Chapter 24Tuesday, September 27th
A sudden noise jarred Jeremy awake. He sat up in bed and looked around. The bedroom was dark. The fuzzy sensation of sleep lingered. Closing his eyes, he tried shaking his head for clarity. He couldn't remember having gone to sleep in his room. He should be on the sofa. That was where he slept the last several days.
Uncle Jack.
He had started out on the sofa. Uncle Jack woke him, convincing him to go up to his room. He'd been too sleepy to argue and agreed.
At least he thought it might have happened that way.
Bottom line was simple. He wasn't on the sofa in the living room. He was upstairs in his room. The lights were off. And a loud noise woke him.
He couldn't recall the sound. A bang? A scrape? Had something shattered?
Had the sound originated in
