14 Tony still hasn’t come home, and Mum hasn’t questioned his absence once. I’m starting to think that she’d rather he was gone. It’s not that unusual for him to be missing without a trace, drinking in some s**t-hole of a pub. But it’s almost been two days, and that’s excessive even for him. Ben has been asleep for most of the day, but now that the sun has gone down, he’s wide-awake. Even though he hasn’t taken any milk, I’m sure he’s grown already. When he was born, he was the size of a kitten, but now he looks at least twice that. Triple, even! Maybe it’s just my eyes; I haven’t exactly had much sleep lately. Mum has taken Ben up to her bedroom, hoping that he’ll drop off to sleep. But I doubt it. Vampires only sleep in the daytime. Shut up, Freya. Don’t be so stupid. Vampires aren’

