Holly and I were in lane three. We were both watching the landing stage to see if my dad had arrived, because the race wasn’t due to start for another few minutes. Holly had already spotted her parents. “You said he’d be wearing a suit, didn’t you?” she said, scouring the lakeside, where loads of people were standing around, including all my friends. Emily kept jumping up and down doing two-handed waves but there was no way I could wave back like that or I might tip the scull over. Antonia was on one side of her and Izzy on the other and they seemed to be taking turns to try and hold her arms down. I guess Izzy realized it would be awful if I waved back by mistake and then fell in. Bryony was taking lots of photos and Nicole was talking to someone standing nearby. But there was still no sign of my dad. I’d been so happy when I’d phoned home and told Mum all about what had happened with Holly and the double scull.
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