Chapter 8
Ensconced in the lounge, Adam had definitely had enough of beds for a while, and made comfortable in front of the TV by his brother while Dan went to fix something to eat. He clicked through the channels of nondescript nonsense, mostly reality TV shows, until deciding upon the news. After watching for a minute or two, Adam shouted to his brother.
“Have you seen all this s**t? What’s it all about?”
“The riots, you mean?” Dan replied, returning from the kitchen
“Yeah, I caught a little in the ward.”
“While I was waiting to pick you up, they were talking about it on TV. I caught it between games, of course. This guy was wanted in connection with a fire extinguisher thrown from the top of a building during a riot earlier in the year, during the student protests.”
“Yeah, I remem
