I climb out, and my parents smile at me. "We thought you both were arguing" says my father, but he was cut off by my mother, who gives him a slight snarl. "What have I told Brian?" she says in a hiss. "Stop butting into everyone's god damn business."

I stared at my mother with wide eyes.

Fuck, he was still in the doghouse, but to have his ass handed to him in front of me is something that I never thought I would witness.

My mother turned her attention to me and smiled. ...