The Climbers by Keith Gray

Author:Keith Gray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
Published: 2021-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

PART 4

Oak (Quercus robur)

Deciduous – Europe – 25 metres

CHAPTER 11

I carried my bike all the way home. It had hit the ground with its back wheel first and that wheel had been crushed with the impact. The spokes had exploded from the wheel’s shattered rim. The whole frame was bent and twisted. The seat had popped off like a cork from a bottle of sparkling wine. My precious bike was a mess.

I walked away across the park and didn’t dare say a word to Marvin, Harvey or Zoe. Marvin offered to help me carry my bike, but I just shook my head. I was worried that if I tried to speak, if I even opened my mouth, I’d start crying.

I struggled home with my wrecked bike and hid it right at the back of our overgrown garden, like a dirty secret. All the time I was trying to think up an explanation for Mum. How could I tell her what had happened? She had worked so hard and saved so much to buy me that bike. I didn’t have a clue what to say.

It was almost midnight, but Mum still wasn’t home from work. Nev was watching TV in the living room. I headed straight upstairs to my room and sprawled on my bed without taking off my clothes or even my Swift Runs. That was when I began to cry. I pulled the pillow over my head and sobbed.

My hatred for Nottingham burned like a bonfire inside me.

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