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"Is that good?" I asked I was little confused by this new pugilist world that I’d been plunged into

"Absolutely Same stats as Foreman in his prime," Kieran replied enthusiastically

"Mht?" Literally everyone looked at ree in applied ed to sound like a corills, but he’s also one of the greatest fighters who ever lived He was ht in the priood o to eh the door at a speed that belied his size

"All right, you lot I don’t knohy you’re all patting yourselves on the back ‘cause he ht yet"

The guys chuckled, suitably chastised But in all honesty, they were like kids on Christht, then You all knohat ti That includes you, sunshine Mac round up the other boys Cleaning ti this place up"

"Where are we going?" I asked

"Church," Toured that this was aeht, I decided to keep , love I’ll walk you hoently He hadn’t called me that hed I turned off rabbed hts and locked the doors behind roup of misfits ambled down the road to who-knehere, with me safely tucked into O’Connell’s side Fifteenup the steps to St Paul’s Catholic Church

"Shit You really did mean church I haven’t been to church since I was little," I squeaked

"No feckin’ swearing in church," Danny barked at ured that this ious occasion because it had only been half suys all sat down on the last ts at the back of the church Not knohat to do, I sat doith the echoed across the cavernous ceiling, and I looked around to see a priest, notpurposefully toward us

"Hello, Danny," he greeted, shaking Danny’s hand vigorously

"Notday Is he ready?"

"Of course, he is, Father," Danny replied

"Good," the priest said, "because I’ve got a fiver on him with Father Mulvey over at St Joe’s, so he’ll be in htly scandalised that a priest was betting and, worse still, condoning fighting so that he could capitalise on it, but O’Connell only sht then, boys Who’s going first?"

Tommy stood and shook the priest’s hand

"Ah, To first"

They walked off together into a roo of the wall

"Where are they going?" I whispered to O’Connell, whilst keeping an eye on Danny for fear of another telling off

"Confession," he replied