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Danny rolled his eyes and took a deep drag on his cigarette before barking out ot to one hundred, I switched ar me harder than I’d ever been worked in my entire life, and I loved it My body loved it My days ended with a sparring session with Earnshaw Fucker was getting quicker, but honestly? He couldn’t touch me noas the wind Faster than anyone would believe in a guy my size I was Ali, I was Tyson, I was Forereats, and it madewithpartner I’d ever had
Danny had taken training back to basics, and it orking Balaaht, and they letclasses The only condition was that the local kids, although they weren’t allowed in the pool withloved that part ofso to better myself, and that made me their hero Those kids workedo faster for just oneTown Recreation Ground, and they almost always followed me A few on the first day and more and more with each day that passed The older ones ran but the younger ones ca near the fuckin’ buzz those kids gave ot behind it The shopkeepers and street cleaners just opening up and doing their jobs knew an to say hello to me on their way home from work Even the kids fro around outside the gy Toas a community, and I was their adopted son
In the afternoons ca, they were all things orked on, but in very different ways While Temple would have used coain, which the lads at the gy h, I put her down and used Danny instead, which had the boys in hysterics
"Put ht Feckin now!" he screaed it around the gym as he chased me For an old fucker, he sure was fast I felt powerful and motivated in the saht Like I could take on the world Knowing that she was in the office next towith your talis hard Harder than I ever could with all that book-learning stuff Danny even let Nikki, Ryan, and Albie use the office to study instead of the library Kieran lent her his laptop as well Everything the guys could do to ht wind of ere all doing and kept the baked goods in steady supply
Every day I trained longer, harder, and faster Toot us a tractor tire, fuck knows fro burn it For hours, Danny hadover and over, up and down the lane behind the gyon it over and over and over with a sledgehammer Every obstacle was a e up and over the railway track, which had a steep staircase on either side, becaround I lost count of the nue Thousands and thousands of tiny steps and every one of ’e so great Things were going so well that I didn’t want to leave for the US, and I sure as shit didn’t want to leave E sit-ups when she caether Just as she walked out of the office, a fresh rabbed Em by her cheeks, and kissed her loudly on the lips
"What the fuck…" I said, nearly breakingfresh withover and did exactly the sa lips I should ’ave hit hi other than stand there Eled happily, probably at the look onup and down sodid it," he screa it at us
"What is it?" Em asked him
"I passed the psychometric exams for the fire service Thick as shit Tommy Rierdan passed the exams!" I couldn’t be more proud of the little fucker
"That’s so fantastic! Well done, love I’ed hied him even harder than I had
Danny and Earnshaalked out of the office together, and even Danny raised a half sood, kid You did real good" Toive praise very often So when he did, he fucking meant it
"What does it h to the interview stage next It’s like a tier systeuess They start off with thousands of applications, and at each stage, they get rid of a load If you can e is the ot the job"
"Firefighter Rierdan Who’d have thought?" I said to no one in particular
"Don’t jinx etting h we hadn’t just seen hiirl Earnshaw congratulated Toht questions about his future with the fire service By the time he left to share the neith Mary and his da, he looked like he was king of the world
"Now he’s gone, I can show you this," said Earnshaw excitedly, pulling his own piece of paper from out of his pocket
"Why d’you need to wait for To it?" I asked suspiciously,him pause