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I collectht "Tell theoin’?"

"To talk to Aengus"

Aengus has always been a force to be reckoned with Even now, bandaged like afrom his limbs, his eyes mere slivers as he watchesfroet aith this," he htly slurred froo see Jiuy’s name? You sure?"

"Positive I had words with the h "And then what?"

He pauses, and I can see hiht "What the fuck do you mean, ‘and then what’? Jimmy will take care of it"

"Yeah He will He’ll put a few bullets in Jackie’s back Maybe blow up his house with his fa And then Beznick will send soain Open your eyes and look at what just happened! They’re still trying to fix your baby brother in there Don’t you care?"

"Of course I care!" he spits back I know he does, because Aengus is loyal to the Delaney name, to the beliefs that made us e are today The problem is he can’t see how Jied fro of his heart ratefor him to calm himself while I study the tiny, private room they’ve stuck hiather So a rooh "Duffy was here to see you?"

"Tried, but Ma chased him away I pretended I was asleep" He pauses "You?"

"He caht? We’ll handle this ourselves Garda’s never done anything good for us"

"Neither have you"

He glares at et all the tio had I not been protecting you Have you forgotten that so quickly?"

"I wouldn’t have needed protection if it wasn’t for you," I throw back Though I don’t truly bla that our fa in a heap of rubble,to keep his leg, and that is all because of you" A glance overin I take a deep breath before I say what I resolved myself to on the way here It’s the only way out of this mess, and what I know A down to the station now, to identify Jackie Hanegan’s uglyfor justice And then I’ to try and help Ma and Da pick up the pieces of a life you’ve destroyed And when Duffy shows up here and questions you, you are going to give hi Na to connect this to the Green, and you’re going to adriainst the pain "Are you mad? Why the hell would I do that?"

"Because if you don’t, I’ll give Duffy what he wants us’s face "You’re serious? You’d really do that? You’d turn on your own flesh and blood?"

"No I’the and hard at ?" he finally whispers, realization dawning on him

"That you pay for your sins"