Rosie kept shaking her head in disappointment and Jack felt like a slug. There was nothing worse than getting the ‘I’m disappointed in you’ stare from his mother. He would prefer she yelled at him, quite honestly.

     “I’m still mad at you for letting her in the apartment,” Jack said, trying to deflect. “You know my rules. No one is allowed in unless I’m here.”

     “You don’t think I’m a good judge of character?” his mum asked with a raise of her eyebrow.

     “It’s not that and you know it,” Jack replied. “I have the rule for a reason.”

     “I know what your reasons are,” Rosie replied. “But I think...