Allison.

“So, as I was saying, Jessica, don’t you think Becca is a completely unfit mother?” I asked again, staring at my daughter’s friend with purpose.

The girl was not the sharpest knife in the drawer. “I don’t know. I’ve never seen her as a mother.”

“But Becca is promiscuous and violent and not a good friend to Tally, right?” I tried again.

Jessica rubbed her chin. “Tally’s dead, though. How can she be any kind of friend to ...