Chapter 75

STACEY'S POV If I had felt uneasy around Daniel Fletcher, it was the opposite with Jay Harley. Since it wasn't her crush who had come to pick us up, Maddie had sat in the back with the boys while I sat in front with him. Unlike Daniel that had difficulty keeping quiet, Jay was comfortable with being silent and that was exactly what I needed. Frankie had said something about our mums probably going through something that they didn't want us to know about and that was why they hadn't driven us to school or even bothered about coming to pick us up afterwards. It didn't sound plausible but I also didn't have another explanation for the happenings. It wasn't straightforward enough for us to understand that Jay Harley had ended up picking us up after closing hours but the strange part about the whole thing was the relationship he claimed to had with the strange kid, Clarence. It wasn't very hard to believe the kid wasn't his because the kid acted like he didn't even know who he was. 'Why