Chapter 35

SHANE Isit in the armchair and watch Jessie with my brothers. So easy and relaxed. Liam has his arm casually around her shoulder while Mikey has one hand on her thigh and the other holding a bowl of popcorn. Whenever a funny part of the film comes on, she laughs and looks between the two of them. My little brothers smile back at her and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen them so happy before. Conor sits on the armchair opposite and he rarely takes his eyes off her. My broken right-hand man who had been a shell of his former self after what happened with the Semenovs, with a contentment on his face that I haven’t seen for a very long time. She looks over at him too, reminding him she's there, and that all he needs to do is say the word and she's his. Because she would do that for him. If he held out his hand to her now, she would leave the comfort of the sofa and the warmth of the twin’s bodies against hers and go to him. She would do the same for Liam or Mikey too. They give her everything sh