mention 5 clauses in this. There are 158 footsteps between the bus stop and home, but it can
stretch to 180 if you aren't in a hurry, like maybe if you're wearing
platform shoes. I turned the corner onto our street (68 steps), and
could just see the house a four-bedroom semi in a row of other
three- and four-bedroom semis. Dad's car was outside, which meant
he had not yet left for work.
Behind me, the sun was setting behind Stortfold Castle, its dark
shadow sliding down the hill like melting wax to overtake me. On a
different sort of day, I could have told you all the things that had hap-
pened to me on this route: where Dad taught me to ride a bike with-
out stabilizers; where Mrs. Doherty with the lopsided wig used to
make us Welsh cakes; the hedge where Treena knocked a wasp's nest
and we ran screaming all the way back to the castle.
Thomas's tricycle was upturned on the path and, closing the gate
behind me, I dragged it under the porch and opened the door. The
warmth hit me with the force of an air bag; Mum is a martyr to the
cold and keeps the heating on all year round. Dad is always opening
windows, complaining that she'd bankrupt the lot of us. He says our
iseating bills are larger than the GDP of a small African country.
"That you, love?"
"Yup." I hung my jacket on the peg, where it fought for space
among the others
"Which you? Lou? Treena?"
"Lou."
I peered around the living-room door. Dad was facedown on
the sola, his arm thrust deep between the cushions, as if they had
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