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to stop.

Eventually he got to the stop that was

closest to home and got off through the

double glass doors of the bus after they

had opened with a hiss and screech. He

stepped off and nearly as both of his feet

were on the pavement there was a sound

that could directly be referenced to

something between a deep sigh and an

expression of great relief as the doors

behind him closed with the satisfaction

that only an inanimate object can have.

He stood at the edge of the curb of the

long road near home, he had been living

there long enough to know that the next

pedestrian crossings were more than ten

minutes away and it would be easier and

quicker if he quickly crossed the road from

where he was now. He looked both ways

and the road wasn’t very busy, it was also