“Apparently at least one more day,” he said, his eyes flickering to Jeremy, “especially after last night.” Jeremy’s reaction was entirely involuntary; he and Chloe looked at each other, matching spots of guilty red on their cheeks. “Last night?” Chloe said in a high voice. “What about last night? Nothing happened last night!” It wasn’t very effective as denials went, but it could have been worse. Jeremy knew this, because what he said was: “Please don’t kill me.”

