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“Not for her

“That’s way too high,” Angel said, looking at the amount of bricks Romero put under the plywood ramp

“You don’t know about this” Roher

“Are you nuts?” Eric asked “That’s not gonna take the weight of your bike It’s too high”

Romero winked “I am the master”

“Oh, I gotta see this” Sal leaned his elbows on his handlebars

Root on his bike and rode up the street Alex and Angel stood on their bikes next to each other, s

“He’s gonna eat it,” Eric chuckled

Sofia rode over to stand next to Eric and Angel Eric looked at the ridiculously high ramp and shook his head

“You think he can do it?” Sofia asked

“Hell no,” Eric said

Ro up speed fast He puh Sofia held her breath The front wheel started up the wooden ramp, but before it hit the top, the ra Romero off his seat, and onto the bar between the seat and the handlebars, hard He crashed onto the concrete, bouncing once before co to a complete stop

They all burst into laughter, but at the sa around on the ground

“Awe, my nuts!” He clutched his crotch

Nobody rushed to his aide—instead they stood there laughing out of control Alex finally walked over to examine the cracked ramp “You broke my ramp, ass”

Root off her bike and walked over to him “Are you okay?”

Romero, who had both eyes squeezed shut, opened one to look at her “You’re kidding ht?”

Still laughing, Sal rode toward Romero “You want some ice?”

Eric bent over and helped Rohed

Ro his crotch, with an expression of sheer agony Sofia looked away She’d seen her own brothers do that plenty of times, when they went overboard with the horseplay Soet a knee or elbow to the crotch, but watching Romero do it felt weird

They all looked up when a car raced by on the street that crossed the cul-de-sac Not a second later, they saw a police car race by and the siren turn on Tires squealed and sk thealed aidded and another police car raced by A thunderous crash followed around the corner They all looked at each other, wide-eyed