His ma had warned him about the way he’d get when he had a new obsession. “Focused,” she’d called it. His siblings hadn’t been as kind. “Creepy,” Brenna had said. “Psycho,” Mick had added. “Sinister.” That had been Saoirse. He hadn’t taken it too hard, because she fancied herself the smart one in the family and had been practicing for her SATs at the time.
