def are
“I still love you.”
“I fucking love you, Aoife Molloy,”
“I always will.”
For you.
I might be crumbling to pieces on the inside, but I would do it with dignity, dammit.
a lot of mistakes can be made when emotion takes the driving seat over logic.”
“Jesus, you really love her, don’t you?” More than life.
Our eyes met, green on green, and he winked at me from across the room. And just like that, I was ruined.
“You can’t tell me what to do, Joe,” I growled, feeling a combination of drunk and dizzy. “You don’t own me.” “Well, that’s bad fucking luck on my account, because you sure as shit own me!”
“Why would you say that to me?” “Because it’s the truth.” “Since when?” “Since I was twelve.”
My life was unpredictable, and my future was bleak, but I had no doubts that wherever I ended up, this girl would forever have a hold over me.
Because every part of me loved every part of her. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
“It’s you,” he repeated gruffly, fingers tightening on my waist. “I pick you. Every single time.”
“I’ll love you the right way this time,” he whispered, and his breath fanned my cheek. “If you’ll show me how.”
“I’m not your mother or your sister. I’m not another girl who needs something from you. I’m the girl who wholeheartedly wants you. I’m the girl who wholeheartedly loves you. The hurler. The mechanic. The boy. The protector. The asshole. The lover. The addict.” Sniffling, I added, “All of your versions. All of your shapes and colors. I accept them all. So, I don’t care how fucked up in the head you get, or how bad of an idea you decide you are for me. If you can’t be with me, warts and all, then walk away now, because I won’t go through this again with you.”
Addiction was a consequence of being raised by street thugs and dealers, where the only substitute available for a mother’s love came in the form of a line of cocaine or, worse, a needle in the arm.
“You can have whatever you want from me,”
“It’s yours.”
“Because I’m only doing lif...
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All I could do was lean against the wall and nod at the powerhouse of a girl who could suck dick like a Hoover.
Lol
“Don’t want to do this whole life gig without you, Molloy.” “You won’t ever have to,”
but keeping my mouth shut was starting to look, in my mind, less like protecting my siblings and more like enabling my parents.
Exactly
“Because I’ll look after the both of you.”
“You care about her,” Podge stated, watching me carefully. “More than anything or anyone you have ever allowed yourself to care about. I’ve seen it—the shift in you, and so has Alec. The change. The hopefulness she brings out in you. Hell, the whole fucking world can see how good that girl is for you, man. But you’re so determined to self-destruct that you’re not looking at what you’re doing to her.”
“Because you’re ungrateful,” Mam interjected, looking beyond hurt. “All of those fancy computer games lining the shelves in your bedroom were paid for with oil-stained hands. Every stitch of clothes on your body and every morsel of food you’ve put in your mouth since the day you were born came from those same hands. Your father’s hands. Your father the mechanic, who has spent most of his life busting his bollocks to give his children a better life than the one he had.”
PERIOD MAM!!!!
entwined. She had never been someone to pass away the time with until something better came along. She was the time, the better, the goal, the whole nine yards.
“I’ve loved your daughter for six years,” Joey finally broke his silence by saying. “I can easily love her for another eighteen.” Goddamn…
Alec gasped. “I don’t have crabs.” “Anymore.”
Lol
“Bhí mé ag rá le mo leannán go bhfuil grá agam di.”
“Dúirt mé léi freisin go bhfuil cuma álainn uirthi,”
“Agus go bhfuil mo chroí istigh inti.”
The clearest of my memories involved nights with her. The only nights I ever wanted to remember were the ones I spent with her.
“I was high that night, but you sent me soaring.”
“Don’t run, Molloy. I know I don’t deserve you, but please just…don’t run.” “Never.” “Please just…please keep loving me.” “Always, Joe,”
Darren the dildo
Lol
Falling in love had exposed the biggest weakness in me because my heart refused to allow me to walk away from him, no matter how hopeless it seemed.
I had to start somewhere. And that girl was my everywhere.
“Return my grandson’s heart to him, and he’ll start living again.”
“Get better and come back for me… For your family.”
Being with her was like breathing. I didn’t know I needed the air, but I knew that I would die without it.
Being without her now felt alien.
“Actually, it was your girlfriend,” he countered. “When she was screaming my name.”
Lol
want my mam.”
Lol
And then he opened his eyes and looked at me. And I was done. My heart no longer beat for me. For the rest of my days, it would beat entirely for the child in my arms. Fuck.
