Latest update is that he’s been sent off campus for surgery.” “Oh my god.” A wave of guilt washed over her. “I have to go to him—” “No, you don’t,” said Kieran, biting down on a toast point with a satisfying crunch. He spewed crumbs when he spoke again. “He knew the game he was playing. You won, he lost. Let it go. He wasn’t good enough, and that’s why you’re here and he’s not.” “Ian is the best in our class.”

