Lexi raised her eyebrow at Austin as they walked. It was the look that Jane had given him earlier, the one that turned him on so much. "We're parked down here," she told him.

They'd brought Lexi's little sedan. Austin loaded Christine into the backseat. Lexi handed her brother the keys. She was doing a good job of acting sober. Austin had to remind himself that his older sister wasn't in much better shape than their mom.

Lexi got in the passenger seat and Austin fired up the engine. The radio came on way too loud and Austin quickly switched it off. Lexi put her hand on his thigh. It...