And then, unfortunately, there’s the resident golden boy. For some reason, he’s been consuming my thoughts lately, and it’s driving me up a wall. It’s absurd, really. We’ve known each other for three years now, but he’s always been more of an afterthought. A tiny, prickly thorn in my side. These days, thoughts of him are more like a dagger straight to the gut . . . nearly impossible to ignore.

