"Well, honey," she told him after careful consideration, "you're the man of the house now, so you shouldn't have to hold back in your own home. I should probably be very upset about it. That would be most mothers' reaction, after all. Brothers and sisters just don't do that sort of thing. But I'm not most mothers and we both know Chanel is a special girl. She's... well, she's sensitive and needs someone who loves her as much as you do. You're also very special, son. So maybe the usual rules about these things aren't important for a family like ours."
Jimmy looked at his mother in surprise. It was one thing that she was being so casual about catching her son and daughter f*****g, but it was another to hear her rationalize excuses that made it sound perfectly alright. At the same time, Jimm
