A Straight Line to My Heart by Bill Condon

Author:Bill Condon [Condon, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Published: 2011-12-29T13:00:00+00:00

‘Roo!’ zoe screeches. ‘brake! Brake!’

I jam my foot down till I’m almost standing. The brakes squeal and the car pivots and slews to the left. Zoe reefs at the handbrake but momentum propels us on, metal grinding and shuddering till we stop. The car is side-on and plum in front of a tree. Behind us a kangaroo hops off into the scrub.

‘Sorry! Zoe, I’m sorry!’

‘It’s okay. It’s over now. No damage.’

‘It just jumped out from nowhere!’

‘That’s the worst thing about night-driving in the bush. Things can happen so fast.’ She lays a hand on my forehead. ‘You’re so cold. Shaking a bit, too. You got quite a shock. So did I. Just straighten the car up and pull right off the road for a minute. We both need to catch our breath.’

I do it.

‘Better put the hazard lights on, too. We don’t want to be rear-ended.’

I do it.

‘Crazy roos.’ She turns around to try to see if there are any more. ‘Been here six months and I’ve been called out to five prangs caused by roos. The damage they do. Cars written off. People smashed up. There was one fatal, too. Bull might have told you about it, that one over at Gudden. A big red went through the windscreen and into a car. The driver made it – I don’t know how – but the old guy in the back seat wasn’t so lucky. The truckies have got the right idea: drive right over the top of them. Don’t swerve like we just did because that’s when . . . Tiff?’

I struggle to open the door but can’t make it in time.

Push my head through the window.

Spew my heart out.

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