"Your Mom is unbelievable!" Hazel seethes.
"Tell me about it."
"What do we do now?"
"Now we call her."
"Come on. You're not actually going to do that."
"How many choices do I have?"
"Move in with me?"
"I need more than just rent."
"Oh, right. School and everything. Why is staying in college so expensive? We're not even having fun!"
"I know."
Mom answers on the third ring.
"I thought you'd never call." She sounds smug. She likes having her ass kissed.
I mostly don't mind. Kissing a few asses for the cash I need to survive sounds fair enough.
"Mom, seriously? Why did you have my locks changed?"
"I thought those boys would come through for you."
"What boys are you talking about?"
"The ones I found in your bedroom yesterday. Tell them to give you somewhere to stay; more so t
