Chapter 12
To: Nessa Cahill
Subject: RE: Penzance
Well, I asked Shane about that Rebecca girl, but he’s denying it. I’ll admit, I don’t know whether he’s asked her and is keeping it from me—which is fine, I wouldn’t want to admit to my old man I had a girl at that age either—or he hasn’t got up the guts. Guess we’ll see, huh?
But enough about that—he dropped one on me last night alright. Says he wants to go to medical school. Wants to be a doctor! I was a bit floored, truth be told, he’s never said anything like that before, but he’s apparently been going off with one of his mates to look at universities and applying and all sorts behind my back. Seemed a bit nervous of telling me, since it’s not the army, but hell, Ness. My kid, a doctor! Who’d have thought it, eh, a scrote from Moss
