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“And he kept you up last night crying?”
“I told you,” he growled defensively. “He’s cutting a tooth. It’s not his fault.”
“I know that,” I coaxed, resting my hand on his forearm. “I wasn’t blaming him. I was just thinking that the walls of your house must be paper thin if he kept you up all night.”
Joey looked at me for a long time before shaking his head.
“What?” I asked. “What does that look mean?”
“Nothing.”
“Liar.”
“Maybe I’ll tell you in another two months.”
I bit back a smile. “You look like you could use a pick-me-up.”
“Yeah, I know, but I don’t get paid until Friday.”
“I was talking about chocolate, Joe.”
“Do you have some?”
“I always have some.”
BACK TO HIM
JANUARY 23RD 2002
JOEY
“Areyou going to the disco at the weekend?” Sam, one of the girls from my terrace, asked at lunch on Wednesday. She leaned a hip against the railing at the back of the PE hall and took a second hit from a spliff before passing it back to me.
“At the Pav?” I asked, taking a deep drag, as I balanced on the metal railing.
“Yeah.” She exhaled a cloud of smoke. “From what I hear that blonde in your class has some big plans for you.”
“Who?” My heart did a flip in my chest. “Aoife?”
“Yeah.” Sam snorted. “You wish.”
Yeah, I did.
Regularly.
“No, what’s her face… Danielle,” Jason O Driscoll aka Dricko offered, taking the spliff. “She’s got it bad for ya, Lynchy.”
“Jesus,” I muttered, rubbing my jaw, as the familiar wave of warmth and dizziness washed over me like a warm blanket. “Then no, I won’t going to the Pav at the weekend.”
“Are ya mad, lad?” Dricko laughed. “You’ve got pussy on call with that one.”
“Nice, Jason,” Sam huffed, elbowing her boyfriend in the rib. “Real nice.”
“What?” he purred, hooking an arm around her and pulling her into his chest. “He’s the one fucking her. My baby’s right here.”
“I’m not fucking her,” I growled, shifting in discomfort.
“Again,” Alec chimed in, taking the spliff from Dricko. “Because you’ve been there already, haven’t you, lad?”
