It came to a stop, and the doors slowly opened.
She looked at me as the dazzling lights from the bus radiated onto the grey, sad pavement, and I saw a smile in her eyes.
I smiled at her and nodded my encouragement to her. She took a deep breath and stepped onto the bus.
The doors closed in silence, and the bright light vanished in the night as swiftly as it had arrived.
I watched the bus fade slowly into the distance, my eyes fixated on the space of its departure.
I stood in silence for a while before the tears dripped from my...