Jayden came home from work the next day feeling like he’d never gone. The girls had fussed over him and his sling (though he’d abandoned it at lunchtime to make them stop) especially when he admitted to having woken up early because Darren had sneaked out to go to his early shift at work and the absence of him, in the aftermath of last night, had been…jarring. Not upsetting, exactly, but not…nice either.
Still, he came home in good spirits. Darren had been sarcastic by text, and then had left work at two o’clock and had gone quiet, which meant he’d probably gone out for a while to the gym and so would be home all evening for Jayden to…
Well. For Jayden.
Darren’s car was in front of the garage when Jayden opened the gate, and when he opened the door, that low voice was singing gently som
