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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