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“Don’tyou ever think about anyone other than yourself?”
“Joey, baby, can you hear me?”
“It’s okay,Joe. It’s okay. I’m here.”
“He’soff his trolly on drugs, Marie. There’s no talking to him when he’s like that. Wait until he comes around and I’ll give the little prick a good talking to.”
“I wish you were never born.”
“I love you, Joey Lynch…”
“Don’t leave me, Darren.”
“Close the door.I don’t want the rest of the children seeing him like this.”
“No, Daddy, I’m scared.”
Footsteps retreating.
“I want to die, Joe.”
Door closing.
“Stay with me,Joey. Stay right here with me.”
Alone in the dark,I couldn’t tell the difference between what was real and wasn’t.
Shadows danced on my bedroom wall.
I couldn’t feel a thing.
I couldn’t hurt.
No more pain.
No fucking more...
TOO STUBBORN AND TOO IN LOVE
DECEMBER 19TH 2004
AOIFE
Joey was escortedfrom school by the Gards on Friday, and it had been radio silence ever since.
His phone was constantly off, and none of the Lynch family would answer the door to me when I knocked.
And I had knocked.
Repeatedly.
From what I had gathered from the gossip spreading around school, Marie Lynch had pulled Shannon out of BCS with immediate effect and had enrolled her to start at Tommen College after Christmas break.
The jury was still out on Joey’s future. His latest episode had been taken to the board of management, who, from what I heard, were due to meet up sometime in the next week to discuss his possible permanent expulsion from school.
Therefore, when I received a random text message from Joey at half past eight on Sunday night, asking if I wanted to meet him at Biddies for a drink and to talk, I had practically cracked my neck in my haste to get ready.
Running late, due to innate amount of time it took to blow-dry and straighten my hair, I managed to make it to Biddies for just after nine.
