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E with her fingers and teasing theh my own Every touch was foreplay The bathrooe off but we still had , building the anticipation for as going to be the end of a fucking epic night When we got back to the hotel, I decided to skipI shaved and changed into jeans and a black shirt, then sat flicking through the television channels while I waited for Em When she came out of the bathroom, I dropped the re her smile
"Are you sure it looks okay?" she asked nervously She stood in the doorearing a short, body hugging black dress and black stiletto heels She looked like every wet dream I’d ever had When she turned around to show me that the dress was backless, !" she co her hands anxiously down her dress I was speechless, willing ether words to for la I could ever had said, and it didn’t do any justice to the breathtaking, heart-stopping way she affected h to make her sas, and Nikki and Katrina have been nagging at me to try clothes that are less conservative," she toldto userabbed the nape of her neck and, with one kiss, showed her exactly how I felt
For one rare and e The hotel party was epic, and I don’t kno the guys organized it, but everyone we knew, including the Southside guys, were there, together with a load of people that we didn’t know We danced and drank for et hot and naked with my wife
When Em woke me up at noon the next day, I felt like I’d only been asleep for five , and I was pretty sure that I was paralyzed fro irl when the seized-up over fro for it dearly
"Come on," Em told me as she helped me up, "I’ve run you a warm bath" It did help but I still felt like shit e reached the lobby The guys were already waiting, and with ile eyes fro call for Top Gun Not a as said as we took a taxi to Odell’s diner When we arrived, we all shuffled into a booth and waited in hungover silence for a waitress
"Have you ever seen a more sorry lot in all your life, Danny?" Father Pat asked as he grinned at us all
"They’re feeling a bit delicate today," E She’d only had a few drinks last night, still feeling unco control in public, even with Frank dead Old habits die hard, I guessed Although we didn’t say a lot, the food really helped, and we de a bit ar, please?" Earnshaw asked Tommy, who pushed the board hiar after sugar When he’d finally rin from ear to ear Despite the late start, I still think he partied harder than all of us We’d talk properly ere back hoht that there was so back to the hotel after this?" Danny asked us
"No We’ve got so to do first We’ll meet you in the hotel lobby at seven o’clock," Kier told hiht have been because he knew better, but ive a shit
"What do you have planned?" E us all out for dinner tonight and showing us soh" She found out what two hours later when I ushered her into the door of the tattoo shop Leon had recoreed, Earnshaw included, that if on the fight ere getting tattooed Everyone got to pick what they wanted but I wouldn’t let Eers reverently over the raised script acrosswe have to fear is fear itself
--FDR
She bit her lip, trying to hold back the tears, as she read it I pulled her in for a quick kiss, knowing exactly what she was thinking We had two as before we had to fly hoet Eht It was like a mini-honeymoon, only I’d been beaten up and we had five chaperones None of thather there with ift
We wore our stupid grins for the whole flight Everything still hurt, and I’d heard the weather back ho back to the flat and falling into bed with irl, at least until Christ for us at the airport Apparently h the Earnshaw roll his eyes Fuck it I was on the grid now Ireland’s bad boy of boxing
The papers would no doubt dredge up details ofas E we’d endured up to this point was necessary to bring us to where ere now, to the ain
Life isn’t about settling for what you have andback up when everyone else around you is counting you out, and fighting for what you want As I walked out into the cold winter’s night, surrounded by my family and with my wife’s hand in ue
E than I thought it would be It was blind luck that the seat allocated to me was one of only a few seats with a view of O’Connell and the boys I thought O’Connell looked good in pretty ray suit had h, Danny, Liam, Kieran, and To so ing I didn’tat O’Connell I was married to him, and even I wanted to stare today