Three
Toby was so excited about sneaking off with Grandpa Kieran that he was awake at 5.30 am. He had agreed to meet Grandpa Kieran out the front at 6.00 am. After quietly peeing in the toilet in the bathroom, he washed his face, collected his toothbrush and got dressed without turning on a light. He sat on his bed and waited for the clock on the dresser next to his bed to read 05:55. Then he crept, as silently as a ten-year old boy sneaking out of his house could, along the passageway past his mother’s bedroom. Fortunately for Toby, Helen always closed her bedroom door, and concrete floors don’t creak. He wasn’t really worried that she would wake up. He knew she liked sleeping in on Saturdays, especially after staying up late studying.
When he got to the front door, he slipped on his pa
