[Lorianne]

What about the boy's parents?

[Capriole]

Lorianne, obviously the boy's parents did a lousy job of raising him, too. He was defiant instead of being suitably ashamed and frightened. But it was the girl who brought him to her mother's bed rather than her own. This is a startling act of contempt and defiance, like spitting in the soup or using her mother's toothbrush to scrub the toilet. There's a power struggle going on here, and Mom has lost. Mom lost years ago.