Her Usual Route
Janet followed her usual route after the students boarded the bus. While every child along the route was picked up, the last stop filled her with a sense of unease, though the reason remained elusive.
As she approached, her instincts hinted that something was amiss.
The sight of those four kids standing on the side of the road, arriving on time for the first time in three years, signaled that this stop held a significance she couldn’t quite grasp.