Oh boy, I forgot to share this one.
Back on Mother's Day weekend, The Ex was swinging her crazy around like her life depended on it. Earlier in the day, The Ex called Son and said she had found a cigarette by the TV in the room where he sleeps at Ned's house. ( I hesitate to say "bedroom" because Daughter said that she and Son sleep in the basement at Ned's house; Daughter and her younger sister share a bedroom that Ned constructed, and Son sleeps in the general basement area. Daughter said that Son does not have any walls where he sleeps; it's just an open area. ) The Ex asked if he was smoking; Son said no. The Ex said she was upset and hurt, and wanted to know why it was downstairs. Son repeated that he was not smoking. The Ex said that they could talk later. A little while after this, Ned texted Daughter accusing her of "ditching her mom on Mother's Day" and asked what was so important that she couldn't come that weekend. Daughter asked what he was talking about...