Keegan by Savannah Rylan

Author:Savannah Rylan [Rylan, Savannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pink Empire Publishing
Published: 2019-09-04T05:00:00+00:00

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Keegan

Mam was at the door, and the first thing she did when she opened it and saw me; was whack me a tight one on the side of my head. I ducked, missing her palm and squeezed my way into the house.

“Keegan Murphy! You come back here and accept the beating you deserve!” mam screamed as I rushed into the kitchen.

Our family home was huge…a sprawling mansion full of ten bedrooms, a large dining room and living room and a den and every amenity the family could ever need. Despite all the luxury, our family still always just congregated around the kitchen, where mam was constantly cooking something.

My brothers were there, all three of them. Callum, Eamon and Seamus were standing around the stove, dipping bits of soda bread into the soup that was boiling.

Mam came rushing in behind me.

“I better not find all the bread gone now!”

My brothers jumped to hug me.

“Jesus, little bro, where have you been?” Eamon asked, thumping my back. Seamus and Callum gave me bear hugs too, till finally, I turned to mam. She was standing patiently to the side, watching her sons hugging each other. I could see that her eyes had filled with tears of joy.

I presented my cheek to her, just like she’d asked.

“Go on, mam, I deserve it,” I said.

Her lips quivered and then she reached for me, enveloping me in her arms and holding me tight.

“Don’t you ever do that again!” she barked.

“Which one shouldn’t he be doing, mam? Going to prison or not coming to see you first when he gets out?” Seamus joked, while mam just rolled her eyes at us.

“Keegan.”

It was dad’s deep voice at the kitchen door. I looked up to find him standing at the door, with his hands in the pockets of his pants. One of the most powerful men of the mob scene in Chicago.

“You better have washed your hands, John!” mam yelled at him and dad turned on his heels and rushed away.

Nothing had changed. Dad was still one of the most feared men in the city, and a mouse in mam’s palms when he was at home.

We sat down around the kitchen table for dinner, and dad joined us soon enough after he’d washed his hands and changed his shirt.

We couldn’t stop talking. There was so much my brothers wanted to know, and I did too…about everything I’d missed. I wasn’t in a great mood only because I’d just got out of prison. But the other reason wasn’t something I could discuss with my family right now.

“How are the Gallaghers?” I asked when there was a lull in the conversation. Before anyone else could answer, it was mam who spoke up.

“Do not mention that name in front of me, especially not at the dinner table!” she hissed.

I exchanged looks with dad, and I knew he’d fill me in later. For now, we were allowed to only talk of happy things in the presence of mam. All dad wanted to do was protect her, just the way I wanted to protect Fallon too.

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