“No, I won’t get off your back,” the golden boy himself interjected. “You’re back on drugs, you’ve been expelled from school, you’re off the hurling team, and you’re—” He stopped just short of saying about to become a father. I knew that was on the tip of his tongue. “You are ruining your life!” “I don’t have a life!” I roared, losing my ever-loving shit with him. “I’ve never had a life!” “Well, life or not, if you keep this up, you’re going to turn into him. You’re going to end up becoming the one thing you hate most in the world.” “Shut up, Darren!” Shannon was quick to defend,
