chapter 16

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"what are they doing?" i ask lip whose staring out the window "looks like packing" he says to us "what about liam?" debbie asks "i cant tell from the window" lip says "we could call the police, tell them liams being kidnapped" debbie suggest "hey were gonna fight this shit out okay? no matter what, liams staying" fiona tells debbie with certainty "hey guys there coming out" lip tells us, and we all run out the front door and out on the sidewalk when we see monica, bob, and liam come out of the door. monica sees us and stops walking, she then comes towards us holding liam, and she hands him to fiona kissing him on the cheek "mom?" fiona says to her as she walks away crying and then monica turns around "thank you" fiona says and monica nods getting into her truck with bob that night we all head back home and go to bed

(Next Day)

"hey Iz?" debbie says tapping my face gently "what" i tell her groaning and rolling over "can you go to my classroom moms meeting?" she asks me "no" i say "please, snob mom always says we shouldnt be there since we dont contribute" debbie tells me "debbie, go ask fiona. im sleeping" i tell her pulling the blanket over my face "okay Iz" she says skipping out the room.  

"stop downloading porn" fiona says walking into our room opening the door "oops busted" lip tells her. hes been on the computer all morning looking for ians dad "i need a sweater"fiona tells us "help yourself" i tell her taking a drag of my cigarette while ian is laying on his bed tossing a tennis ball in the air "what are you guys doing?" fiona asks us "we are looking for homeboys dad" lip answers "hes looking for homeboys dad" i tell her correcting my twin "jesus there are a lot of gallaghers. hey fiona, do you know any of franks brothers names?" lip asks her "shit i have no idea. oh, i think one of them is Wendell or something" she tells lip "you could just call them all" i tell lip "why do you care anyway" she asks "he just wishes it was him that wasnt franks kid" ian tells her "plus if we find ians real dad we could report him to the state, collect extra child support" lip says "then id have to hang out with the dude" ian says "h might be cool" lip tells ian "heh, franks brother?" fiona says "hes gotta be better than frank. maybe he has a job or hes sober" lip says "or he likes kids" i say "doubt it" ian says "oh hey what about this one debs?" fiona says pulling one of my sweaters out of lips sock drawer and i have zero clue how that got in their "it'll have to do, hey come on you're gonna be late" debbie says dragging fiona out of our room "take the bus out to see grammy, she'll know where the brothers are" fiona tells us before leaving and lip smiles "prefect" he says standing up and closing the computer we get dressed and leave the house 

 maybe he has a job or hes sober" lip says "or he likes kids" i say "doubt it" ian says "oh hey what about this one debs?" fiona says pulling one of my sweaters out of lips sock drawer and i have zero clue how that got in their "it'll have to do, ...

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we leave and start walking to the bus stop "arent you just a little bit curious who he is?" lip asks ian "nah" ian says back "he could be any one of these guys" lip tells ian "oh yeah like that one right there?" i say gesturing to a guy sitting on the ground in a dress completely passed out and high "totally" lip says lighting a cigarette "look no matter who he is hes gonna be a douche bag" ian tells us "he can't be any worse thank frank" lip says "hes a gallagher" i tell lip "maybe he'll take you to a game or kick in some scratch for college" lip says as we approach the bus stop "or give you a kidney, hell maybe a birthday card once a year" lip tells ian as we sit down on the bench "do we know any cool dads?" ian asks "Scotty Houston's father" lip answers "but hes on a sex offenders list for jerking off in Sherman Park" i tell lip "yeah exactly" ian says and the bus approaches the stop "lets go" lip tells us standing up as the bus doors open. we pay and sit down on the bus and i ask ian "you dont wanna know do you?" and he shakes his head no. ian didnt care but lip did, lip wanted to know because lip wanted it to be him and i that weren't franks kids. we get to the prison get off the bus and make our way in 

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