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Clutching her hand in his, the little boy boarded the bus. He got the window seat, but all he could look at the whole ride was her beautiful face. The bus jerked forward into the heavy downtown traffic. Passing high rises on both sides of the street, the bus was enveloped in shadow. When it emerged from the city onto the highway, sunlight streamed in through the window and over the boy’s tilted head, making her red hair shine like rubies. She had given him a candy bar to keep him quiet on the long bus ride. It melted now as he gripped it in the heat of late afternoon. The bus pulled into the tiny station, and the woman stood up, taking the small child in her arms. The boy’s father greeted them as they got off the bus. He took the boy from her and asked, “How was your day with Mommy?” The boy’s only response was to frown at his being ripped from his mother’s embrace.

Description

Clutching her hand in his, the little boy boarded the bus. He got the window seat, but all he could look at the whole ride was her beautiful face. The bus jerked forward into the heavy downtown traffic. Passing high rises on both sides of the street, the bus was enveloped in shadow. When it emerged from the city onto the highway, sunlight streamed in through the window and over the boy’s tilted head, making her red hair shine like rubies. She had given him a candy bar to keep him quiet on the long bus ride. It melted now as he gripped it in the heat of late afternoon. The bus pulled into the tiny station, and the woman stood up, taking the small child in her arms. The boy’s father greeted them as they got off the bus. He took the boy from her and asked, “How was your day with Mommy?” The boy’s only response was to frown at his being ripped from his mother’s embrace.