CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 34 By October, I had given up. The press was full of the year’s hottest couple who made no effort to hide their relationship. As hard as it was, like a true martyr, I read everything I came across. I shed bucketfuls of blood, sweat and tears when I saw Clodagh posing in magazines. She looked like a little china doll sold in Irish tourist shops. I hoped that they made voodoo versions of those. Jonah had been involved in the planning of a new hotel in town, and Suse convinced me to go along to the opening, knowing that her betrothed would be too busy to spend all night with her. At some point during the summer, I had stopped caring about my looks, and I had two-inch roots showing in my hair. Suse persuaded me to wear a purple, knee-length dress although I wanted to be camouflaged a
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