Listening ear

"This is... not the usual kind of birthday party, right?" Jeremy asked carefully when they both got to the balcony. 

Mrs Wesley smiled painfully before shaking her head and pointing at a chair for him to sit down. Seeing the commotion in the sitting room earlier, Mrs Wesley had ended the party. She didn't want her precious son's day to be turned into something else. Also, she didn't think Adrian would like the fact that Chloe was being treated that way because of him. 

The others apologized and left while Chloe continued kneeling there. She noticed how uncomfortable Jeremy was watching Chloe, so she invited him upstairs.

Jeremy still didn't understand all that was happening or all that he had witnessed but he tried to guess.