"Mom please don"t do that!" I blurted out. She turned back shocked at my tone. "Don"t take this the wrong way. There is nothing going on but Sophia wants to sleep near me."

I used the near me word hoping to soften the blow. Mike the quiet and analyzing one stood silent. A slight grin the only response to my explanation. Rhonda was the firecracker. I knew the fuse was lit now.

"**! That will just not happen! Sophia is your aunt!" Mom started ranting. "There is no way..."

"Rhonda! I am sleeping with Jay or we are leaving now!" Sophia said loudly and clearly.

This from the woman that...