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Gibsie flashed her a grateful look. “Your mam’s gone back to London, isn’t she?” he asked, tearing his gaze off Claire to look at his friend, hands still clamped on his shoulders. “You’ve an empty house?”
Johnny nodded slowly, gaze flickering between Gibsie, Hughie, and the table behind them. “She left yesterday morning.”
“Then we’ll head over to yours and hang out for an hour.” Gibsie stated calmly before turning his gray eyes on me. “What do you think, little Shannon?” He gave me a meaningful look. “Fancy getting out of here before Kav turns the lunch hall into a scene from The Game of Thrones?”
I shuddered at the thought, having read all of those books.
“Actually, Thor’s making sense for once,” Lizzie said, putting in her two cents. She turned to me and said, “Go with it.”
Go with it? Go with what?
“Uh…okay?”
“Perfect!” Gibsie performed a little drumroll on Johnny’s chest before slinging an arm over his shoulder and steering him toward the exit. “Let’s go,” he called over his shoulder before disappearing through the archway. “Now.”
I had no idea what was happening, but I fell into step with the others as we trailed after Johnny and Gibsie.
“They’re probably going somewhere so she can suck his cock,” a horribly familiar voice called out loudly enough to once again garner everyone’s attention. “You know about those ones from Elk’s Terrace. They’re up for anything.”
“Oh, hell fucking no,” Johnny snarled as he broke free of Gibsie and stormed past all of us. “This is getting sorted now,” he roared as he rounded the table and stalked toward Bella.
“For fuck’s sake,” Hughie groaned.
“You just can’t fucking help yourself, can you?” Johnny roared, pointing a finger in Bella’s face.
“I didn’t do anything,” Bella laughed. “Except state the truth.”
“The truth?” Johnny hissed, clearly livid. “You wouldn’t know the truth if it smacked you across the face.”
I had no idea what part of my body my sudden bravery erupted from, but it came hard and fast and propelled my legs toward him.
“Johnny, don’t,” I strangled out as I chased after him.
For once in my life, I was glad to be tiny. It allowed me to slide into the tiny space between Johnny and the table he was leaning over.
“Johnny,” I breathed, pressing hard on his chest. “Walk away.”
He didn’t look at me.
“Johnny,” I repeated, reaching up and touching his face.
He snapped his furious gaze on me.
“Walk away,” I commanded, staring up at him with my heart in my mouth. “Please.”
A vein ticked in Johnny’s temple as he stared down at me, looking more enraged than I’d ever seen him. I didn’t dare breathe while I watched him make his choice. Finally, he released a furious growl and nodded stiffly. I exhaled a ragged breath.
Thank god…
“Keep her name out of your fucking mouth,” he snarled, chest heaving, as he allowed me to push him backwards away from the table.
“She’s a dirty council-house slut,” Bella chimed evilly. “There’s no lie in that.”
“You better watch your fucking mouth,” Johnny snarled, slipping past me.
My heart sank.
I tried and I failed.
