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Etienne looked away from the dome of Les Invalides to tug his bicycle handlebars and land on the back wheel, to cushion the fall and better control the final skid.
A sneaky pigeon hidden in the second step took off startled by what was coming above, and flew into his arms flapping in his face.
When the pigeon managed to free itself of such an aggression, the bicycle and its young proprietor were free-falling down an unforeseen trajectory.
Henri Pichon, before managing to sip his coffee and reach fulfillment, didn’t see it coming when he received on his back the entire weight of the unidentified flying object, projecting him four yards ahead, in the middle of Rue des Trois Frères, along with the chair, table and breakfast. Still semi-conscious he attempted, as a good programmer, to analyze the situation, which seemed very confusing.
A fraction of a second later a red and noisy rocket charging ahead at full throttle crashed into the jumble of chair, table, breakfast and Pichon.
Henri gave up trying to find an explanation to what was happening and drifted out of consciousness, as Valérie landed squat in the middle of the street with no idea what was going on, and Etienne wondered how he was going to explain all this to his mother in order to minimize the punishment.
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The Penny Thief
Mystery / Thriller“...a novel that I can only describe as a "Film", both in content and in style...”—Verónica CC ... and if someone was robbing a bank cent by cent without anyone realizing it ... PARIS, Montmartre and La Défense, the ultra-modern business district wi...
