Throwing myself into my routine, I attempted to ignore and forget about Shannon, choosing to concentrate on the game and ignore all distractions around me—pussy being the most dangerous kind of distraction. I really fucking tried. But then one of the lads would bring her up in conversation, or she’d pass me in the hallway at school, and I was back to square one. I couldn’t understand it and tried not to think too much into it. But it didn’t stop her from coming up in every conversation I’d been involved in since her arrival at Tommen.
