The warm light creeping across the doorstep and out into the night makes Scorpius" heart beat faster. He watches as Teddy creeps into the large, open living room and stops to listen. When Teddy turns and raises his hand to tell him to wait outside, Scorpius pays no attention to him; he wants to get home, to shake off the shock of the strange sounds (a hallucination, he is sure), of that voice, and of his mother's betrayal.