Out-and-regretting-it comprehensive attendee Jayden Phillips turns his cast-iron plans for life upside-down by falling in love with private-school violinist Darren Peace, a sardonic boy with the craziest hair Jayden's ever seen.<br><br>But all is not what it seems, and Jayden's bullying problem becomes meaningless when he is confronted with what the music does to Darren. How do you stop a dangerous depression rooted in the same thing that makes someone what they are? Dark moods, blank apathy, and the undertow of self-loathing all simmer beneath Darren's dry and beautiful veneer, and Jayden feels powerless to stop them.<br><br>Then a mugging gone wrong takes the music forcibly away, and Jayden is finally given the chance to change Darren's life -- and, quite literally, his mind.

Vivaldi in the Dark

“St. Anne’s General,” Scott said flatly. The nausea blossomed afresh in Jayden’s stomach. The hospital. Oh dear God, the hospital. “The police got him.”


“We don’t know yet,” Scott said. “I’m there now; Mother and Jeff are coming. I can call you tomorrow, or…”


“No, I want to be there,” Jayden said. To hell with secrets, to hell with being polite, this was Darren and he was in the hospital


Scott paused. For a moment, Jayden could hear some kind of announcement in the background. “Right,” Scott said. “Okay. A&E entrance. And if I were you, I’d get here before Mother does.”


Chapter 86