Chapters (48)
- Cover
- THEFEUD
- Dedication
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- PROLOGUE
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- THIRTY-EIGHT
- THIRTY-NINE
- FORTY
- FORTY-ONE
- FORTY-TWO
- FORTY-THREE
As soon as Raymond opened his front door, Eddie walked inside and sat on the sofa with his head in his hands. He hadn’t slept a wink and he was consumed with guilt and an aching heart. Ed knew he’d been bang out of order. Seeing O’Hara had made his blood boil. Overcome by jealousy, he’d got paralytic and the rest was history.
‘I know Joey’s all right. I rang up the hospital this morning. What am I gonna do, Ray? Say I’ve lost Jess? She might leave me and take the kids with her.’
Raymond shrugged. This was an awkward situation for him, and his loyalty really lay with his sister. Seeing tears in Eddie’s eyes, he decided not to rub salt in his wounds. He obviously knew what he’d done was wrong, so there was no bloody point in making it worse for him.
‘I dunno what you’re gonna do, Ed. Is Joey still in hospital or have they let him out?’
‘The nurse I spoke to said that he was OK and he’d be discharged this morning. I can’t see Jess coming home, though. Your mum’s up there with her and I reckon she’ll take the kids round to hers.’
Raymond nodded. He’d shot up the hospital last night and spoken to Jessica and his mum, and he knew she wasn’t planning on going home. ‘Do you wanna drink? You’re shaking,’ Raymond said to Eddie.
Ed shook his head. ‘It’s drink that’s fucking caused all this. If I hadn’t been so pissed, none of it would have happened.’
Raymond opened a can of lager and sat down opposite Eddie. ‘I really don’t know what to say, Ed. The only advice I can give you is to let me sister calm down a bit. I wouldn’t go round me mum’s just yet. I mean, Jess has got to come home at some point, she’s got no clean clothes for herself or the kids with her, has she? And what about school? She won’t want the twins having too much time off, will she?’
Eddie stood up. ‘I’m gonna go home and wait there in case she comes back. I might try and ring her at your mum’s, see if she’ll talk to me. I’ll do anything to get her to forgive me, Ray. I love her, she’s my life and without her I’m nothing.’
‘Joey,’ Frankie cried, throwing her arms around her brother’s neck.
Stanley hugged Jessica. He’d always known that one day that bastard she’d married would show his true colours and he just hoped that his daughter had the courage to leave him now.
‘I’m gonna have a lie-down on the sofa,’ Jessica said.