Street Heroes by Joe Layburn

Author:Joe Layburn
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781907666209
Publisher: MBI
Published: 2010-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

Then the birds in the trees over the way resumed their mad squawking. I heard my dad’s voice all husky with cold, or maybe with fear.

“How did you know that was going to happen?”

He was staring, unblinking, at the twisted wreckage of his car and the angry black cloud that billowed above it. I had the strangest urge to start giggling – the doctors explained later that’s because I was in shock.

“Seriously, Dad, you’ve got to listen to me more,” I said, with tears of laughter in my eyes.

He was groaning now because he’d cracked a few ribs. Apart from some scratches, I was completely unharmed. Suddenly Mum was there and it seemed she’d been struck dumb. She hugged us both but couldn’t say a thing. Instead I heard Fatima’s voice speaking faintly inside me, like a butterfly batting its wings against the folds of my brain.

I am so glad you’re safe. All I ever wanted for this world is peace.

But Fatima did not have the last word. My dad, grimacing with pain, managed to raise himself up on one elbow.

“I promise you, this is the work of the Muslims,” he whispered hoarsely to no one in particular. “They talk about holy wars and jihads, but they will not have seen the like of what I’ve got planned for them. As God is my witness, I am going into battle. I will get my revenge.”

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