Jared stood for several seconds, wondering what on earth his mother was doing here. "How did you find this place?" "Well, it certainly wasn"t because you told me how to get here." She stepped past him and looked around the room. "I called Brandt and asked him." "How did you know to call him?" Now he was getting suspicious. "You told me he loaned you the place." She turned and pinned him with a piercing look, hands on her hips and eyes narrowed. "What are you hiding?" She looked him up and down. "You don"t appear to be using again, though if you"re not high right now, it could be hard to tell." Jared sighed and closed the door. He was glad Ashley had gotten into the bedroom before he"d opened the door. His mom would never let him hear the end of it if he"d seen her like that. With her

