Chapter going-places: Going Places | Extract Questions

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He was three years out of school, an apprentice mechanic, travelling to his work each day to the far side of the city. He was almost grown up now, and she suspected areas of his life about which she knew nothing, about which he never spoke.

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"I met Danny Casey," Sophie said. He looked around abruptly. "Where?" "In the arcade - funnily enough." "It's never true." "I did too." "You told Dad?" She shook her head, chastened at his unawareness that he was always the first to share her secrets.

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Here I sit, she said to herself, wishing Danny would come, wishing he would come and sensing the time passing. I feel the pangs of doubt stirring inside me. I watch for him but still there is no sign of him.