"She's worth something to me," Shawn persists, almost snorting at their behavior. Wow, this was definitely like the guys who said he'd never make it out of the trailer park. Just like them, using their dumb rhetoric on him like it would make him think twice about who he chose to spend his time with--

"If that's the case, man, then she would've said different stuff to me. I don't hang out with Max because she says stuff just to agree with me. Trust me, if she did? I would've peaced out a long time ago."