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smiled and waved, happy to see them, but nobody smiled or waved back.
    Did you know that when you’re in a police car you can’t open the doors yourself? Makes sense, otherwise criminals could jump out at the traffic lights and escape. Benny and I had to wait for the policeman to open it for us, like he was our chauffeur.
    But I didn’t feel like a VIP when I followed Benny out of the car and saw the glare on Jem’s face. Her ears were completely red, popping through her blonde hair as if she had devil’s horns. That was nothing compared to Benny’s mum, who looked even madder still by about two hundred per cent even though she was hugging Benny and crying and telling him that she loved him.
    I knew we were in serious trouble, but I was more worried about Blindfold.
    â€˜Has anyone seen Blindfold?’ I asked, scanning the crowd for him. ‘Is he here? He was with –’
    â€˜William John Stoked!’ said Jem, as if she was my mum instead of just my sister, and completely ignoring my question. ‘I can’t believe you would do something as stupid as this! Well, I can but –’
    â€˜Same goes for you, Benjamin Nigel Henberry!’ said Benny’s dad, who didn’t look quite as furious as his mum.
    Why do people always use your full name when you get in serious trouble? Is that why middle names were invented in the first place? No one ever uses them unless they’re telling you off.
    â€˜Do you know how worried we’ve all been? You could have been kidnapped or anything. And what’s this about me being afraid of heights?’ said Mrs Henberry, sounding put out. She glanced at Sue, who was looking at me as if she was really disappointed. ‘I used to be a rock climber! I climbed to Mount Everest Base Camp, didn’t I, Paul?’
    Benny’s dad confirmed that Benny’s mum had been a rock climber. Wow! I couldn’t imagine Benny’s mum climbing anything.
    â€˜The boys were caught breaking into Chesterley’s Family Circus and vandalising his property,’ said the policeman in a very serious policeman tone of voice. ‘We won’t press charges due to the children’s ages. Chesterley says the boys assaulted him but he will let it go.’
    â€˜Benny, I’m very disappointed in you. I’ve brought you up to have principles and you do this! Assault for crying out loud,’ said Benny’s mum. ‘You could have been thrown out of the State championships for something like that! And you went all the way OverEast by yourselves?’
    â€˜We weren’t by ourselves, Mum. Blindfold was with us,’ said Benny, telling the truth. ‘And now Blindfold is –’
    â€˜Don’t get smart with me, young man. You weren’t with an adult! You are grounded for life,’ said Benny’s mum, hysterical now. ‘For life!’
    Grounded for life? That was a bit harsh, and it wasn’t even his fault. It was my fault.
    â€˜Benny didn’t even want to go!’ I protested. ‘I made him by going bawk , bawk , bawk ,’ I fessed up to his mum and dad.
    â€˜I told you Stunt Boy was a bad influence on Benny, Paul!’ said Mrs Henberry. ‘He’s wild! He does as he pleases.’
    Gosh, that was hardly true! I was bossed around like crazy by everyone at Stoked and my sister was a human equivalent of a backpack that’s on my back twenty-four hours a day! I was just lucky we didn’t have grounding in my family.
    â€˜You’re grounded too, Stunt!’ said Ginger Styles, stepping forward and clamping my shoulder in a vicelike grip.
    Since when did Ginger Styles have the authority to ground me?
    â€˜But how can you ground me?’ I said, looking up at her in confusion. ‘We aren’t even related.’
    â€˜Your uncles have made me your legal guardian whilst your dad isn’t well. They wanted you and Jem to go and stay with them, but I convinced