Payback by James Heneghan

Author:James Heneghan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV039230
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd.
Published: 2007-03-15T04:00:00+00:00

PART 2

AFTER

1

It’s the second week of November and the snow on the mountains is early, everyone says.

Saturday morning I pedal my Hammer up the switchback road to the snowline on Mount Seymour.

I pretend I’m Lance Armstrong. I’ve broken away from the peleton and my team-mates and I’m dancing on the pedals as I zoom up the Col du Galibier.

I don’t make it to the parking lot at the top of Seymour because of the snow. So I stop, pull on an old hoodie and ride back down, braking before the curves, taking it slow and easy in case there’s black ice on the road.

My weekend hotdog routine has become deadly dull. I know it, even though I do my best to pretend it’s show-time and I’m the hottest hotdog in town.

Sunday, a little girl stands watching me. She’s about six. Her mother wants to move on but the little girl refuses to budge, pulling on her ma’s arm. I turn on the music.

After I finish my dance the little girl says, “That was stupid. I hate you!”

Her mother finally pulls her away, and I watch them walking off down the mall.

Harvey pops his head out and yells, “I’m watching you, Callaghan. I’m watching you!”

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