Class A by Robert Muchamore

Author:Robert Muchamore [Muchamore, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780340881545
Amazon: 1405662875
Publisher: Hodder Childrens
Published: 2004-10-14T00:00:00+00:00

They parked the stolen Mustang at the back of a DIY store about a kilometre from Thornton. It was gone eleven o’clock and, now the adrenalin rush had worn off, James and Kerry felt like they could sleep for twenty hours.

‘We could leave the keys in the door and someone will nick it,’ James said.

‘It’s got our fingerprints all over,’ Kerry said. ‘Joyriders usually burn cars out. If we don’t want it to look suspicious, that’s what we’ll have to do.’

James gave the car an admiring glance. ‘Seems a shame to kill it.’

Kerry leaned inside and flipped open the glove box. She found Joe’s cigarettes and lighter, then tore pages out of the road atlas and screwed them up into loose balls. When there was a mound of paper on the passenger seat, she flicked the lighter and set the edges alight. They left the passenger door open so the fire could breathe, then ducked into some trees and waited until they were sure the flames had taken hold.

The front seats were quickly ablaze. Once the roof lining caught, the flames flashed into the back. The whole interior glowed orange and smoke started curling out from under the hood.

‘Better run,’ James said. ‘There’s bound to be a security guard round here somewhere.’

They’d only gone a hundred metres when the heat blew out one of the back tyres. A few seconds later, the fuel caught and the back end of the car went up in a fireball.

It was less than a kilometre home, but they were feeling their injuries and the walk seemed to take for ever. James had a pounding headache. When they staggered through to the kitchen, Ewart jumped up from the table, surprised by the state they were in. He made them both hot drinks and sandwiches while Zara and Nicole cleaned up their cuts and bruises.

‘Shower and go to bed,’ Zara said, after they’d explained what had happened. ‘Don’t bother getting up for school in the morning. You both need a good day’s rest.’

‘I better ring Kelvin first,’ James said.

‘OK,’ Ewart said. ‘Do that while Kerry’s in the shower, then go straight to bed.’

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