By Herself

Alora and the boys got inside the bus. There was other three people inside and the driver turned on the radio. A lively country music boomed.

The guys wanted to sit with her but she clearly said no. They were asking one another on why she shed a tear over the video, but she shunned them out of her presence. There’s no time to explain anything to them. There’s no one she needed on this journey but herself.

She paid an exact amount to the conductor. When she was asked where would she stop, she said on the last bus stop. She couldn’t remember what it was called now. The video of Brayden falling to the side of the road and the sudden immobility that it caused him has shaken her. She can’t focus anymore.

The entire ride was accompanied by music and conversations from the other passengers. Turns out, it wasn’t only the three boys from the bus stop that had possession of the video. It seemed like everyone in the bus was talking about it. She could only listen to it with no comment.

“I knew