“I have to call Aunt Nicole and see if you can stay with her. And then call the insurance company and file a claim. What the hell were you thinking, falling asleep like that?” Abby has the decency to look embarrassed. “Let’s not talk about it in front of your friend, Bexy.” “Don’t Bexy me. And he’s my boyfriend, so he stays.” I bite the inside of my cheek to keep from smiling. Even though the situation is serious, and I want to shake Bex’s mother, that word on her lips in relation to me makes me feel a certain kind of way.
