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I had no idea what part of my body my sudden bravery erupted from, but it came hard and fast, and propelled my legs towards him.
"Joh
For once in my life, I was glad to be tiny.
It allowed me to slide into the tiny space between Joh
"Joh
He didn’t look at me.
"Joh
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 Joh
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," Joh
My heart sank.
I tried and I failed.
"Why? What are you going to do if I don’t, Joh
"No–" Joh
And then he smashed his fist into Cormac Ryan's face.
Unlike yesterday, I did not wait to see the outcome.
Instead, I turned on my heels and bolted out of the lunch hall.
Because I knew this could go one of two ways.
Either way it went, I would lose.
I'd witnessed incidents just like this one, where Joey would jump in to defend my honor.
It made no difference to girls like that one.
I always lost.