Chapter 3

“Now what?” I asked under my breath moments before I saw a bus approaching. Digging the proper change out of my pocket, I flagged it down. I didn’t care where it was going as long as it was away from where I was. I walked to the back, slumping down into a vacant seat, keeping my head lowered. Thankfully, there were very few passengers, and the ones the bus picked up later along its route avoided sitting next to me.

I rode the bus to the end of the line, which turned out to be a park-and-ride lot. Across it, I saw an area I recognized from before I’d ended up homeless. It was a mix of low and middle-class houses, apartment complexes, and various businesses. Not a bad area to crash for the night so I could get my shit together and figure out what to do next.