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Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of bullying, child abuse, rape, death by suicide, suicidal ideation, substance use, addiction, graphic violence, sexual content, cursing, physical abuse, and emotional abuse.
Joey is able to stay off drugs for a day and feels terrible, but Aoife is touched when she sees he is trying. His friend Alec helps him through his withdrawals at school but encourages him to get professional help and keep fighting. Shannon calls Joey and asks him to come get her. It is clear that something is very wrong.
Shannon has been bullied and attacked at school again, and Joey is ready to fight whoever did it. When they get to Tommen, Joey gets out of the car and runs, leaving Aoife to follow behind. She finds him fighting Johnny and makes him stop, telling him he can’t jump to conclusions.
Shannon arrives and Joey and Johnny demand to know who attacked her. The Tommen rugby players say that it was Johnny’s ex, Bella Wilkinson. Joey attacks Bella’s boyfriend, and when Bella puts her hands on Joey, Aoife attacks Bella. As Joey pulls Aoife off Bella, the principal goes to call the police. Joey tells Aoife to leave and go to the hospital so that she has an alibi. He knows he will be arrested and doesn’t want her involved.
By Chloe Walsh