Chapter 28
“Jayden?”
Mum was shaking his shoulder; Jayden blinked blearily at her, and then at the curtains. There was no light creeping around them. “Wha’?” he mumbled.
“The phone, darling,” Mum pushed the kitchen cordless at him, and he stared at it stupidly. “It’s someone called Scott. He said he was Darren’s brother?”
Jayden blinked at the phone and lifted it to his ear. The clock on the DVD player said it was quarter to midnight. “Scott?” he mumbled.
“Hi, sorry, I know this is a bit weird,” replied a voice that was like Darren’s but…a little choppier, almost, not quite the smooth drawl that Darren had perfected. “I’m Scott Peace, Darren’s brother. Er, I know he spent the evening at yours—when did he leave?”
Jayden sat up, shaking off a bit of the lethargy. “About nine?” he guess
