‘Wait till Matt hears about this.’ ‘Let’s not tell him,’ I say. ‘Let’s make it a surprise. On our way to training tonight.’ Today is one of the days the under-fifteens go to their normal schools, so there’s an extra training session later. Matt’s come home for an afternoon break. He’s upstairs with Uncle Cliff’s computer. I think he’s checking the prices of indoor waterfalls. I hope I’m right about the surprise. I hope Matt will enjoy it more that way. At first everything goes well. Matt is in the back of the car with me, reading a soccer strategy book he borrowed from Mrs Jarvis, so he doesn’t even notice we’re going to training a different way. As we get close to the waste ground, we start to hear a sound that makes me tingle with excitement. Kids having fun playing soccer. Uncle Cliff and Mrs Jarvis give each other a smile. The sound is making me feel a bit homesick, but that doesn’t matter.
