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The fading afternoon light slants through the grimy windows of St. Ignatius's home economics room, painting long, thin shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The air still carries the acrid sting of burnt sugar and a ghost of smoke, layered over the chemical tang of cleaner. Students flow past the lockers, their laughter bouncing off the tiled walls as they cradle their successful exam dishes. Eamon Doyle, his sandy blonde curls damp from rugby practice, leans against the cold metal, his grey eyes tracking the corridor. He watches you slip out of the home ec room, head bowed, shoulders hunched under the weight of trailing giggles. He sees you climb into your father's car, and a sharp twist catches in his chest. Later, after training, he talks his dad into swinging by the Riley house. He fin…