and these people were sharing a joke. It is coming he repeated angrily. 'I know it is.
It was Josh's mum who drove them away after they'd been cautioned by the police. They sat in silence caution. Looking hassled and annoyed, she finished the telling off by muttering, 'I don't know how you could do this to me today of all days.
'What's special about ? Joshua stopped. 'Oh, yes. You said. Today's the day the rocket explodes.'
'Yes. Our last chance to save the human race.' Stopping at traffic lights, she glanced at her watch. 'And it' ll happen within the hour. I've got to go straight back to work. You can get a bus home. Don't nick another car.'
'Can't we come in and see...?'
'No. Not after what you've just done.'
Josh knew all about the incoming asteroid because his mum worked at the International Spaceguard Centre. She was part of the team trying to nudge the huge