I knew it from the very beginning that what Johnny had with Shannon was permanent. I’d never seen a fella more plagued by his feelings than Johnny. He loved the bones of that girl and, yeah, it took him his usual amount of time to predict, ponder, panic, and, finally, process his feelings, but he had; and once his mind was set, it was a done deal. Shannon Lynch was his endgame, and Johnny Kavanagh was hers.
