On the list of things that sucked, waking up hungry in the middle of the night probably didn’t even make the top ten. Beau crossed his arms under his head, stared up at the ceiling, and tried to convince himself that was the truth. The problem with truth was that it wasn’t very comforting when one was hungry, awake, and bored. Particularly when one was a guest in someone else’s house. Especially after such a spectacular disaster. As far as Beau was concerned, it was a sheer wonder that Vin’s grandparents hadn’t bundled him back on a plane that very afternoon. Okay, no, that was wrong and he was totally overreacting. For the most part, Christmas had just been boring. Watching Vin and his grandparents exchange gifts. Beau’d had a few gifts of his own to open, mostly from Ann-Marie, Shan,

