“He was very cute for a young man, and he held the door for us when we arrived. Lovely boy said he was your neighbor.” My mom smiles sweetly, and I catch my dad rolling his eyes in a teen girl way. Luckily for her, he knows my mom is a shameless man admirer and would never do anything other than ogle. Faultlessly loyal, and she does adore my father to death.

“Pretty sure you probably interrogated him, much like she’s doing now. It was probably Joey and, no, not dating him and ...